Data collated by Save the Children showed Filipino men were 1.6m tall, one of the shortest in Southeast Asia, he said.
Men in Southeast Asia are on average 1.63m tall , with Singaporean and Thai males the tallest at about 1.71m, Parawan said.
The global average for men is 1.67m, he said.
International studies have showed the Philippines has the ninth largest proportion of stunted children, the group said.
India is the world’s worst affected nation.
Manila’s own surveys in 2014 showed one in 10 Filipino families lived in extreme poverty – defined as earning 41 pesos (RM3.7) or less a day -- said the charity.
One in four Filipino children sometimes skipped meals, and as many as 1.5 million sometimes went a whole day without a single meal, the group said.
“These figures are sub-Saharan Africa levels of malnutrition,†said Ned Olney, Save the Children’s country director, adding that little improvement has been seen in recent years.
He urged the government to implement measures to ensure children are well-fed, especially in the first 1,000 days after birth.
Failure to address malnutrition will lead to many physically and mentally impaired people, hurting economic growth, Olney warned. – AFP
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