Fight vs malnutrition gets boost from Pagcor
By Maila Ager
It breaks the heart to hear that as many as 562,262 pupils in kindergarten and elementary levels enrolled in public schools have been classified as “severely wasted” or undernourished.
It breaks the heart to hear that as many as 562,262 pupils in kindergarten and elementary levels enrolled in public schools have been classified as “severely wasted” or undernourished.
While Christendom is feasting on holiday food, poverty forces over half a million elementary school pupils to severe malnutrition.
MANILA, Philippines — While Christendom is feasting on holiday food, poverty pushes over half a million elementary pupils to severe malnutrition. The Department of Education (DepEd) disclosed that 562,262 pupils in kindergarten and elementary levels (Grades 1 to 6) enrolled in public schools this year have been considered “severely wasted” based on [...]
Doctors and nurses still remember the first night when a 1-year-old Matigsalog girl, Mellay Dumakatar, arrived at German Doctors’ Hospital here, diagnosed with a severe case of diarrhea.
In 2011, around 15 percent of children aged five and below in the National Capital Region were underweight while nearly eight percent were overweight for their height, according to data from the Food and Nutrition Research Institute. Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
The Philippines still has a long way to go in its fight against child malnutrition, and various stakeholders are shaping up with their “intervention strategies” to help in the process.
The next generation of Filipinos will probably be shorter and lighter if the incidence of malnutrition in the country remains unchecked.
A meal, coupled with tales about nutrition and the trees, filled the tummies and minds of poor children of Rizal Elementary School here during the Inquirer Read-Along program on Tuesday.
Six public schools in Metro Cebu partnered with the Aboitiz Foundation for the implementation of a school gardening program to help decrease malnutrition among students.
At least 4,500 children here will receive nutritious drinks for free for the next six months. The children were listed as beneficiaries of a feeding program dubbed as “Ako Para sa Batang Pinoy Movement” which was launched to help address malnutrition among schoolchildren in Bacolod. During the launch, children were given “nutrijuice,” drinks developed by [...]
Calapan City Mayor Paulino Salvador “Doy” Leachon vowed to raise more brilliant children in his city through feeding programs aimed at stamping out malnutrition.
Silent emergency. This was how the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) would call the undernourished children that have, for so long, troubled the Philippines’ health advocates.
A feeding program aimed to lower malnutrition is now ongoing at the Gabi Elementary School in barangay Gabi, Cordova, Cebu. The AboitizLand Inc., with Aboitiz Foundation and AboitizLand organization ICare Batch 5, launched the “Ang Batang Busog, Baskug ug Himsug” program last July 18 for the 55 school pupils. Parents will prepare nutritious meals planned [...]
