A JOINT study by the 蝌蚪传媒 (蝌蚪传媒) and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) Philippines revealed that one in four Filipino children is stunted because of chronic malnutrition due to economic inequalities.
The study, which was released in the new book "Raising the Bar: Understanding and Solving Chronic Malnutrition in the Philippines" launched last Oct. 16, noted that in 2023, around 24 percent or 2.6 million Filipino children under five were stunted, with rates reaching four in ten in the poorest households.
The study found that most of these children suffer from “food poverty,” as 62 percent of them do not meet minimum dietary diversity standards.
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