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MALNUTRITION PROGRAM FOR KIDS AND ELDERS

 Every day, 95 children in the Philippines die from malnutrition. Twenty-seven out of 1,000 Filipino children do not get past their fifth birthday. A third of Filipino children are underweight, or is too short for their age. So, we decided to do this campaign to help children and adults who are experiencing malnutrition and how to prevent it. Malnutrition refers to deficiencies, excesses or imbalances in a person's intake of energy and/or nutrients in the body, it is a state of nutrition in which a deficiency or excess (or imbalance) of energy, protein and other nutrients causes measurable adverse effects on body form. Women, infants, children, and adolescents are at particular risk of malnutrition, but everyone can experience it unexpectedly, many Filipinos continue to go hungry and became malnourished due to inadequate intake of food and nutrients. According to a recent study by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), the current chronic malnutrition rate among Filipino children aged 0 to 2 is at 26.2 percent, the highest in 10 years. More reason to use it as a campaign we want to prevent it and if possible, stop it, because children deserves to see how beautiful our world is.

Group members:

Kate Syrish R. Bala

Anne Lhorraine Orbiso

Jovelyn Austero

Paulla Christelle Sura

Rhoden Aranzamendez