00:00The number of Filipinos who experienced starvation and starvation
00:05between September and December of 2024
00:09based on the survey of social weather stations.
00:1125.9% of those surveyed from December 12 to 18
00:17said they experienced involuntary hunger
00:21in the last three months since they were asked in the survey.
00:24That's higher than 22.9% of those surveyed in September 2024.
00:32Starvation based on the December survey
00:35is the highest since the record high of 30.7%
00:41in the middle of the lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
00:45If we're talking about the whole year,
00:48twice as many said they experienced starvation and starvation in 2024
00:53compared to 2023.
00:55It's also close to the record high of 2020.
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