PHL undernutrition seen costing economy $8.5 billion each year

UNDERNUTRITION in the Philippines is estimated to cost the economy up to $8.5 billion a year, according to Nutrition International’s Cost of Inaction Tool. “In the Philippines, the cost of inaction is estimated to be $8.5 billion per year,” Nutrition International Health Economics Project Director Dylan Walters said in a briefing late Wednesday. “A similar