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Almost 22% or one in five children under five years of age are suffering from stunted growth due to malnutrition, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Professor of Nutrition Dr Poh Bee Koon told“The nutritional status of children appears to be worsening, and based on National Health and Morbidity Survey data from 2011, 2015 and 2019 for stunting, the increase in prevalence is from 16.6% to 17.7% and 21.8% respectively.
Poh stressed the urgent need to improve access to health and a variety of foods while simultaneously increasing public nutrition education and health promotion, particularly targeted at young parents. The recent information in the South East Asian Nutrition Surveys II conducted in the peninsula by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia found that 84% and 70% of children do not meet the average intake requirement of vitamin D and calcium respectively.
Meanwhile, Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad managing director Ramjeet Kaur Virik said public-private partnership is crucial to address stunting and malnutrition among children.
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