Resilient Cities urban nutrition profile: Philippines
Child stunting is a persistent problem in the Philippines. While stunting prevalence is higher in rural than in urban areas, it still affects one in four children under the age of five in urban areas and coexists with rising overweight in school-age children, adolescents, and adults. Some urban nutr...
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| author | Margolies, Amy Pather, Kamara Namara, Rebecca Sehgal, Mrignyani San Valentin, Carleneth Olney, Deanna K. |
| author_browse | Margolies, Amy Namara, Rebecca Olney, Deanna K. Pather, Kamara San Valentin, Carleneth Sehgal, Mrignyani |
| author_facet | Margolies, Amy Pather, Kamara Namara, Rebecca Sehgal, Mrignyani San Valentin, Carleneth Olney, Deanna K. |
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| description | Child stunting is a persistent problem in the Philippines. While stunting prevalence is higher in rural than in urban areas, it still affects one in four children under the age of five in urban areas and coexists with rising overweight in school-age children, adolescents, and adults. Some urban nutrition interventions have focused on reducing diet-related noncommunicable disease (NCD) risks, but they have not addressed the challenges of the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) (e.g., the coexistence of problems of undernutrition and overnutrition) in school-age children and adolescents. Likewise, the lack of evidence on interventions in the urban food environment (FE) signals a need for studies to better understand the role of FEs in driving unhealthy dietary changes and the DBM and to test approaches to shift consumption patterns toward healthier diets and lifestyles. NCDs are the leading cause of mortality in the Philippines, and NCD risks are higher in urban areas than rural ones. National policies support nutrition with multisectoral approaches, particularly through urban farming and gardening to promote healthy and affordable urban diets. Yet the urban-specific programs must be evaluated. Evaluations of urban agricultural initiatives are needed to document any impact on diets and nutrition and to assess the potential for scale up, especially given land scarcity in dense urban areas. Additionally, multisectoral double-duty actions must be developed to address all forms of malnutrition. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1598382025-11-06T06:30:43Z Resilient Cities urban nutrition profile: Philippines Margolies, Amy Pather, Kamara Namara, Rebecca Sehgal, Mrignyani San Valentin, Carleneth Olney, Deanna K. agriculture child stunting diet nutrition malnutrition urban areas Child stunting is a persistent problem in the Philippines. While stunting prevalence is higher in rural than in urban areas, it still affects one in four children under the age of five in urban areas and coexists with rising overweight in school-age children, adolescents, and adults. Some urban nutrition interventions have focused on reducing diet-related noncommunicable disease (NCD) risks, but they have not addressed the challenges of the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) (e.g., the coexistence of problems of undernutrition and overnutrition) in school-age children and adolescents. Likewise, the lack of evidence on interventions in the urban food environment (FE) signals a need for studies to better understand the role of FEs in driving unhealthy dietary changes and the DBM and to test approaches to shift consumption patterns toward healthier diets and lifestyles. NCDs are the leading cause of mortality in the Philippines, and NCD risks are higher in urban areas than rural ones. National policies support nutrition with multisectoral approaches, particularly through urban farming and gardening to promote healthy and affordable urban diets. Yet the urban-specific programs must be evaluated. Evaluations of urban agricultural initiatives are needed to document any impact on diets and nutrition and to assess the potential for scale up, especially given land scarcity in dense urban areas. Additionally, multisectoral double-duty actions must be developed to address all forms of malnutrition. 2024-11-15 2024-11-15T16:35:37Z 2024-11-15T16:35:37Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159838 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138886 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Margolies, Amy; Pather, Kamara; Namara, Rebecca; Sehgal, Mrignyani; San Valentin, Carleneth; and Olney, Deanna. 2024. Resilient Cities urban nutrition profile: Philippines. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159838 |
| spellingShingle | agriculture child stunting diet nutrition malnutrition urban areas Margolies, Amy Pather, Kamara Namara, Rebecca Sehgal, Mrignyani San Valentin, Carleneth Olney, Deanna K. Resilient Cities urban nutrition profile: Philippines |
| title | Resilient Cities urban nutrition profile: Philippines |
| title_full | Resilient Cities urban nutrition profile: Philippines |
| title_fullStr | Resilient Cities urban nutrition profile: Philippines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resilient Cities urban nutrition profile: Philippines |
| title_short | Resilient Cities urban nutrition profile: Philippines |
| title_sort | resilient cities urban nutrition profile philippines |
| topic | agriculture child stunting diet nutrition malnutrition urban areas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159838 |
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