00:00 The queues are building up in this busy district in Laloma, Quezon City.
00:05 The aroma of roasting lechon wafting out from these stalls.
00:10 It's Christmas time.
00:12 (SPEAKING IN TAGALOG)
00:25 But the scientist from the DOST has some advice.
00:29 If you eat lechon, we advise you to just eat a much bigger size of lechon.
00:35 The latest nationwide survey by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the DOST
00:41 flags the rising number of Filipinos who are obese.
00:44 Four out of ten adult Filipinos were overweight in 2022, higher than pre-COVID times.
00:51 More infants were found to be overweight too, nine for every 100 babies.
00:57 The percentage of obese school children 6 to 12 years old also doubled in a span of three years.
01:04 Even if the population of stunted children has shrunk, it's not just food to blame for obesity.
01:11 The survey shows fewer people exercise at least two hours a week.
01:15 Both kids and adults have to drop their gadgets and at least take a walk.
01:20 That's the main cause of overweight and obesity in the country.
01:24 It's not more on food really, but then it matters then the type of food to be eaten
01:30 and of course the amount of food to be consumed.
01:33 There are also more binge drinkers or those who take more than four drinks in a row.
01:39 But how much booze should one have at a party?
01:42 (SPEAKING IN TAGALOG)
01:47 So this Christmas, give yourself the gift of good health.
01:52 Lois Calderon, CNN, Philippines.
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