1. Reduce disparities in nutrition by focusing on population groups and areas highly affected by or at risk of malnutrition, specifically pregnant women, infants, children 1-2 years old, underweight children 0-5 years old, and LGUs with high levels of child undernutrition or at risk of undernutrition.
2. Devote more resources to interventions with a greater impact on undernutrition among children under-five, including the following:
a) Optimum infant feeding and young-child feeding practices anchored on breastfeeding during the first six months of life;
b) Calorie-, nutrient-dense and safe solid and semi-solid foods (complementary foods) from the sixth month of life onward, with continued breastfeeding up to two years of age;
c) Sanitary practices, including personal hygiene and handwashing;
d) Supplementation with Vitamin A, zinc for diarrhea management, iron for pregnant women and infants, and iodine in areas where iodine deficiency disorders are endemic;
e) Deworming;
f) Appropriate medical and dietary management of acute malnutrition; and
g) Iron fortification of rice and flour, iodization of salt, and Vitamin A fortification of other staples.
3. Revive, identify, adopt, and propagate good practices and models for nutrition improvement;
4. Increase food supply at the community level through food production programs and development and the maintenance of facilities to allow efficient distribution of food (refer also to Chapter 4);
5. Improve access to food by generating employment and building capacities for higher employability;
6. Protect the vulnerable from food insecurity through food-based safety nets, e.g. direct distribution of rice, emergency employment; and
7. Strengthen and nurture interagency structures for integrated and coordinated implementation of nutrition and related services at national and local levels.