Policy & Discussion Papers
What Determines the Decline of Wasting in the Philippines?
November 2024
Publisher:
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)
The discussion paper examines the factors contributing to the significant reduction in child wasting rates between 2013 and 2018. Despite this progress, the paper highlights that around 800,000 children in the Philippines still suffer from wasting, posing a serious risk to their health.