Jakarta, May 22 -- The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education outlined several strategies to integrate nutrition education into the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program for students.

The optimal time to deliver nutrition education via the MBG program is during the common mealtime at schools, ministry official Minhajul Ngabidin said.

"Before the meal, teachers are expected to provide nutrition education by delivering important messages to students," he expounded during a webinar here on Thursday.

The webinar covered ways to bolster nutrition education, clean and healthy living behaviors (PHBS), and character education through the MBG program.

Ngabidin said that nutrition education can also be provided post-meals in the form of refl...