The Department of Education (DepEd), through the Bureau of Learner Sup-port Services-School Health Division (BLSS-SHD), maintains its commitment to provide good nutrition to learners amidst the COVID- 19 Pandemic. As such, it shall continue the implementation of the School-Based Feeding Pro-gram (SBFP) to address hunger and encourage learners to enroll, contribute to the improvement of their nutritional status, provide nourishment for their growth and development, help boost their immune system, and enhance and improve their health and nutrition values. Pasay City South High School rec-ognizes the importance of good nutrition for the improvement of academic performance of learners. It is considered to be a sound investment in educa-tion as it is associated with increased enrolment, improved attendance, better performance, decreased repetition, and decreased dropout. Hence, DepEd im-plemented a School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) that will cater to a tar-geted severely wasted learner.

The SBFP aims to provide hot meals to learners following developed standard-ized recipes. By following the menu, the beneficiaries are assured of additional calories per day to address their nutritional deficiencies. Food preparation is handled by the Home Economics teacher carefully planned and cooked. The feeding program is also utilized as an avenue for the development of health and nutrition, values and behavior among the children.
During the start of the school year, the school nurse together with the class advisers, exerted their effort in taking the height and weight of the students in order to carefully identify the nutritional status and to address the needs of every learner most specially the wasted and severely wasted.