New Study: Nutrition Supplement Helps Undernourished and At-Risk Children Grow Taller, Build Stronger Bones and More Muscle, and Have Fewer Sick Days

A new randomized controlled trial shows Abbott’s PediaSure® Plus helps undernourished children achieve height growth, greater muscle and other health improvements. 

PediaSure Plus with PeptiGro System – the new formulation used in the study – is now available in the Philippines to support children’s optimal growth   

A new study from global healthcare leader Abbott  shows that when PediaSure® Plus, along with dietary counseling, is given to undernourished children they had two times height improvement and approximately 50% greater gain in lean mass compared to those who only received dietary counseling over an eight month period. Lean mass includes muscle, bones, organs and everything in the body except body fat. The children also had other health benefits like fewer sick days, higher energy levels and better nutritional intake.

Fuel Children’s Success and Health This Year with Proper Nutrition

The new year sparks hope for better health outcomes, especially for children, but malnutrition remains a persistent challenge.

Malnutrition continues to jeopardize the growth, development, and overall well-being of Filipino children. Despite progress in healthcare, many still face the effects of undernutrition, vitamin deficiencies, and even obesity—issues often rooted in limited awareness and access to proper resources.

Parents can set their children up for a successful and healthy year ahead by providing them with a strong foundation of proper nutrition and encouraging healthy eating habits. 

Fuel children’s growth with the proper nutrients they need to grow strong and thrive this year. Every step forward begins with a solid foundation of health and proper nutrition.

Abbott’s Growth Watch Empowers Parents to Beat Childhood Stunting

• Childhood stunting is a health issue in the Philippines, and 2 in 3 moms are unaware of the long-term effects of stunting on childhood growth

• The Growth Watch initiative aims to accelerate efforts to help parents identify children’s

growth issues early, seek treatment and prevent malnutrition

• Abbott is banding with communities to raise awareness, and offer online tools, educational resources, nutrition assessment and counselling to promote childhood growth

Global statistics show childhood malnutrition is still a persistent health burden, including in the Philippines.1 According to the Department of Health, 1 in 4 children aged five and below are short for their age or stunted. 2 Abbott is increasing awareness and working together with mom celebrities and communities to tackle stunting among children in the Philippines.

Abbott’s Revolutionary FreeStyle® Libre System Liberates Filipinos Living with Diabetes from Pain of Fingersticks 1-3

• Technology delivers accurate, real-time glucose readings, eliminating the need for routine fingersticks4 for people living with diabetes 
• A quick scan of the FreeStyle Libre sensor worn on the back of the upper arm gives users and their doctors a detailed picture of glucose results and actionable insights 
• Multiple, new real-world studies14, 18-20 demonstrate that use of the FreeStyle Libre system can lead to significant clinical benefits among people living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes 

Abbott, a global healthcare leader, announced today that the FreeStyle Libre system, the world’s leading5 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology, is now available for adults and children (ages four and up) living with diabetes in the Philippines, offering them more choice, and ultimately improving glucose control6.

Simple and discreet for those living with diabetes, the FreeStyle Libre system monitors glucose levels continuously, every minute through a small, coin-sized sensor worn on the back of the upper arm for up to 14 days – making it the longest-lasting CGM available globally.