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September 5, 2025 | 12:02 am

Based on the latest The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 44% of Filipinos could not afford a healthy diet in 2024. This means that 51 million Filipinos are short of budget needed for a healthy diet. The FAO defines a healthy diet as one that can sustain a person’s physiological needs and help prevent ailments.

Almost half of Filipinos can’t afford a healthy diet