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Philippines National Nutrition Survey 2013-2014

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Eighth National Nutrition Survey 2013
Provider 
Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Department of Science and Technology (Philippines)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Philippines (PHL)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
06/2013 - 04/2014
Series or system 
Philippines National Nutrition Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

This survey was the 8th National Nutrition Survey carried out in the Philippines. The purpose of this survey was to gather data on the eating habits, nutrition, and health of the Filipino people in order to develop indicators. The survey was conducted in rural and urban areas within all 17 regions of the country.

The data were collected through interviews, anthropometric measurements, and blood samples. Measurements of height, weight, body mass index, blood pressure, and waist-to-hip ratio were recorded. Samples of blood were collected in order to assess lipids, blood glucose, and iron.

The sample size for this survey was 45,047 households and 172,323 individuals.

Keywords 
Adolescents, Aged adults, Alcohol use, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Assets, Birth weight, Blood glucose, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Caesarean section, Calcium, Child anthropometry, Children, Cholesterol tests, Cooking fuels, Diabetes, Diet, Dietary protein, Dietary sodium, Disability, Education, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Glucose tests, Health care use, Health facilities, Health promotion, Hearing loss, Height, Hemoglobin, Household air pollution, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hypertension, Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, Immunization, Infants, Iodine deficiency, Iodine supplements, Iron, Iron-deficiency anemia, Ischemic heart disease, Land ownership, Limited mobility, Malnutrition, Marital status, Maternal anthropometry, Maternal care, Micronutrients, Nutrition, Obesity, Occupations, Physical activity, Place of delivery, Postnatal care, Pregnancy, Prevalence, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Sanitation, Secondhand smoke, Sense organ diseases, Skilled birth attendants, Smokeless tobacco use, Social class, Stroke, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Transportation, Vision loss, Vitamin A deficiency, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 23, 2023