Improving dairy industry is key to fighting undernutrition–experts

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Undernutrition remains a serious problem among Filipino children aged five to 10, with approximately 2.7 million children being too short for their age, potentially affecting their cognitive and physical development.

In a recent forum, Professor Liezel Atienza, Director of the Institute of Human Nutrition and Food at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, explained that milk and dairy products help diversify the diet and can benefit both nutritionally vulnerable people and healthy people when consumed in appropriate amounts.

National Dairy Authority OIC Administrator Gavino Alfredo Benitez said the Philippines faces an astronomical challenge to improve its milk production. Agriculture Assistant Secretary Benjamin Albarece said improving the genetics of the cows is important to boost the production of milk in the country. “We’re still producing one percent of the local milk production,” he said.

Hosted by Alaska Milk Corporation in celebration of World Milk Day, the forum, which centered on the theme “Celebrating the Goodness of Dairy,” discussed the power of milk and the goodness of dairy.

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