The Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) has sounded the alarm after stunting rates rose to 25.3%—equivalent to one in four children—marking the first increase in a decade. Results of the 2025 Updating Survey conducted by the Department of Science and Technology–Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) showed that stunting among children aged 0 to 59 months increased by 1.7 percentage…
