Empowering Adolescents in Stunting Mitigation Through the Creation of Nutritious Foods

A Case Study of the Adolescent Integrated Health Post in Karanganyar Hamlet

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10.2991/978-2-38476-338-2_21How to use a DOI?

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Nutritious food; Mitigation; Adolescents; Stunting

ABSTRACT

Adolescensts are the future generation who play a crucial role in the progress of a nation, including efforts to mitigates stuning for future generations. As future parents, adolescents with a good understanding of child health and balanced nutrition have great potential to break the chain of stunting in the long term. This program aims to equip adolescents with knowledge and skills to create nutritious, delicious, affordable, and easily accessible meals using local resources. Additionally, the program seeks to instill an entrepreneurial spirit among adolescents, particularly in the culinary field, by leveraging local potential. The methods used in this program include counseling, hands-on practice in preparing nutritious meals, mentoring, and evaluating the implementation of nutritious food initiatives by adolescents. The counseling sessions involve discussions on the importance of a complete and balanced diet, while the hands-on practices provide direct experience in preparing nutritious meals. The outcomes of this program indicate an increase in adolescents' knowledge about balanced nutrition, their skills in preparing nutritious meals, and the emergence of opportunities to start culinary businesses through local youth health posts. Based on post-test results, there was an improvement in adolescents’ awareness of their critical role in preventing stunting within their communities. The evaluation process also revealed that adolescents were able to apply the knowledge they gained in their daily lives and began planning business ideas in the healthy food sector using local ingredients.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rosmauli Jerimia Fitriani
AU  - Rosalia Indriyati Saptatiningsih
AU  - Danuri Danuri
AU  - Padrul Jana
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/31
TI  - Empowering Adolescents in Stunting Mitigation Through the Creation of Nutritious Foods
BT  - Proceedings of the UPY-ICCCM International Conference on Education and Social Science (UPINCESS 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 153
EP  - 158
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-338-2_21
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-338-2_21
ID  - Fitriani2024
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