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Transcript
00:00 The problem of nutrition in the country is still big
00:03 based on the National Nutrition Survey.
00:06 The places where many people cannot eat enough
00:09 according to the first news of Bernadette Reyes.
00:12 Arnel's family often blame the food.
00:18 They earn 200 pesos from his live-in partner.
00:22 Most of the time, it's done.
00:24 But it's still enough if I can still earn money.
00:28 Arnel's family is considered food insecure
00:32 according to the National Nutrition Survey of the DOST Food and Nutrition Research Institute.
00:37 It's the highest in the southern part of the Philippines
00:40 where the poverty incidence is also high.
00:43 Because they are the ones who cannot afford to buy food,
00:49 they are the ones who are food insecure.
00:51 The child's stunting or being clumsy is the highest
00:54 among the five children below in Western Visayas
00:57 which reached 36.9%.
01:00 It was followed by BARMM and Zamboanga Peninsula.
01:04 The highest was the wasting
01:06 or the low weight compared to the growth in Mimaropa and Cagayan Valley
01:10 also included in the list of Zamboanga Peninsula and BARMM.
01:15 Stunting and wasting in one place can cause chaos
01:19 or if it's easy to get food supply.
01:23 There are conflicts and man-made problems.
01:32 And that will put everybody at stake to get food.
01:38 And it matters much also on the production side.
01:44 According to the DOST-FNRI,
01:46 the National Nutrition Survey results are important
01:49 because it targets the areas where malnutrition is the highest in the country.
01:55 It is said that the efforts to strengthen the production of food in areas
02:00 where malnutrition is high
02:02 and to ensure that the food is produced in one place is sufficient.
02:07 This is the first news.
02:08 Bernadette Reyes for GMA Integrated News.
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02:28 (Music)

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