The ministry explained how to provide biscuits as additional food

  • Amanda lusi

The Ministry of Health explained that the provision of biscuits as additional food to teenagers had been carried out by the authorities

The ministry defined that the provision of biscuits as extra meals to young people has been carried out by using the authorities in view that 2016 due to the restricted capability of posyandu cadres to grant ready-to-eat nutritious food, defined the Ministry of Health.

"The provision of biscuits has been carried out when you consider that 2016. Indeed, there have been recommendations on presenting extra meals that can be executed in two ways, specifically nearby or manufactured food," the ministry's director prevalent of public fitness Maria Endang Sumiwi said.

She made the remarks at a press convention on the ‘2022 Indonesian Nutrition Status Survey (SSGI)’ in Jakarta on Friday.

In 2016, the authorities regarded a variety of necessities for assembly the complicated dietary wants of adolescents to make sure their increase and development, and determined they may want to solely be managed by way of manufacturers, she said.

Meanwhile, offering ready-to-eat nearby meals choices would have required a greater effort from posyandu cadres.

"Because there are many small print and requirements to fulfill the vitamin intake, the coverage at that time selected manufactured food. While for the provision of neighborhood meals required better efforts," she explained.

Earlier, the coverage drew criticism from President Joko Widodo, who stated that imparting biscuits used to be an convenient way out, however it was once no longer on goal for making sure dietary stability in children.

The identical criticism used to be additionally made through a quantity of vitamin experts, professors, and Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin.

Based on their inputs, the Ministry of Health then changed biscuits with neighborhood ingredients containing animal proteins, such as eggs, fish, meat, and milk.

"We began the transition in 2022 in sixteen districts first due to the fact we desired to see the implementation of this new method. The biscuits have been changed with nearby meals organized by means of posyandu cadres that met the dietary and protein needs," she informed.

The sixteen districts had been unfold throughout the provinces of East Java, Central Java, and a range of areas backyard Java, she added.