Low-income families in Puchong to get year’s supply of milk
THE issue of stunting among children in Malaysia has shown worrying trends, especially in urban poor areas.
Puchong MP Yeo Bee Yin said the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2022 showed that stunting among children had increased from 17.1% in 2015 to 21.2% in 2022.
“One in five children in Malaysia experiences impaired growth.
“This is significantly higher than the target of 11% set under the National Plan of Action for Nutrition Malaysia (NPANM) 2016-2025,” she said at the Kiddo Foodbank Puchong launch.
She added that it was also higher than rates in Singapore (3%), China (4.6%), Thailand (11.8%) and Sri Lanka (15.9%), and closer to the rates in Cambodia (22.3%) and Myanmar (24.1%).
The Puchong parliamentary constituency service centre organised eight “Jom Sihat” (Let’s Get Healthy) events, where one screening included assessing the growth of children under the age of six.
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