Malnutrition still a problem

Malnutrition still a problem

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Malnutrition is still a cause for concern in East Kalimantan province, as 15.98 percent out of total 26,822 infants (5,103) in the province were reported as malnourished last year.

Setyo Budi Basuki, the head of nutrition section at the East Kalimantan Health Office, said that the high rate of malnutrition in the province was largely due to poverty.

There were 313,000 families in the province living under the poverty line last year. -- JP