CURRICULUM RELATED PROBLEMS:

NUTRITION AND FOOD

PRODUCTION

MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDG)

WHO Fact Sheet of 2013Target 1.A: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1.25 a day•The target of reducing extreme poverty rates by half was met five years ahead of the 2015 deadline.•The global poverty rate at $1.25 a day fell in 2010 to less than half the 1990 rate. 700 million fewer people lived in conditions of extreme poverty in 2010 than in 1990. However, at the global level 1.2 billion people are still living in extreme poverty.

Target 1.B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people•Globally, 384 million workers lived below the $1.25 a day poverty line in 2011—a reduction of 294 million since 2001.•The gender gap in employment persists, with a 24.8 percentage point difference between men and women in the employment-to-population ratio in 2012.

Target 1.C: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger•The hunger reduction target is within reach by 2015.•Globally, about 870 million people are estimated to be undernourished.•More than 100 million children under age five are still undernourished and underweight.

•NUTRITIONAL STATUS REPORT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN SILANG DISTRICT II – ENDLINE S.Y. 2013-2014

GRADE LEVEL

ENROLMENTWEIGHT/ BODY MASS INDEX

SEVERELY WASTED

WASTED NORMAL ABOVE NORMAL

OBSESE

M F M F M F M F M F M F

PRE-ELEM 799 768 19 16 94 108 670 627 14 18 2 0

GR.1 1054 935 45 25 102 95 868 788 31 26 8 1

GR.2 1166 939 46 38 114 98 976 792 24 6 6 6

GR.3 1014 828 55 22 112 91 813 695 27 18 7 2

GR.4 773 813 26 36 107 87 609 676 26 13 5 1

GR.5 771 716 20 23 74 62 645 604 29 25 3 2

GR.6 756 685 37 18 76 74 620 582 21 10 2 1

TOTAL 6333 5684 248 117 679 615 5201 4764 172 116 33 12

Factors influencing children’s food intake and nutritional practices.

While there seemed to be lack of systematic data on changing dietary habits and eating behaviours, participants, based on observations, mentioned a mix of factors that determined dietary patterns, including:

NUTRITION AND FOOD PRODUCTION

Nutrition awareness of mothers Food availability at home and in schools Income (vs. Food prices) Nutrition awareness of school teachers Peer pressure/ influences Media and advertising Breakfast skipping Proliferation of food industry and fast food     Street foods sold outside schools and school’s lack of control

School gardening and production programmes were constrained by lack of space and inputs in some countries, especially in urban areas. School gardens that should served as a demonstration ground and provide opportunities for children to learn how to grow vegetables, fruits and raise small animals, including poultry

According to the REPORT OF THE TECHNICAL MEETING OF THEASIA PACIFIC NETWORK FOR FOOD AND NUTRITION ON SCHOOL BASED NUTRITION, a growing number of developing countries are faced with a “double burden of malnutrition”: the persistence of undernutrition, especially among children, along with emerging problems of overweight and obesity, and diet-related chronic diseases. Both conditions are often associated with problems of micronutrient deficiencies.

In Asia the “double burden of malnutrition” has become an increasing concern for many countries independent of their economic development. The co-existence of undernutrition and obesity is becoming more widespread and imposes an additional burden on already stretched social and health care services, especially in urban areas.

“Improving the nutritional status of school-age children is an effective investment for the future. “ - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS,REGIONAL OFFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFICBangkok, 2007

Thank you for listening.

TOLEDO, MARICELLE T.