Poverty, Malnutrition and Cigarettes

Surveys show the habit of smoking in a family causes malnutrition in children. Most of the Indonesian regions prone to food shortage and malnutrition are located in eastern Indonesia. Revitalization of integrated service stations is a must.

June 23, 2009

MALNUTRITION looms like a frightening specter. Every year in various places all over the country, cases of food scarcity and acute malnutrition are recurring, which generally claim human lives notably children under 5. In early June, the Health Office of Palu, Central Sulawesi, revealed cases of undernourishment following the admission of malnutrition patients to Palu’s Undata and Autopura hospitals every month. It announced from the beginning

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