5. - is a term describing a person
whose body weight is considered
too low to be healthy.
6. - refers to people with a body mass
index (BMI) of under 18.5 or a
weight 15% to 20 % below that
normal for their age and height
group.
7. • weight is less than the normal
amount for one’s height
8. Moderate Wasting:
Girls and Boys = 12.1 – 13.7 kg
Severe Wasting:
Girls and Boys = below12.1 kg
Average weight:
(5 yrs. Old)
Girls = 18.2 kg
Boys = 18.3 kg
9. • height is less than the normal
amount for one’s age
10. Moderate Stunting:
Girls = 95.2 to 99.9 cm
Boys = 96.1 to 100.7 cm
Severe Stunting:
Girls = below 95.2 cm
Boys = below 96.1 cm
Average height:
(5 yrs. Old)
Girls = 109 cm
Boys = 110 cm
11. • weight that is higher than
what is considered as a healthy
weight for a given height
61. Nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions to
address malnutrition
Department of Health:
National Plan of Action
for Infant and Young
Child Feeding (IYCF) for
2011-2016
The nutrition-specific interventions
were implemented together with
programs that focus on reproductive
health of mothers, before conception,
during pregnancy, after delivery and
the first two years of life. (DOH, 2011)
62. Other nutrition-
specific interventions:
Distribution of micronutrient
power packs and other
vitamins and food
supplements
Fortification of staple foods
Educational and advocacy
programs on the use of
available food and resource
64. SOURCES
• FNRI ( Food and Nutrition Research Institute) of the
Department of Science and Technology
• Asia Development Bank Research
• National Nutrition Survey 2013
• World Health Organization
• Annual Poverty Indicator Survey (APIS)
• UNICEF (United Nation International Children’s
Emergency Fund)
• Department of Health, 2011
• Department of Social Welfare and Development
• DepEd (Department of Education)