Malnutrition is a social problem in the Philippines that affects many children. The document discusses the different forms of malnutrition - underweight, wasting, and stunting - and provides data on the prevalence of each from national surveys. While stunting has decreased from 39% to 30% from 1993 to 2013, wasting has remained the same at around 7.9%. The causes of malnutrition are linked to poor nutrition, unhealthy conditions, and nutritional deficiencies. The effects of malnutrition can impair cognitive development in individuals and lead to low economic growth at the societal level. The government has committed to addressing malnutrition through programs that promote infant and young child feeding and the distribution of supplements.

2. • poor nutrition
• unhealthy condition
• deficiency in nutrition

4. Underweight
Wasting
Stunting
Overweight

5. - is a term describing a person
whose body weight is considered
too low to be healthy.

6. - refers to people with a body mass
index (BMI) of under 18.5 or a
weight 15% to 20 % below that
normal for their age and height
group.

7. • weight is less than the normal
amount for one’s height

8. Moderate Wasting:
Girls and Boys = 12.1 – 13.7 kg
Severe Wasting:
Girls and Boys = below12.1 kg
Average weight:
(5 yrs. Old)
Girls = 18.2 kg
Boys = 18.3 kg

9. • height is less than the normal
amount for one’s age

10. Moderate Stunting:
Girls = 95.2 to 99.9 cm
Boys = 96.1 to 100.7 cm
Severe Stunting:
Girls = below 95.2 cm
Boys = below 96.1 cm
Average height:
(5 yrs. Old)
Girls = 109 cm
Boys = 110 cm

11. • weight that is higher than
what is considered as a healthy
weight for a given height

12. Chronic and
Acute
Malnutrition

14. Malnutrition as a
Social Problem

15. Philippines’
commitment
in the
Millenium
Development
Goal 2015

16. National Nutrition Survey 2013
1993 2013
Stunting 39% 30%
Underweight 24% 20%
2003 2013
Wasting 7.7 % 7.9%

17. Ranked 9th in the
highest burden
of stunting

18. UNICEF 2013

19. Shows the
economic
development of
the country

20. Poverty incidence increase
1st semester of 2013 = 24.6 %
1st semester of 2014 = 25.8 %
Annual Poverty Indicator
Survey (APIS)

22. UNDERWEIGHT

28. by age group

38. UNDERWEIGHT

45. CAUSES

46. CAUS
S
CAUSES

47. CAUSES

48. CAUS
S

49. CAUS
S

51. To Individual
Impaired
Cognitive
Development

53. To Individual

55. To Individual

57. Effects on Society
Low and Slow
Economic Growth

58. Effects on the Community

59. 5.9 million children
under the age of 5
died in 2015
Source: WHO

61. Nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions to
address malnutrition
Department of Health:
National Plan of Action
for Infant and Young
Child Feeding (IYCF) for
2011-2016
The nutrition-specific interventions
were implemented together with
programs that focus on reproductive
health of mothers, before conception,
during pregnancy, after delivery and
the first two years of life. (DOH, 2011)

62. Other nutrition-
specific interventions:
Distribution of micronutrient
power packs and other
vitamins and food
supplements
Fortification of staple foods
Educational and advocacy
programs on the use of
available food and resource

63. Department of
Social Welfare and
Development:
Pantawid Pamilyang
Pilipino Program
(4Ps)

64. SOURCES
• FNRI ( Food and Nutrition Research Institute) of the
Department of Science and Technology
• Asia Development Bank Research
• National Nutrition Survey 2013
• World Health Organization
• Annual Poverty Indicator Survey (APIS)
• UNICEF (United Nation International Children’s
Emergency Fund)
• Department of Health, 2011
• Department of Social Welfare and Development
• DepEd (Department of Education)