Over 160 Baguio locals and tourists were provided with free nutrition services during the one-day Nutrition Month Caravan held on July 23, 2022 at the Melvin Jones Grandstand. Said caravan was a collaboration between the Department of Health Center for Health Development-Cordillera Administration (DOH-CHD-CAR), National Nutrition Council (NNC)-CAR, and Nutritionist Dietitians’ Association of the Philippines-Baguio-Benguet Chapter (NDAP-BBC) in celebration of the 48th Nutrition Month.
The free nutrition services offered by the participating Registered Nutritionist Dietitians from DOH-CHD-CAR, NNC-CAR, and NDAP-BBC were nutrition assessment which included gathering of height and weight and computation of the Body Mass Index, and nutrition counselling based on the results of the assessment.
Nutrition games were also enjoyed by the clients and Pinggang Pinoy Information, Education, and Communication materials were distributed. Aside from these, the Health Emergency Management Section of the DOH-CHD-CAR provided blood pressure taking.
“This Nutrition Month Caravan is to remind the patients (clients) on what to intake since we know that during the pandemic, our diet changed. We need to be healthier so that our immune system will be stronger as well”, said Bella M. Basalong, OIC-Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator of NNC-CAR, during an interview conducted by the Mountain Province Broadcasting Corporation.
The caravan is also one of the enrolled activities in celebration of the 35th Cordillera month.
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