"Therefore, maternal health and nutrition before and during pregnancy in determining the health of children in the future," he said at the symposium "The Importance of Early Life Nutrition to Support Long Term Health", in Yogyakarta.
According to him, the problem of nutrition and health of children over a span of time if left untreated will give a negative impact on the next age.
In connection with this initiative the first 1,000 days of life movement that was recently launched by the government is one example of a program to find a holistic solution to the problem of malnutrition.
"It aims to improve the quality of life for the current generation and future through nutrition early in life with the awareness, knowledge, and expertise," he said.
Medical nutrition experts from the Association of Nutrition Indonesia, Saptawati Bardosono said many epidemiological studies showing an association between long-term health issues with nutrition early in life.
According to him, for lack of nutrition and over nutrition in childhood can negatively impact long-term health. "We have seen the effects of malnutrition in childhood to adult members of the community with a growing number of obese and non-infectious diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension," he said.
Head of Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gadjah Mada (UGM) Wilopo Siswanto Agus said it was necessary in the context of an integrated effort in the long term goal of the National Movement for Conscious Nutrition, announced this year.
"The move is aimed at reducing the proportion of underweight children under five years of less than five percent, lowering a child born with low body by 30 percent, 40 percent the proportion of short toddler, and put a halt to rising proportion of children with overweight," he said.
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