Most Southeast Asian countries are grappling with stunting and anaemia, The Straits Times reports. According to the Global Nutrition Report released on Thursday (Nov 29), countries like Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar have significant cases of stunted children and anemic women. In Indonesia, the region’s most populated country, the prevalence of stunted children rose from 35.6 percent in 2010 to 37.2 percent in 2013, according to the country’s health ministry. Anything above 20 percent indicates a high severity of malnutrition. According to a UNICEF Regional Report on Nutrition Security in ASEAN, the economic cost of non-communicable diseases in Indonesia alone – much of which is diet-related – is estimated at US$248 billion per year, The ASEAN Post reports.