The Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute’s (DOST-FNRI) Malnutrition Education Program (MEP) has been conferred with the 2021 Alberto G. Romualdez Jr. Outstanding Health Research Award (AROHRA). DOST-FNRI (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) This was announced by DOST...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has vowed to step up its efforts to fight against all forms of malnutrition in the country. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña made the commitment during the Food and Nutrition Research...
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, June 23, called on the government's hunger task force to ramp up its efforts in addressing hunger and malnutrition among poor Filipino children, especially amid the pandemic. Children line up during a feeding program initiated by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in...
The silent pandemic amid the pandemic There are a lot of things we don't know about malnutrition An estimated 47 million children younger than five years and living in the sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia were moderately or severely wasted according to the UNICEF/World Health Organization/The...
The government is planning to include the new nutribun made with carrots in its national feeding program for young school children. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Nograles/Facebook) According to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, the enhanced variety of nutribun, now made more nutritious, could...
The nutrition survey results presented by the Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) showed that there is one out of four children in Mindanao found to be underweight. (JANSEN ROMERO/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) DOST, in a statement issued Tuesday,...
