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Reasons Indonesian Students Don't Finish MBG Program Meals

Akbar Ridwan 20/11/2025 11:33 WIB

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When asked the reason for not finishing MBG, the most common answers were being full and stale or smelly food.

Reasons Why Free Nutritious Meal Program Recipients* Do Not Finish Their Food (July 11 - August 1, 2025)

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Reasons Why Free Nutritious Meal Program Recipients* Do Not Finish Their Food (July 11 - August 1, 2025)

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The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI), Wahana Visi Indonesia (WVI), and the Center for Indonesia’s Strategic Development Initiatives (CISDI) conducted research on free nutritious meals using a child participation approach.

Two approaches were used: Listening to Children (LtC) in the form of surveys, and Child-Led Research (CLR) in the form of focus group discussions (FGD).

The results of the Children's Voices Study: Prioritizing Children's Perspectives in the Free Nutritious Meals Program subsequently found that 35.2% of 1,624 adolescent respondents receiving MBG admitted to not finishing their meals.

When asked why they did not finish the MBG, the most common answers were feeling full and stale or smelly food.

The following are the reasons respondents did not finish MBG, according to the KPAI, CISDI, and WVI survey:

Felt full: 19.9%
Stale/smelly food: 19.6%
Tasted bad: 16.6%
Bland/tasteless: 8.9%
Disliked the menu: 8%
Others: 15.2%

In their report, the three organizations explained that poor food quality was not limited to stale and smelly food.

"However, animals such as caterpillars, maggots, and insects were also found in the food," the three organizations clarified in their study report.

The survey results were consistent with the FGD, where most children complained about the quality of the food, in terms of its standard, ingredients, and processing methods.

The survey was conducted online from July 11 to August 1, 2025, involving 1,624 respondents aged 12-17 from 12 provinces in Indonesia, and used a convenience sampling method.

Another respondent criterion was having received the MBG program more than once. Since the respondents were aged 12-17, the survey does not represent MBG for toddlers, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and MBG situations in primary schools or equivalent.

Editor : Erlina Fury Santika

"Disclosure: This is an AI-generated translation of the original article. We strive for accuracy, but please note that automated translations may contain errors or slight inconsistencies."

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