As stressed by the DOST-FNRI, because of the high incidence of obesity, the Philippines missed its target of “no increase or reduced obesity prevalence” that was stated in the Philippine Plan for Action 2017 to 2022. READ:
When it comes to children younger than 5 years old and the elderly, or those 60 years and older, the prevalence of obesity was 3.9 percent and 6.2 percent, slightly lower than 4 percent and 6.3 percent in 2018.
The UK National Health Service explained that obesity, which affects one billion people all over the world—650 million adults, 340 million teens, 39 million children—is generally caused by eating too much and moving too little. As stressed by the Philippine Association for the Study of Overweight and Obesity , “you have a better chance of living a long and healthy life if your BMI is between 18.5 and 22.9.”
As stressed by the United Nations Children’s Fund , “if no action is taken, overall rates of overweight and obesity will continue to rise” and that “it is projected that more than 30 percent of Filipino adolescents will be overweight and obese by 2030.”
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