THIS year’s Nutrition Month focuses on the growing problem of obesity in the Philippines. From 1993’s 16.6 percent, the prevalence of overweight Filipinos rose to 31.1 percent in 2013. The 8th National Nutrition Survey (NNS) conducted by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), three out of 10 Filipino adults are obese.
With the theme Timbang iwasto sa tamang nutrisyon at ehersisyo (Correct weight through right nutrition and exercise), the 41st Nutrition Month campaign aims to make people aware about how they can prevent obesity.