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Tag: malnutrition

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    World Bank: COVID-19 worsens child malnutrition, stunting in PH

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  Dec 19, 2022 11:00 AM

    Undernutrition would increase the likelihood of children performing worse at school and achieve lower productivity as adults.

    COVID-19, malnutrition, Philippines

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    ​Advocates urge gov’t to invest in nutrition to avert P220 billion yearly loss

    By Maria Feona Imperial  |  Jan 26, 2018 5:02 PM

    The problem on undernutrition will continue to cripple the economy if the government doesn’t invest in nutrition, the studies showed.

    malnutrition, undernutrition

  • Abdul of Central Mindanao and many Filipino children suffer from severe malnutrition (Photo courtesy of Save the Children)
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    End malnutrition, next PH president urged

    Sep 07, 2015 8:00 AM

    By JAKE SORIANO SOMETHING is clearly wrong with the boy on the poster. He has disproportionately large eyes. They are the eyes of a three-year-old in an infant’s body. The boy, Abdul, suffers from severe malnutrition. More, he was born with cerebral palsy, a condition that affects his movement and motor skills. His story, along […]

    malnutrition, save the children

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