I know you have the commercial about the
United for Healthier kids and just to enlighten you more about the advocacy,
here’s more information that I know you would want to find out. It is a Campaign
launched to address malnutrition among Filipino children. The advocacy is launched by Nestlé, FNRI, ABS-CBN, and
Facebook
About thirty percent of Filipino
children are undernourished and this has not significantly improved in the past
10 years, according to the 2013 National Nutrition Survey. It has also been
established that consistent under-nutrition can lead to stunting. Stunting has been linked to health issues in
adulthood such as high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and even
obesity.
Nestlé Philippines, in partnership with
the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science
and Technology, ABS-CBN, and Facebook, has launched a movement called United
for Healthier Kids (U4HK) to help address the serious problem of child
malnutrition in the country.
U4HK seeks to draw together various
sectors of society to work with parents in increasing awareness about the prevalence
of child malnutrition, as well as promoting proper diet for children. The spotlight will be on children with ages 4
to 12 years old.
“U4HK delivers upon Nestlé’s roadmap for
enhancing the quality of children’s lives through healthier food and beverages,
and information and services that will help parents ensure the healthy growth
and development of their children,” Nestlé Philippines Chairman and CEO John
Miller said.
“We stress that no one entity can do
this alone. As the saying goes, “It takes a village to raise a child.’ We are
one with our partners, FNRI, ABS-CBN, and Facebook and we thank them for making
this advocacy a reality,” Nestlé Philippines Director of Communications Sandra
Puno said.
To know more about U4HK and how you can
help the cause, please visit www.facebook.com/u4hkPH.
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