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More Filipinos belonging to the Indigenous People (IPs) sector are undernourished, anemic, and iodine-deficient compared to non-IPs, according to the Department of Science and Technology - Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI). This was mentioned in the policy statement “A Glimpse to...

Filipino infants and young children still continue to be subjected to poor feeding practices, the 2021 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS)of the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) revealed. The survey indicated that six out of 10 infants...