Significant improvements in the nutritional status of malnourished children (using weight-for-age) of as much as 71.4 percent and 46.6 percent in severe and moderately underweight cases have been observed (in the area of Pateros, 1997) although, of the total number of households with moderately and severely underweight preschoolers, only 90 percent were reached. Its operation has been expanded to other depressed barangays 47 within the targeted municipality through the initiatives of local chief executives and village-level core groups. LAKASS has demonstrated its effectiveness in attaining its immediate goals. LAKASS aims to: (a) improve the nutrition situation in all identified nutritionally depressed municipalities and (b) provide effective and sustainable services for the community to improve their nutritional status. It covers 175 nutritionally depressed municipalities in the country. The programme is funded by the Government of the Philippines (GoP), from the GoP-Japan Increased Food Production Programme. ![]() ![]() The LAKASS Programme ( Lalakas ang Katawang Sapat sa Sustansiya) 46 started in 1989 and is ongoing in selected areas throughout the Philippines. ![]() Community-based food and nutrition programmes
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