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Nutrition

A smiling baby on a hammock

24 January 2019

Child survival

Helping children survive and thrive

Children enjoy their choco-flavored sugar-coated donut.

Philippine food environment is failing children

Children’s lived experiences reveal factors that promote overweight and obesity

Children flock to buy pichi-pichi, a snack made from grated cassava, grated coconut, and sugar to taste.

Children’s experience of the Philippines' food environment

Realities of children's lives and how policies can improve their food environments and diets

Files available for download (1)

Report (PDF, 25 MB)

Mother Cristina Cabael breastfeeds her youngest son Mark at their home.

07 December 2022

KOICA-UNICEF partnership key in improving children’s health amid pandemic and typhoons

Joint press release

Cheap snacks readily available in neighborhood sari-sari stores are often bought by children or parents as quick treats

03 November 2022

Curbing childhood obesity in the Philippines

Time to junk the junk (food)

Mother and child and their breastfeeding journey

Breastfeeding Your Baby in the First 1,000 Days

Guide to feeding your baby the right way for a healthy start to life

Baby Florencio with his parents at the hospital

A Child Recovers from Severe Malnutrition

UNICEF and partners continue to help ensure proper nutrition for children affected by Typhoon Odette

Annalou and Sophia

Encouraging mothers to Rehabilitate their Malnourished Child

UNICEF and partners continue to help ensure proper nutrition for children affected by Typhoon Odette

A nurse of the rural health unit of Malitbog, Southern Leyte checks their stock of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), an essential life-saving supply item that treats severe wasting in children under 5 years old.

For every child, nutrition even in emergency situations

Six months after Super Typhoon Odette (Rai), healthcare workers in Southern Leyte are able to better address malnutrition

UNICEF/UNI161663/Ferguson

DOH, NNC, KOICA, UNICEF Strengthen Nutrition Drive in the New Normal

Joint press release