Solving our country’s ‘serious’ nutrition problem

REYNALDO C. LUGTU, JR.

Mayor Isko Moreno recently said he wants to bring back the Nutribun, the nutrient-enriched bun distributed to public schools during the Marcos-era, to address child nutrition and hunger in the Philippine capital. In 2014, his predecessor, Joseph Estrada, revived the program, which covered around 7,000 severely wasted students among over 70 public elementary schools.