THE number of Filipinos who reported involuntary hunger decreased in the first quarter of 2017, results of a survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.

The poll, which was conducted from March 25 to 28 with 1,200 adult respondents, showed that 11.9 percent or an estimated 2.7 million households missed a meal at least once in the past quarter.

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