THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF SHORT STATURE IN INDONESIA. A review
Channel: OPASRH
Date: 24/07/2023

The WHO’s "One size fits for all” model drove to create Standard Growth Charts, that were unfavourable to children from Indonesia and from other South-Eastern countries. Actually they are among the shortest peoples in the world. This issue mislead to the wrong concept of malnutrition. Other agencies of the United Nations pushed the government of Indonesia to supplementary food supply campaigns. The scantly accurate scientific methodology and recommendations to improve the overall approach to short statured children is discussed.