Minister of Health said that the Moringa leaves can help reduce stunting

News24xx.com -  The Indonesian Minister of Health, Nila F Moeloek, said that the consumption of Moringa leaves can prevent and even reduce stunting or malnutrition problems in Indonesia.

"We know that Moringa leaves, I was also told that he was managing stunting or managing malnutrition with Moringa leaves. Consumption of Moringa leaves with green beans," he said when met at the RI Ministry of Health Office, Rasuna Said street on Monday, November 11 2018.

One of the health problems in Indonesia is the number of children who are stunting and chronic malnutrition still tends to be high. Although the trend tends to decline, the prevalence of stunting children is still a special concern of the government.

"Moringa leaves are exported to Australia from NTT (East Nusa Tenggara), even though we are malnourished. In 2013 we were 37.2 percent of our children stunting. This means that out of 10 children there were 4 people who were stunting, that was difficult there," he added .

Minister of Health Nila said, Moringa can be easily found in Indonesia. Of course this can be a reference for various innovations to increase Moringa consumption in the community.

"Moringa leaves do not exist anywhere else, only in Indonesia. This means that our children's nutrition is also helped here. We can innovate, in various forms," he said.

On the same occasion, Director of Traditional Health Services, Ina Rosalina Dadan, said kelor has very good benefits for health, especially in increasing appetite.

"There are so many nutrients in the Moringa, there is zinc, there are other vitamins so that if someone eats continuously it can increase appetite and be healthy," he said.

 

 

 

 

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