San Jose Buenavista, Antique – Board member Mayella Mae Plameras-Ladislao has pushed for the establishment of a nutrition office that will focus on addressing the malnutrition problem in Antique.
Citing the 2023 nutrition situation report of the National Nutrition Council in Western Visayas, she said, 3,190 of the 50,196 children zero to 59 months old in Antique were underweight.The Operation Timbang Plus, or the annual mass weighing, with the addition of the length or height measurement of preschool children aged zero to 59 months, determines their nutritional status.
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