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Collection of obesity news, found 208 news.

BKKBN, Bulog distribute fortified rice to prevent stunting

The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) and State Logistics Agency (Bulog) distributed rice ...

Health Ministry records three Omicron deaths

Three people—all of them older adults—have died after contracting the Omicron variant of COVID-19 as of ...

Indonesia needs to work hard to curb childhood stunting: ministry

Indonesia needs to work hard to suppress the prevalence of stunting to 14 percent by 2024, an official from the ...

Geographical indication can help salt farmers to market products

Geographical indication (GI) certification for traditional salt products will support salt farmers' marketing ...

Preventing stunting, obesity important for building quality HR

The agenda for preventing stunting and obesity for handling the nutrition problem in Indonesia is important for ...

Obese children must consume more antioxidant foods: ASNI

Obese children need to be given more foods that contain antioxidants amid the COVID-19 pandemic, chairman of the ...

PLN builds first electric vehicle charging station in Jayapura, Papua

State-owned electricity provider PT PLN (Persero) is constructing an electric vehicle charging station (SPKLU) in ...

Ministry promotes joint action for stunting, obesity prevention

The Health Ministry will push joint action for stunting and obesity prevention to mark National Nutrition and Food Day ...

Indonesia's communities yet reel from nutritional problems: Ministry

Indonesia continues to face persistent health problems, including in terms of the nutritional status of communities, ...

Powdered Taro Corms with Pulverized Eggshells as Flour Substitute wins RECFON’s Youth Creation 2021

San Quintin National High School from the Philippines emerged as the first-place winner in SEAMEO RECFON’s Youth ...

Icure acquires drug product approval for world’s first donepezil patch for treating dementia of the Alzheimer type in Korea

Icure Pharmaceutical Inc. (KOSDAQ: 175250), a biopharmaceutical company in Korea, announced today that its donepezil ...

Vice Minister equates Indonesia's diabetes problem to an iceberg

Diabetes problem in Indonesia has exhibited an iceberg phenomenon that necessitates early detection efforts to lower ...

68 million Indonesians obese due to unhealthy diet: ministry

Sixty-eight million adults in Indonesia are obese due to unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity, Ministry of ...

Government encourages industry to produce nutritionally balanced food

The government, through its Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Cultural Affairs, has encouraged the ...

Governor pushes to increase fish consumption to prevent stunting

Governor of West Sumatra Mahyeldi called on the public to boost fish consumption as a means to create a new, smart ...