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Contact signing with ABSCBNA new television show that will focus on the First 1000 Days is currently being developed by the National Nutrition Council in partnership with the ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation. Contract signing was held recently at the ABS-CBN main office to solidify this collaboration. Lingkod Kapamilya Managing Director Susan Afan and NNC’s Chief of Nutrition Information and Education Division Jovita Raval were present during the activity.

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image-e-opt-articleFor nutrition community workers and nutrition program implementers, the first quarter is one of the busiest time of the year. This is a time dedicated to conducting of one of the most critical aspects of local nutrition program implementation: the Operation Timbang Plus or the OPT Plus.

Operation Timbang (OPT) Plus is the annual weighing and height measurement of all preschoolers 0-59 months and children 60-71 months old who are not yet in school and done in communities. OPT Plus is done to identify and locate the malnourished children for referral to relevant nutrition and nutrition-related services. OPT Plus data are also used for local nutrition action planning, particularly in quantifying the prevalence of wasted, stunted, underweight, overweight and obese children who will be prioritized for interventions in the community. Results of the OPT Plus also provide information on the changes in the nutritional status of the preschoolers in the community over a period, thus, providing insights too on the effectiveness of the local nutrition program. At the national level, the results are used to generate list of nutritionally-at-risk cities/municipalities which are disseminated to government and non- government organizations and researchers so that these areas are given priority attention in nutrition program planning and intervention.

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Category: Region 10

ro10_lgumoblizatonIn June 2015, both the Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC) X and the Regional Development Council (RDC) X adopted the guidelines on NorMin’s LGU Mobilization Strategy using a mentoring approach through RNC X Resolution No. 1 s. 2015 and RDC X Executive Committee Resolution No. 9.

The LGU Mobilization Strategy on Nutrition Improvement in Northern Mindanao will engage Normin’s top performing LGUs that sustained the highest awards on nutrition or the Nutrition Honor Awardees (NHAs). These awardees will be vigorously mobilized as mentors of low-performing LGUs which fall under any of the following categories: top nutritionally depressed based on regional rank in the Operation Timbang (OPT) Plus; OPT Plus coverage of below 50%; LGUs without local nutrition action plan (LNAP) and/or Local Nutrition Committees (LNCs); LGUs with LNCs but rated as non or partially functional and LGUs with new local chief executives.

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Category: Region 1

Happy New Year!  Another year has come and gone. Another year to set a fabulous resolution. Commonly, new year’s resolution is focused on health and nutrition. Goals to lose weight, exercise more, eat nutritiously and quit smoking.  You made all these promises many times, yet it did not work out. Some find it difficult to keep and easily give up. Why? Because all we want is a quick result.

In setting health and nutrition goals, let us look to the long-term solutions for a healthier version of us. Keep in mind that small changes can lead to big and fulfilling rewards.

Stick with your resolutions and challenge yourself with the following nutritional solutions and indeed great things will happen.