26/08/2026
๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐
๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด
As the country observes National Breastfeeding Month this August, the latest national nutrition data tell a story of both progress and remaining challenges. More Filipino infants are being exclusively breastfed, and more young children are continuing to receive breast milk into their second year of life. However, for many newborns, breastfeeding still does not begin within the critical first hour after birth.
This progress was reflected in the 2025 Updating of the Nutritional Status of Filipino Children and Other Population Groups, or the 2025 Updating Survey, by the Department of Science and Technology - Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI). The survey found that 54.8 percent (%) of infants aged 0 to 5.9 months were exclusively breastfed, an increase from 50.4% in the 2023 National Nutrition Survey (NNS).
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