Health chief says 3 out of 10 children face nutritional deficiencies

The Manila Times

Health chief says 3 out of 10 children face nutritional deficiencies  Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa says that 27 percent or 3 out of 10 children face nutritional deficiencies. Herbosa pointed this out during the Philippine Multisectoral Nutrition Project (PMNP) National Mayors' Forum in Taguig on July 16, 2025. Herbosa noted the disparity in nutrition levels across different regions in the Philippines where some areas have high nutrition standards while others struggle with poverty and inadequate nutrition programs.   VIDEO BY ALLEN LIMOS  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #tmtnews #philippines

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00:00The growth and development starts as a fetus.

00:04So, when a kid is a kid, it's a kid that's a kid that's a kid.

00:07But the kid is pregnant since the kid is a kid.

00:10It's a kid that's a kid.

00:12The kid is a kid.

00:14The kid is a low birth rate.

00:17When a child is a kid, it's a kid.

00:20When it's a kid, it's not that kid's kid,

00:24it's a kid's kid's kid.

00:26It's a kid's kid.

00:27And that's the problem for us.

00:28So it's important that 27% is 3 out of 10 kids. Can you imagine, 3 out of 10 Filipinos, but so that's not good.

00:43What kind of economic development? We want all kids to have the food potential.

00:49Do you have any needs?

00:52Correct. May region mataas ang nutrition, may mataas ang kahirapan ng power hearings.

00:59May region mayayaman, may mga cities na maganda ng nutrition programs.

01:04C-Rex, for example, mayaman ang Valenzuela, ito sa mayor, he was health oriented, na tutukan niya yung nutrition programs.

01:11And nung pa lang, nakita niya na, sila yung parang convergence point ng lahat ng DSWD, ng DILG, ng DOH.

01:19So sila mayor talaga importante.

01:21Kaya natutuwa ko dito, sa aming mayor's forum, meron kami 253 mayors na kasama dito sa PMLT program dahil sila ay nasa mga maisirap.

01:32Pero ang nag-attend dito, 210 ang nagsabing pupunta. Although present na yun, 174.

01:41Almost 200. Iba late mamayang hapon dada sa inyo.

01:45Ang ganda na ng mga mayor, response.

01:50So yung farm, yung region 5, region 8, yung mga region na matataas ang standing.

02:01Sa ibang, at different levels yan. At saka alam naman yung mga mayor kung saan.

02:06Kung saan yung mga bata niyan.

02:08Ang gurok ang barbolize.

02:10Hindi maraming standing.

02:12So ito yung pinggang tunoy natin ano.

02:26Kailangan may carbohydrates, yung canin, yung carbs, energy yun, energy food or goat foods.

02:32Tapos yung protein, pwede isda, malok, baboy, karte.

02:37I'm sorry. Baboy, karte, fish. Diba?

02:43Yan naman ang protein source natin.

02:45Tapos yung gulay, nandiyan yung glow foods yung mga bite na din sa mga pwede.

02:49So kailangan yung pinggang mo, one-third, one-third, one-third.

02:52Meron dyan. Ang pitan din siya sa loob.

02:54Yung food na napakita nung picture, yung pinggang o kibay.

02:57Mayroon naman na sir, yung new feed-up pwede isa sa standard.

03:00Is anyone aged?

03:02Ah, yes, yes. Meron siyang age. May age-appropriate leaves yan.

03:06Especially, yung batang lumanak eh, mas maraming protein kailangan na kailangan.

03:10Tapos yung mas active, kailangan mo ng replacement ng energy.

03:14Nakita mo yung mga construction workers,

03:16pag kumain ng alin.

03:18It's ang bandihado.

03:19Pero yung protein, maliit lang.

03:21Isang pinapala o isang pinutok lang.

03:24Sir, concrete information.

03:26Best cure alright.

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