Mayor Of Medan: Handling Stunting Must Be Data-Based Integrated

Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution submits documents at the 2022 city level stunting conference, Medan, Tuesday (31/5/2022). (ANTARA/HO-Diskominfo Medan City)

MEDAN - Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution said the handling of stunting for children under five years (toddlers) in the area must be integrated with detailed data. stunting, how much can be reduced next year," Bobby Nasution said in Medan, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, May 31. so that there are no more expressions of regional apparatus organizations (OPD) within the Medan City Government, both directly and indirectly, in handling stunting. The latest data from the Medan City Health Service states that stunting in the weighing month In February 2022, it was found that 555 children under five were suffering from chronic malnutrition. That all has to change," he said.

He also explained that stunting is influenced by many things, including the condition of the parents' household, while prevention of stunting must be carried out in the first 1,000 days of adequate food intake.

"Food intake depends on the condition of the parents and the environment they live in. This is the basis for all OPDs to take part in dealing with the stunting problem in the city of Medan," said Bobby. The mayor of Medan explained the importance of detailed data on stunting cases. complete data on children who are stunted, as well as data related to their parents' occupations and where they live is suitable for habitation or not. Things like that must be known," he said.