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Details: Category: Region CAR; Published: 02 October 2018

Citizen Ang mga lolo at lola ang bida sa pagdiriwang ng Elderly Filipino Week o Linggo ng mga nakatatanda tuwing unang linggo ng Oktubre (Oktubre 1-7) na pinapagtibay ng Presidential Proclamation No. 470. Ang taunang pagdiriwang ay naglalayong mabigyang diin ang mahalagang papel na ginagampanan ng mga nakatatanda sa pagbuo ng komunidad, gayundin ang pagtaas ng kamalayan, at pagtugon sa mga isyung kinakaharap hinggil sa sektor ng mga nakatatanda. Ngayong taong 2018, ito ay may temang: “Kilalanin at Parangalan: Taga-Sulong ng Karapatan ng Nakatatanda sa Lipunang Mapagkalinga!”:

Sa pagkakaroon ng edad, nagkakaroon din ng iba’t-ibang karamdaman sina Lolo at Lola na nangangailangan ng masusing pag-aalaga sa kanilang kalusugan. Narito ang mga nutri-tips sa mga problema ng katandaan, sa pagpapanatili ng malakas na pangangatawan at wastong nutrisyon.

Details: Category: Region CAR; Published: 28 September 2018

CAR Overnut Some experts in the Cordillera are considering obesity and overweight people in the country as a national concern.

Dr. Nowell Benedict Catbagan, medical officer IV of the Department of Internal Medicine of the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center, said the prevalence of both weight issues has almost doubled since 1993.

The overall picture that shows of an increasing trend of either obese or overweight people in the Philippines is disturbing, Catbagan said, since the 2015 national average prevalence of 31.1 percent is almost double the country’s prevalence in 1993, which was only at 16.3 percent, based on the survey of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute.

“We can say that the country’s obesity and overweight situation is already an epidemic,” he said.

Details: Category: Region CAR; Published: 13 September 2018

“Age is an issue of mind over matter, if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter!” – Mark Twain

This saying is peculiarly evidenced by Lola Loreta Camarao, 67 years old and her grandson Vin Jorzen Camarao, 8 years old from Poblacion, Itogon, Benguet – the eldest and youngest participants of Nutrition School in the Air (NSOA), a nutrition promotion program of National Nutrition Council featuring the 12 episodes on 10 Kumainments aired at DZWT AM, Baguio City.

Lola Loreta, despite a senior citizen, managed to tend their family garden or farm where they grow vegetable crops to sell and for home consumption. Even when she is in the garden, she brings her battery-operated radio inorder to listen to the NSOA episodes aired over DSWT-AM and she makes sure that she participates in the quizzes of the program. According to her, the episode that left a mark on her mind was the 8^th Kumainment which says: “Hinay-hinay sa maaalat, mamantika at matatamis.” Her health is slowly weakening as part of aging, hence, every time she eats her meals, she is reminded to cut down the fats and sweets and limit use of condiments.

Details: Category: Region CAR; Published: 26 September 2018

Advocacy

BAGUIO CITY- “Breast milk is the best food for babies”, says Ms. Candice Salingbay, Nutritionist Dietitian IV of DOH-CAR when members of the regional nutrition cluster visited an evacuee with a four-month old baby in Ucab Elementary School, Itogon, Benguet on September 20, 2018 after the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong.

The team was composed of Ms. Salingbay of DOH-CAR, Ms. Eleonor Bugalin, Nutritionist Dietitian III of DSWD-CAR, Ms. Diane Joaquin and Nancy Paclos, Nutrition Officers of NNC-CAR, Ms. Amelia Cayap, Provincial Nutrition Action Officer of Benguet, Ms. Joynalyn Tadifa, District Nutrition Program Coordinator and Ms. Victoria Todyog, Municipal Nutrition Action Officer of Itogon, Benguet. Evacuation centers visited include Tuding Elementary School, Alejo Pacalso National High School, Ucab Elementary School, KKMI Church and Manganese, Ampucao, all in Itogon, Benguet from September 19-21.

Details: Category: Region CAR; Published: 07 September 2018

CAR 2018 nsoa grad BAGUIO CITY – The National Nutrition Council-CAR successfully confirmed 296 graduates of the Nutrition-School-On-the-Air (NSOA) last August 19, 2018 at Hotel Supreme, Baguio City. The NSOA aims to promote and educate the importance of good nutrition and the importance of healthy lifestyle in the physical well-being of an individual, through DZWT AM in its radio program “Kompletos Rekados” anchored by Ms. Rose Malekchan, also the treasurer of CAR Media Educators on Nutrition (CAR-MENu).

The NSOA is a nutrition promotion module developed by the National Nutrition Council aired in selected radio stations to create public awareness and adoption of good nutrition. It has 12 sessions on 10 Kumainments which encompasses the localized and popularized version of the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos. A 5-point quiz is administered after every Kumainment episode to gauge the learnings of the enrollees and a graduation ceremony is scheduled for successful participants who completed the episodes.

Details: Category: Region CAR; Published: 18 September 2018

CAR BNS SIYUDAD NG BAGUIO – Tagumpay ang pagtitipon-tipon ng halos isang libong Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) mula sa iba’t-ibang panig ng Rehiyon Cordillera sa kanilang 4^th Regional Conference na may temang, BNS: Bayani ng Nutrisyon Noon, Ngayon at Bukas!, sa pangunguna ng National Nutrition Council – CAR noong Agosto 29-30, 2018 sa Benitez Hall, Teachers’ Camp, Baguio City.

Ang dalawang araw ng Regional Conference ay naglalayong magbigay ng bagong kaalaman sa pagpapaigting ng programa ng BNS, magbigay lakas-loob at mahikayat sa pagpapatuloy sa serbisyo para sa bayan, magkaroon ng sosyalisasyon at tumugon sa mga isyung pangnutrisyon na kanilang kinakaharap.