• poor nutrition

• unhealthy condition

• deficiency in nutrition
Underweight
Wasting
Stunting
Overweight
- is a term describing a person
whose body weight is considered
too low to be healthy.
- 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.
•weight is less than the normal
amount for one’s height
Average weight:
(5 yrs. Old)
Girls = 18.2 kg
Boys = 18.3kg

Moderate Wasting:
Girls and Boys = 12.1 – 13.7kg

Severe Wasting:
Girls and Boys = below12.1 kg
•height is less than the normal
amount for one’s age
 Average height:
(5 yrs. Old)
Girls = 109 cm
Boys = 110cm

Moderate Stunting: Severe Stunting:

Girls = 95.2 to 99.9cm Girls = below 95.2 cm
Boys = 96.1 to 100.7cm Boys = below 96.1 cm
•weight that is higher than
what is considered as a healthy
weight for a given height
Chronic and
Acute
Malnutrition
Malnutrition as a
Social Problem
 Philippines’
commitment
in the
Millenium
Development
Goal 2015
 1993 2013
Stunting 39% 30%

Underweight 24% 20%

2003 2013
Wasting 7.7 % 7.9%

National Nutrition Survey 2013

Ranked 9th in the
highest burden
of stunting
UNICEF 2013
 Shows the
economic
development of
the country
Annual Poverty Indicator
Survey (APIS)
Poverty incidence increase

1st semester of 2013 = 24.6 %

1st semester of 2014 = 25.8 %

UNDERWEIGHT
by age group
UNDERWEIGHT
CAUSES
CAUSES CAUS
S
CAUSES
CAUS
S
CAUS
S
To Individual
Impaired
Cognitive
Development
To Individual
To Individual
Effects on Society

Low and Slow

Economic Growth
Effects on the Community
5.9 million children
under the age of 5
died in 2015
Source: WHO
Nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventionsto
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)
 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
 Department of
Social Welfare and
Development:
Pantawid Pamilyang
Pilipino Program
(4Ps)
SOURCES
• FNRI ( Food and Nutrition Research Institute) of the
Department of Science andTechnology
• Asia Development Bank Research
• National Nutrition Survey2013
• World Health Organization
• Annual Poverty Indicator Survey(APIS)
• UNICEF (United Nation InternationalChildren’s
Emergency Fund)
• Department of Health,2011
• Department of Social Welfare andDevelopment
• DepEd (Department ofEducation)