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Image articleXThe National Nutrition Council takes pride not only on its achievements as an organization but also with the exemplary performance of its personnel towards career advancement. 

Among the recent addition to the roster of NNC’s feat is the graduation with distinction of NNC Region XII’s Nutrition Officer III Gladys Mae Fernandez to the Middle Managers Class Batch 10 – “Binhi” of the Public Management Development Program – Development Academy of the Philippines on 18 November 2016.

NO III Fernandez bested other scholars from other national government agencies after her Re-entry Project titled “Culture-Sensitive Health and Nutrition Intervention for TBolis” was awarded as the Most Citizen-Centric Re-Entry Project.

Recognizing the problem on high malnutrition prevalence due to inadequate food intake, poor caring practices, and poor health status of the Tbolis, NO III Fernandez’s project aimed at reducing the number of severely underweight 6-71 months old preschool children in Sitio Lemkati, Datal D’lanag  Tboli in South Cotabato.

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PDRIIn its first meeting under the Duterte Administration, chaired by Secretary of Health and Chairperson Paulyn Ubial, the NNC Governing Board approved the adoption of the Philippine Dietary Reference Intakes for use in the Philippines. 

The 2015 Philippine Dietary Reference Intake (2015 PDRI) is a set of dietary standards that include 1)Estimated average requirement (EAR), 2) Recommended energy intake/ recommended nutrient intake (REI/ RNI),  3) Adequte intake (AI), 4) Tolerable upper intake/ upper limit (UL), and 5) Acceptable macronutrient distribution range (AMDR), each having its own use.

A working group of nutrition experts spearheaded by FNRI, developed the set of standards based on the best available and recently updated information.   Standards development involved a series of consultations with experts and practitioners.

PDRI 2015 updated the 2002 Recommended Energy and Nutrition Intake (RENI) with the following changes:

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EWS article image1The National Nutrition Council (NNC) is once again conducting a series of capacity-building activities in another set of local government units to expand its coverage of the Early Warning System for Food and Nutrition Security (EWS-FNS) in 2016. The recently conducted two (2) batches of municipal/city level training for the EWS core group of LGUs is the second part of the capacity-building activities for these municipalities, with consultative-workshops as the first part, conducted between May and August 2016. 

The first batch of city/municipal level training was conducted on 17-18 August 2016 in Makati City, while the second batch was conducted on 31 August – 01 September 2016 in Davao City. Participants of the training were EWS core group members of the following LGUs:

Batch 1: 

  1. Alaminos City, Pangasinan
  2. Lucena City, Quezon
  3. Libmanan, Camarines Sur
  4. Passi City, Iloilo
  5. La Carlota City, Negros Occidental

Batch 2:

  1. Dalaguete, Cebu
  2. Hilongos, Leyte
  3. Kumalarang, Zamboanga del Sur
  4. Hagonoy, Davao del Sur
  5. Maimbung, Sulu

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DSC 1038pixlrKudos once again to the National Nutrition Council’s Katumbas ay Biyaya for landing a special citation for the Best Educational Program Radio Category during the recently concluded 38th Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) at Star Theatre last October 12, 2016. The special citation is one of the 23 awards given that night by CMMA.

Besting six other finalists from renowned broadcasting networks, Katumbas ay Biyaya was recognized for its highly commendable performance as an educational program. The winning episode is entitled “Real Life Story: Pagsasabuhay ng 10 Kumainments”.