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valenzuela city nutrition committeeValenzuela City -- In 2009, the prevalence rate of undernutrition among preschool children was at 4.15%.  Baseline school weighing of day care children revealed a 15.6% prevalence rate of undernutrition. These figures alarmed former Mayor and now Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian.  He immediately instructed for the revitalization of the City Nutrition Committee (CNC). He believed that the CNC should be first made active and functional in order to efficiently plan measures to reduce the malnutrition rate in the city. The CNC went to work immediately and conducted a thorough assessment of the nutrition situation and identified those affected by malnutrition, how many they are, their location and the causes of malnutrition.  All these data helped the CNC in deciding on the appropriate nutrition actions that will be implemented.   

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Around 1,000 BNSs join the 6th Regional Barangay Nutrition Scholars CongressLingayen, Pangasinan - BNSs are the fontliners in providing basic health and nutrition services in the communities. Once again, the LUPang Ilocos BNS Federation, Inc. successfully conducted its 6th Regional Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) Congress last 16 September 2016 at the Sison Auditorium, Lingayen, Pangasinan. The Congress was hosted by the Provincial Government of Pangasinan and the Pangasinan Provincial BNS Federation in partnership with the National Nutrition Council Regional Office I. Around 1,000 BNSs across the region gathered during the said activity.

This year’s theme – “LUPang Ilocos BNSs: Kaakibat at maasahan sa serbisyong pang-nutrisyon tungo sa malusog na kinabukasan” reassures the strong commitment of BNSs in the region in the delivery of timely, efficient and effective nutrition and related services to improve the nutritional status of families in the barangays.

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IMG 6510The celebration of the 2016 Nutrition Month was officially wrapped up with the conduct of Baby Food on Parade Contest as its culminating event, held last 23 August 2016 at the Fisher Mall, Quezon City.

Anchored on the theme, “First 1000 Days ni baby pahalagahan para sa malusog na kinabukasan!”, the month-long celebration featured a series of events that promotes the first 1000 days of life as the golden window of opportunity in a child’s life to achieve optimum growth and development. All over the country, national and local government agencies, schools, and various stakeholders conducted activities and offered services related to maternal and infant nutrition and health.

The Baby Food on Parade contest was organized as a promotional strategy for appropriate complementary feeding. It highlighted age-appropriate complementary food recipes developed by nutrition and dietetics and culinary students from the National Capital Region and CALABARZON. Proper feeding techniques were also featured as an integral component of successful complementary feeding through an “Ask the Experts” portion during the contest.

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nobnsAfter a rigorous selection process among the 42,000 Barangay Nutrition Scholars deployed nationwide by the interagency Regional Nutrition Evaluation Teams, 14 Regional Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholars (ROBNS) were identified.  Of the 14, the top eight Regional Outstanding BNSs now compete for the honor of being recognized as the “2015 National Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar”.