Lecturers/researchers at the Faculty of Public Health – Teuku Umar University in collaboration with lecturers/researchers at the FK-KMK Gadjah Mada University through the Higher Education Collaboration Research (PKPT) Higher Education Grant 2019-2020, organized the activity “Home Made MP-ASI Education for Mothers BADUTA” online via Zoom Meeting. This activity was held on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 16.00 – 18.00 WIB which was attended by around 60-70 Baduta mothers in Meulaboh City, West Aceh district. This educational activity was aimed to increase knowledge about the importance of nutritional needs for pregnant women, nursing mothers and toddlers. By paying attention to specific nutritional needs (micronutrients) and macronutrients needs, it was hoped that the intake of pregnant women, nursing mothers, and toddlers can meet the nutritional adequacy rate and it will create a healthy generation. Dr. Lily Arsanti Lestari, STP., MP as a lecturer at the Faculty of Public Health UGM and the Manager of the Center for Health and Human Nutrition (CH2N) FK-KMK UGM, became a speaker or resource person in this activity. She explained Balanced Nutritional Needs of Pregnant Women, Breastfeeding Mothers, and Toddlers. In her presentation, she stated that balanced nutrition is needed for each age stage (pregnant women, busui, and toddlers) in order to support the quality of health in the future. read more

Stunting is one of the outcomes of nutritional status which is determined by measuring the body length of children aged 0-24 months according to their age (PB/U z-score). More in-depth examination can be done by assessing the cognitive and emotional level of the child. Untreated stunting might have a big negative impact, such as stunted growth, sub-optimal cognitive development, getting sick easily, and low productivity as adults.

This year, the Center for Health and Human Nutrition (CH2N) FK-KMK UGM developed a measuring tool for body length and early detection of stunting or called GAMA-KiDS. The Stunting Detection Kit (GAMA KiDS) is an innovative tool for measuring body length and early detection of stunting for children aged 0-24 months (Baduta). GAMA-KiDS is expected to make it easier for cadres at Posyandu (family planning center) to measure body length as well as to detect whether toddlers are classified as stunting or not. read more