The Philippines is the most sleep-deprived country in Southeast Asia and fourth in the world. More than half of all Filipinos are not meeting the seven-hour minimum that medical science consistently links to healthy cardiovascular, metabolic, and cognitive function. The health toll is being counted in rising hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease rates.
For a decade, child stunting in the Philippines was declining. The 2025 FNRI survey reversed that trend for the first time since 2015. One in four Filipino children under five is now stunted, and the economic cost of inaction is 496 billion pesos a year.
A simple colored label on the front of a food package could shape what millions of Filipino families buy. Government agencies researchers and health groups gathered in Quezon City to discuss a front of pack nutrition labelling system designed to make sugar sodium and fat content impossible to miss.
After 14 years of research and global advocacy, PCOS is now officially called PMOS. Experts say the new name better explains the condition beyond ovarian cysts.
The Philippine College of Chest Physicians has formally warned the public against unregistered "lung support" supplements, citing no scientific evidence of therapeutic benefit and significant risks including heavy metal contamination. APMARGIN examines the data.
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