A HEARTBREAKING face of poverty is the present-day preponderance of undernutrition or malnutrition of young Filipino children.

The leading single measure of this undernutrition generally is stunting - the health condition of children under five years old having a height shorter, as defined, than the median of a reference population, which in our case is the Philippine population. Stunting is associated with the consequences of malnutrition, including brain underdevelopment.

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