Malnutrition will stay as long as there is poverty, study says

Malnutrition will stay as long as there is poverty, study says

Rommel Roxas and his children after their lunch. (Photo by A. Umil/ Bulatlat.com)

By Marxze D. Umil MANILA – Rommel Roxas, 43, whose family lives in the streets of Intramuros, Manila is having noodles and rice for lunch. He takes a break from his work as a barker, and eats with his family. Roxas earns less than P300 ($6.50) a day. His wife Maritess (not her real name), meanwhile, sells candies and earns about P200 ($4.30) a day. They have five children.

“Kulang pa yun, umuutang pa nga kami para lang makakain yung mga bata,” Roxas told Bulatlat.com. (That is hardly enough. We have to borrow so the children would be able to eat.)

His youngest son, Jayson, is eight years old but he only looks like five.

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