Republic Act No. 11037 on Child Nutrition. Country/Territory Philippines Document type Legislation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act Institutionalizing a National Feeding Program for Undernourished Children in Public Day Care, Kindergarten and Elementary Schools to Combat Hunger and Undernutrition among Filipino Children and Appropriating Funds Therefor. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food security Policy/planning Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Food quality control/food safety School feeding Nutrition Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes This Act enters into force 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette. Abstract This Child Nutrition Act, consisting of 16 sections, aims at institutionalizing a National Feeding Programme for Undernourished Children in Public Day Care, Kindergarten and Elementary Schools to Combat Hunger and Undernutrition in Philippines. The State recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation-building and shall promote and protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and social well-being. In recognition of the demonstrated relationship between food and nutrition, and the capacity of students to develop and learn, the State establishes a comprehensive national feeding programme that will address the problem of undernutrition among Filipino children. The Programme has the following components and coverage: a) Supplemental Feeding Programme for Day Care Children for undernourished children with ages three to five years; b) School-Based Feeding Programme for undernourisbed public school children from kindergarten to grade six; c) Milk Feeding Programme. d) Micronutrient Supplements; e) Health Examination, Vaccination and Deworming; f) Gulayan sa Paaralan encourages their respective component units to devote a portion of their land or space for the cultivation of vegetables; g) Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene; h) Integrated Nutrition Education, Behavioral Transformation, and Social Mobilization. Full text English Website www.officialgazette.gov.ph