Aside from the nutribun, the Marcos government are also launching a protein-rich porridge or lugaw for children.
to children and their families in three pilot areas in the Philippines as part of a three-month feeding program to counter malnutrition.
Around 3,000 children aged 3 to 5 are expected to be the beneficiaries of this program, while the municipal health and social welfare offices are the ones tasked to distribute the nutribun through a community-based barangay nutrition scholars approach., as part of the program’s pilot testing. Nutribun, a US Agency for International Development program now commonly associated with the regime of the senator’s father, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., was used to combat malnutrition in the 1970s.
Now, the “leveled up” nutribuns, fortified with protein and vitamins A, B1, and C, will help resolve malnourishment and hunger among children brought about by the current pandemic.for younger children, dried and other nutritious drinks.Nagbago na kasi profile ng malnutrition sa Pilipinas. Nakita natin na ang talagang matinding pagkukulang ng sustansya ay nasa tinatawag na 1,000 days. Ibig sabihin, hanggang three years old,”Kapag hindi sapat ang sustansya, talagang hindi lumalaki.
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