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Indonesia launches free meals program to feed children and pregnant women to fight stunting

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Summary
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84% Informative

The Free Nutritious Meal program delivers on a campaign promise by President Prabowo Subianto .

Critics question whether the nationwide program is affordable.

Program aims to fight stunting of growth that afflicts 21.5% of Indonesian children younger than 5 .

The government's target is to reach 19.47 million schoolchildren and pregnant women in 2025 .

Suwarso said, “Child malnourishment have severe consequences, threatening the health and long-term development of infants and young children throughout this nation.” ____ Associated Press journalists Edna Tarigan and Andi Jatmiko contributed to this report..

VR Score

90

Informative language

93

Neutral language

64

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

57

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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