GENEVA, Switzerland -- The United Nations called Thursday for urgent funding to help 30 million children suffering from acute malnutrition "before it is too late" in countries being hammered by the food crisis. UN agencies said conflict, climate shocks, the Covid-19 pandemic and rising living costs...
Rising food prices due to the rapid inflation may cause more families to experience hunger, an official of the National Nutrition Council (NNC) said. “Talagang problema iyan ng mga pamilya ngayon…Kung patuloy na nagiging mahal ang mga pagkain, ang bilihin–patuloy na dadami ang mga pamilyang...
Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay said on Friday, April 1, that the government must allocate additional funds for its initiatives to bring down child malnutrition levels in the country. Binay cited a 2021 World Bank report that said there has been almost no improvement in...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Friday, March 25, said that it will continue the implementation of the Malnutrition Reduction Program (MRP) in the Philippines to feed about 3.64 million stunted Filipino children aged six months to three years old. MRP is an science-based...
The Bongbong-Sara Uniteam will be looking to end the continuing malnutrition problem caused by the alarming poverty in the country should they win in the 2022 May national elections. Malnutrition has been a serious problem in the Philippines, with the country ranked fifth in the East Asia and...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is seeking to help ensure food security and address malnutrition in the country through its research and development (R&D initiatives. DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña said Tuesday, Oct. 19, that...
Vice President Leni Robredo wants her feeding program to target problems in food security and poverty alleviation as these are linked to malnutrition and mental deficiencies among children aged five and below. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Robredo said that hunger and food security have always...
The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Gulayan sa Pamayanan project is expected to benefit around 10,000 underprivileged and malnourished children in Metro Manila and Cavite. (Photo by Abigail Lynn on UNSPLASH) The project entitled, “Employing Hydroponics and Vegetable Gardening...
It requires collaboration and transformative nutrition care Food is important. It nourishes us so that children an grow healthy while adults can maintain good health. Not getting enough nutrition can leave children malnourished and can even lead to serious health conditions. Malnutrition can affect...
The Ifugao State University (IFSU) will soon produce the Department of Science and Technology–Food and Nutrition Research Institute’s (DOST-FNRI) rice-mongo complementary foods. (DOST-FNRI) The DOST-FNRI said the production of the nutritious complementary foods is part of its Malnutrition...
Driving Thoughts Pinky Concha Colmenares In the eighties, the image of a malnourished child in Negros Occidental woke the nation to the problem of severe malnutrition in the country. I think of that image today, as Nutrition Month comes to an end because I had covered many nutrition feeding...
In various residential communities in Metro Manila, one would know it is already National Nutrition Month when schoolchildren and their parents walk around the barangays in a mini-procession, the kids dressed in colorful vegetable costumes like eggplant, tomato, apple, egg, milk, etc. July has been...
