One out of five Filipino pregnant and lactating women exhibited insufficient iodine nutrition, based on the results of the Department of Science and Technology–Food and Nutrition Research Institute’s (DOST-FNRI) 2018-2019 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)...
One out of 10 or 10.3 percent of Filipino children aged 6 to 12 had vitamin D deficiency, with highest prevalence recorded in the National Capital Region (NCR), based on the 2018 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) of the Department of Science and Technology- Food and Nutrition Research...
Majority of Filipino infants and children do not receive appropriate and timely complementary feeding, based on the results of the 2019 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) conducted by the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI). (Photo...
The Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) said data collection for the last leg of the Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) which was called off due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has already begun. A member of the Department of...
The Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) has announced that it will continue conducting the Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) to look into the nutrition and nutritional health status of Filipinos. DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña...