Malnutrition is a global health risk affecting people at any point in their life stages from infancy to the elderly, regardless of their gender, wealth status, and country of origin. Moreover, malnutrition is defined as the disparities occurring with inadequate (undernutrition) and excessive (overnutrition) consumption of nutrients (Ohanenye et al., 2021). Accompanying micronutrient deficiencies with these two types of malnutrition coined the term triple burden of malnutrition (Patel et al., 2020). The Philippines is a rice-dependent country,