KUALA LUMPUR: There are at least 5.6 million children facing double burden malnutrition (childhood obesity and stunting). Increasing food allocation to RM800mil for school children is expected to at least solve part of this problem.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic) pointed out that 500,000 pre-school, primary and secondary school children are identified as malnourised each year.
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