Philippines among countries with most underweight people in the world

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A Study published in The Lancet, an online medical magazine, has revealed that the Philippines is among the countries with the highest rate of underweight men and women in the world.

Statistics show that from 1975 to 2014, the Philippines ranked 9th in underweight men, and 8th in underweight women – the study highlighted the idea that the Philippines ranked once higher that Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Brazil.

The study also shows that the number of underweight people worldwide in 1975 numbered approximately 330-million. In 2014, those number rose to a staggering 462-million – with most of those rising numbers appearing in south Asia.

Topping the list with the most underweight people went to India, second was China, then Indonesia and Bangladesh.

The study was analyzed using the BMI of adults aged 18-years or older within 200 countries worldwide.

The study touched on the nutritional deficiency and other social problems in the Philippines. The study also showed that poor countries were not sufficiently addressing malnutrition in adults and children.

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