User:McGSoc/Stunted growth
Note to reviewer: My draft will go under Nepal at the end of the page to provide data on stunting in the Philippines which is one of the countries with the highest rates globally.
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PHILIPPINES
In the Philippines, one in three children below five years old is stunted.[1] Even though the country's economic growth has steadily increased by 4% annually, almost a third of Filipino children have stunted growth. The prevalence of stunting declined during the early 2000s but has remained the same since then, with the 2019 rate (28.8 percent) only marginally lower than that of 2008.[2] Researchers attribute the problem to micronutrient deficiencies brought on by poverty, maternal under-education, food insecurity, and poor environmental conditions.[3] To address stunting and other health and food security issues, the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) was established as an umbrella initiative to meet health and nutrition targets in the country by 2028.[4] Since 2015, there has been a decline in stunting across all age groups, from infants to teenagers, with the most significant improvement observed among 5 to 10-year-olds, dropping from 31.2 percent in 2015 to 19.7 percent in 2021.[5]
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[edit]- ^ Guirindola, Mildred (April 2021). "Risk factors of stunting during the complementary feeding period 6-23 months in the Philippines" (PDF). Malaysian Journal of Nutrition: pp.134-137 – via ResearchGate.
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has extra text (help) - ^ Mbuya, Nkosinathi V (2021). "Undernutrition in the Philippines Scale Scope and Opportunities for Nutrition Policy and Programming". International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/ World Bank: pp.35-36.
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at position 34 (help) - ^ Ulep, Valerie (February 2023). "The Determinants of the Socioeconomic Inequality and the Trajectory of Child Stunting in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
- ^ "Why Are So Many Children Stunted in the Philippines?". 2020-06. doi:10.1596/1813-9450-9294.
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(help) - ^ "The Philippines renews its commitment to nutrition with updated action plan - Philippines | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2024-04-22.