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adolescents who will become future parents for maternal and child health, including

to break the chain of stunting problems.

Stunting is the biggest nutritional problem in clowns and toddlers in Indonesia.

The prevalence of stunting in Indonesia in 2021 is 24.4%. Based on JME stunting data,

UNICEF World Bank in 2020, Indonesia's stunting prevalence is 115th out of 151
countries in the world (Khairani, 2021) and is the second highest in Southeast Asia

after Timor. Leste (Asian Development Bank, 2021). Gorontalo Province is in the

tenth highest position in Indonesia at 29%. The prevalence of stunting by district /
city in Gorontalo province, namely Pohuwato Regency by 34.6%, Boalemo Regency

by 29.8%, North Gorontalo Regency 29.5%, Gorontalo Regency by 28.3%, City

Gorontalo by 26.5% and Bone Bolango Regency by 25.1% (Indonesian Nutrition Status

Study, 2021). According to who, public health problems can be considered chronic
when the prevalence of stunting is more than 20%.

Children who grow up stunting experience cognitive and psychomotor

development problems. Stunting conditions that occur will have an impact on the

quality of the future nation. In general, children who grow and develop
disproportionately will have intellectually below average abilities when compared to

children who grow well. This is in line with daracantika et al., (2021) which states

that stunting has biological implications for brain and neurological development

which translates into decreased cognitive value. which will have an impact on the lack
of learning achievement. In addition, stunting children also have a greater risk of

suffering from non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and heart

disease as adults (Adam & Medong, 2022).

Nutrition education in schools can be taught through biology subjects in class XI
on basic competencies 3.7, namely analyzing the relationship between the structure

of organ building tissues in the digestive system in relation to nutrition, bioprocessing

and malfunctions that can occur in the human digestive system. Based on the results