Various agricultural products and their nutrition in relation to stunting prevention

• Main Authors: Setyawan, Nurdi, Widowati, Sri, Winarti, Christina, Widaningrum, Qanytah, Suryana, Esty Asriyana
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Agricultural commodities; Ascorbic acid; Broccoli; Carrots; Commodities; Nutrition; Proteins; Retinene; Vitamin A; Vitamin C
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/5.0183966

World Health Organization (WHO) has defined stunting as a condition of children whose height-for-age is less than two standard deviations of the WHO Child Growth Standards. Some causes of stunting have been reported by researchers including deficiency of zinc, vitamin A, vitamin D, and iron, along with insufficient intake of protein and energy. Therefore, finding products to be consumed and information about their nutrition as a part of strategies to prevent stunting is of great importance. The research aimed to investigate nutrition contained in various agricultural products in relation to preventing stunting. The present study has been conducted to take samples and analysis of nutrition components in 13 commodities. The materials were picked up from central production in Indonesia. Results showed that the highest levels of vitamin A were found in carrots, purple commodities also tend to have high levels of vitamin A. The highest vitamin C was discovered in broccoli. The agricultural products in the study also contained various levels of protein. The cereal group had protein ranging from 0.82-13.26%. Food commodities in the tuber group have small protein, ranging from 1.35-3.52% while high protein was discovered in the black soybean, reached 30.95%. The agricultural commodities such as carrots, broccoli, and black soybean seem to be the main ingredient in our daily consumption to maintain the body from vitamin A, vitamin C, and protein deficiency, respectively.