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The National Nutrition Council (NNC) announces the theme for this year’s Nutrition Month celebration in July which is

 

 “First 1000 Days ni baby pahalagahan para sa malusog na kinabukasan.”

  

The theme focuses on the first 1000 days of life starting from conception and before the second birthday of the child.  It is during this period when growth faltering happens. Many studies have shown a link between undernutrition, especially stunting, in the first years of life and overnutrition in the later years. Thus, the First 1000 Days has been called the “golden window of opportunity” for a comprehensive package of nutrition and related interventions to achieve significant changes in reduction in child stunting, underweight and wasting, at the same time contribute to complete child development.

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asec bernie gandingan 1The National Nutrition Council’s Radyo Mo sa Nutrisyon Year 5 and its anchor Assistant Secretary of Health Maria-Bernardita T. Flores were conferred winners at the Gandingan 2016: The 10th UPLB Isko’t Iska’s Multi-media Choice Awards as Best AM Program and Best AM Program Host, respectively, which was held at D.L. Umali Hall, University of the Philippines Los Baños on 19 March 2016.

The episode “Nutritional Guidelines Para sa Muslim na Pinoy” was the winning entry which was aired on 21 March 2015 with ARMM Secretary of Health Kadil “Jojo” M. Sinolinding Jr. as guest resource speaker.

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Ribbon Cutting during the opening and blessing of Breastfeeding Station in Bicol Central Station, Naga CityImagine that you’re a mother exclusively breastfeeding your baby and travelling to another place to visit. Many mothers find it difficult to continue breastfeeding while travelling unless they have their own vehicle or there is a nearby place to drop-by so they can breastfeed their baby. How about a mother waiting to ride a bus or a jeepney at a terminal yet she needs to breastfeed her baby? When in Naga City, worry no more because of the LGU’s initiative to provide a specific area for breastfeeding or lactating mothers.

On 1 March 2016, the Naga City Nutrition Committee led by Mayor John G. Bongat in collaboration with the City Population and Nutrition Office (CPNO) opened to the public the breastfeeding center located at the Bicol Central Station (BCS). The inauguration of the breastfeeding center highlights the significance of a specific area or place where breastfeeding can be continuously practiced even in a public place without compromising the privacy of lactating mothers.

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image2 IPC articleThe National Nutrition Council with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations led the recent orientation-workshop on chronic food insecurity(CFI)  analysis on 26-29 January 2016 in Tagaytay.  Using the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Protocol, an interagency group of 34 food security analysts convened in Tagaytay City to initiate the food insecurity level classification of 18 provinces of the country.  These provinces, namely: Abra, Apayao, and Benguet (CAR); Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur and Pangasinan (Region 1); Cagayan, Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya (Region 2); Quezon (Region 4A); Masbate (Region 5); Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental (Region 10); South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat (Region 12); Agusan del Sur (CARAGA); and Basilan and Tawi-Tawi (ARMM) are among the 30 priority provinces identified by the government in the Philippine Development Plan.  The list excludes PDP provinces  in Visayas affected by typhoon Yolanda.  This is to discount the effect of the super typhoon on livelihood, food security and nutrition whose impacts are analyzed during acute food insecurity analysis.