Why Invest in

Nutrition?
1 Alarming nutrition problem
 Why invest in NUTRITION?
Region: Region:
37.7% 2.6%

Province: Province:
36.6 % 3.0 %
Stunting Overweight in the ASEAN Region

Region: $4.5 B / year

global stunting
7.0% burden Future
Economic
Losses from
Province: undernutrition

“Nutrition is a 7.1 %
child right and Wasting Micronutrient “Cost of
“Embarrassment
an integral part Deficiency malnutrition
for a middle-
of the UN SDGs
and PDP. “Alarming nutrition problem income country
to the
economy
Source: DOST-FNRI (2015)
 Embarrassment for a middle
2 income country
 Negative impact of malnutrition
3 on development
Individuals with
reduced
functioning of the
ventral prefrontal
cortex, specially
during childhood,
tend to have severe
antisocial
behavior and
impaired moral
judgment.
THE FIRST 1000 DAYS IS
CRITICAL TO
COGNITIVE PERCEPTION &
COMPREHENSION

DEVELOPMENT
Temporal
Lobe

MEMORY
LANGUAGE
 THE FIRST 1000 DAYS IS CRITICAL TO
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Severe early-life deprivation
shows the reduced functioning of
the ventral prefrontal cortex

Individuals with reduced

functioning of the ventral
prefrontal cortex, specially
during childhood, tend to have
severe antisocial behavior and
impaired moral judgment.
Stunting is NOT genetic
 Cost of malnutrition to the
4 economy
 Returns to investment in nutrition
5 very high
THE
COPENHAGEN CONSENSUS
“Economic models suggest that the
returns to investments in nutrition
have high benefit:/cost ratios, and
that this should be a top
development priority.”
 Intervention to address
6 malnutrition exists
The Power
of the
FIRST
1000
DAYS
 Intervention to address
6 malnutrition exists
Well-nourished
Children in the

FIRST 1000
DAYS
7
Nutrition is a child right and an integral part of the
UN SDGs and PDP. Supportive policies for LGUs to
invest in nutrition exist
Thank you! 