The Role Of Legislation In Improving Nutritional Status And Food Quality In Indonesia

Abstract

The SDGs 02 criterion states their goals, namely ending hunger, achieving food security and better nutrition, as well as supporting sustainable agriculture. Stunting prevalence among Indonesian toddlers in 2005-2017 is 36.4%. As an agrarian country, ironically Indonesia is still experiencing malnutrition problems. Though the Government has several regulations related to nutrition and food, it is not yet optimally implemented. Legislation's role in improving nutritional status and food quality in Indonesia become the core problem in this paper. In addition, this paper also discusses how regulations are optimized in order to achieve SDGs standards related to health. As a normative juridical study, this research uses several approaches. As a result, nutritional status improvement begins with adequate secure and nutritious food. Collaboration between the government, the community and health facilities are necessary to obtain Indonesian quality according to SDG standards.

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“…The quality of human resources can be described through economic growth, life expectancy, and the level of education of the community [1], [2]. One of the factors that play a direct role in the quality of a country's human resources is the level of health and nutritional status [3]. Fulfillment of optimal nutrition needs to be considered since the first 1000 days of life (1000 HPK), which starts in the 280-day period in the womb until the child is born and reaches the age of 24 months.…”