There are 9.5 million smokers from 2021 to 2023, according to Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, citing data from a survey conducted by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI). Sen. Win Gatchalian resumes on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, the Committee on Ways and Means hearing on the rising...
Although fishermen make substantial contributions to high-quality fish catches, they live in a community where malnutrition is prevalent due to food insecurity, a researcher at the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) pointed out.(Pixabay)In a Teleradyo Serbisyo interview on Thursday, Feb. 1,...
With Filipino households facing hikes in rice prices, the Department of Science and Technology– Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) on Friday, Jan. 19, suggested finding affordable and nutritious alternatives.Photo from UnsplashAccording to the Expanded National Nutrition Survey...
The Department of Science and Technology's Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) is planning to build a new facility at the DOST South Complex in Bicutan, Taguig City, to promote a safer and more innovative future.Photo from DOST-FNRIThe DOST-FNRI said its current building is located in...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalaian believes that addressing the prevalence of hunger and malnutrition among children is essential to seeing improvements in the performance of learners in the country.In a statement, Gatchalian cited the results of the 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment...
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...
The country si among several others that have shown slight progress towards achieving global nutrition targets in Asia, according to the global nutrition report (GNR).
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Based on the information provided by the Department of Science and Technology - Science and...
The country's very first Nutrition Physiology Laboratory has been launched by the Department of Science and Technology - Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI), Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato T. dela Peña announced Friday, June 3.
(Screenshot from DOST-FNRI's Youtube Live...
One out of six or 15.5 percent of Filipino infants and children aged six months to five years had vitamin A deficiency (VAD), particularly those in the rural areas, based on the 2018-2019 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) of the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition...
The Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will soon bake the fourth variant of its enhanced nutribun (E-Nutribun)—the ube (purple yam) variant.
DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña shows the newly developed enhanced...
The eating behavior of school-age children can be improved by school-based nutrition interventions, based on the study conducted by the Department of Science and Technology and Food and Research Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI).
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DOST Secretary...