10 Provinces with Average Calorie Consumption Below the Recommended Dietary Allowance

Calories indicate the amount of energy humans obtain from food and beverages. Therefore, every individual needs to meet their daily calorie needs.

However, not all Indonesian people have sufficient calorie intake. The level of adequate calorie consumption per capita per day in Indonesia is recorded at a minimum of 2,100 kilocalories (kcal).

This determination is based on the standard recommendations from the results of the 11th National Food and Nutrition Congress (WNPG) in 2018.

The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) notes that there are 7 provinces where the average per capita daily calorie consumption is still below the nutritional adequacy standard. Papua has the lowest average, namely 1,858.56 kcal.

Other provinces with an average per capita daily calorie consumption below the minimum standard are Riau (2,081.15 kcal), West Papua (2,076.08 kcal), North Kalimantan (2,073.02 kcal), West Kalimantan (2,067.10 kcal), North Maluku (2,010.05 kcal), and Maluku (1,932.68 kcal).

From this data, it is recorded that there are 4 provinces from the eastern Indonesian region, namely Maluku, North Maluku, West Papua, and Papua.

BPS notes that economic factors in the eastern region are the main cause of the still low per capita daily calorie consumption there. Meanwhile, the majority of the people in the eastern region consume sago as their staple food.

Considering their staple food, the staple food of the people in the eastern region does not have much influence because the calorie content of sago is almost the same as the calorie content of the staple food of most Indonesian people, namely rice.

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