National Nutrition Council(NNC)

November 3, 2022 Dear Mary Grace Nolles, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 28, 2022 10:09:26 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for The number of malnourish & obese children & common diseases in the Philippines presented per region. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. However, only the nutritional status of 0-59 months old by city and municipality from 2010 to 2021 is being consolidated by the NNC. You may retrieve the information from our official website https://www.nnc.gov.ph/related-statistics/operation-timbang-result. Should you need the latest national data for under five, school children and adolescents, you may access the Nutrition Facts and Figures through https://i.fnri.dost.gov.ph/. For the top most common diseases suffered by the children in the Philippines, please refer to the Department of Health Field Health Service Information System (FHSIS) Annual Reports accessible through this link: https://doh.gov.ph/publications/serials. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Assistant Secretary and Executive Director IV Dr. Azucena M. Dayanghirang at [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Chona Fernandez FOI Receiving Officer