Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

March 28, 2023 Dear Love Lee Fernandez, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Feb 21, 2023 03:18:29 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for The statistics on malnourished children case. Your FOI request is approved. Our apologies for the delayed response. In reference to your data request, please be informed that our data on this are limited to the following published data: 2021 Philippine Statistical Yearbook, Chapter 9: Vital, Health, and Nutrition Statistics https://psa.gov.ph/products-and-services/publications/philippine-statistical-yearbook Table 9.26 Prevalence of Malnutrition Among Children less than 5 years old (0-59 months): 1989 to 2018: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T9_26.xlsx Table 9.27 Prevalence of Malnutrition Among 5-10 and 10-19 years old: 2003 to 2018: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T9_27.xlsx You may also refer to our data on our OpenSTAT portal: 2.2.2 Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age, by type (wasting and overweight): https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G02/0033I3D0222.px/?rxid=ce448dec-0da7-4b62-a11f-d97ed833158d 2.2.s1 Prevalance of micronutrient deficiencies (Vitamin A, Iron): https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G02/0043I3D22S1.px/?rxid=7a07762c-76cb-40a9-9012-2fc6aecc9fe8 We would love to hear your Feedback so we can improve our services. Kindly fill out the PSA Customer feedback form from this link: https://tinyurl.com/OnlineCSSForm. Thank you. Respectfully, Noel G. Perez (Information Technology Officer III) Officer-in-Charge Information Technology and Dissemination Service