Nearly one in three children under age five in the Philippines is stunted, a key marker of undernutrition. This rate is … of stunting in the Philippines, using data from the 2015 National Nutrition Survey. Potential drivers are analyzed … 20 percent. Similarly, providing adequate food security and diversity to all Filipino children would reduce stunting by …

. Against common views, our results also suggest that the nutrition transition reduces child stunting. Further research is …We analyze how the nutrition transition affects child malnutrition in developing countries. It is often assumed that … the nutrition transition affects child weight but not child growth, which could be one reason why child underweight …