Adolescent nutrition program that is integrated and gender responsive through nutritional actions in the context of support government realize gold generation

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Children's health age schools and teenagers moment was determine the degrees generation nation in the future. We need prepare them to become a source power of quality human beings, such as through education health in order to increase their capability to avoid theirselves from possible problems​ impact. Indonesian teenagers experience three burden nutrition which classified as short (25%), thin (8%), overweight body weight (15%) or obesity and about 10% of male teenagers and 23% of female teenagers were suffering from anemia. Teenager is half from source Power man for the future and a huge asset For growth economic and social especially teenager daughter who prone to suffer from anemia due to lost blood at the moment menstruation. Female teenagers who suffer from anemia are at risk experienced anemia at the time pregnant and will impact negative to growth and development fetus in content as well as potential give rise to complications pregnancy and childbirth, even cause death to mother and child. Anemia in children ages 5-14 years amounting to 26.8% and aged 15-24 years by 32%. Activity implementation action program dedicated to implement some programs, such as hemoglobin examination in students, strengthen supplementation of iron substance, and acid folate weekly or Fe table for female teenager, education multi-sectoral nutrition, and sharing and drinking with added tablets blood. Activity This need done monitoring and evaluation the extent of the effectiveness of this program in frame prevent occurrence of anemia in adolescents.