Jakarta, June 21 -- House of Representatives' (DPR's) Commission X member, Ledia Hanifa Amaliah, urged the government to prioritize underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost (3T) areas in the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program to tackle malnutrition.

In a statement received here on Saturday, she emphasized that these areas should be the focus, as many cases of malnutrition and stunting are found there.

She spoke of having reviewed the MBG program's implementation at several schools in the cities of Bandung and Cimahi in West Java. During these visits, she observed that the needs related to the program were not uniform.

She noted that several schools have a majority of the students from underprivileged families, who struggle to afford br...