Masustansyang Pagkain para sa Batang Pilipino Act

Want to know what our country is doing in addressing child malnutrition? Here is the first ecosystem of law: the Republic Act No. 11037.

President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the establishment of the Republic Act No. 11037 or the Masustansyang Pagkain para sa Batang Pilipino Act. The Republic Act No. 11037 is a national feeding program for undernourished children in public daycare centers, kindergarten, and elementary schools. It orders national government agencies to implement a program with three components (Credo & Del Castillo, 2019). Also, expansion from breakfast to lunch and targeting up until the adolescent age may help mitigate micronutrient deficiencies through age groups (Agdeppa, Custodio, & Toledo, 2022).