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The National Nutrition Council-Cordillera Administrative Region (NNC-CAR) enjoined all its partners including Local Government Units, Regional Line Agencies, government offices, private sectors, and the general public to celebrate the 48th Nutrition Month.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made a huge negative impact on nutrition such as disruptions in delivering nutrition and related services, and increased hunger incidence but at the same time created a lot of opportunities such as innovations in service delivery, home food production, increased awareness of one’s health and consuming healthy diets, and solidarity amongst people in helping each other. Thus, the theme for this year, ‘‘New normal na nutrisyon, sama-samang gawan ng solusyon”, calls for strengthened nutrition interventions and solidarity towards nutrition improvement as the country shifts towards living with the COVID-19 virus.
Read more: NNC-CAR leads Nutrition Month celebration in the region
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In order to have a healthy and vibrant nation, citizens must be fed with the right food at the right proportion.
Food and nutrition security is achieved if adequate food (quantity, quality, safety, socio-cultural acceptability) is always available and accessible to all and that individuals satisfactory use and utilize that food to live a healthy and active life (UNICEF, 2008).
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National Nutrition Council, abbreviated as NNC, is an agency responsible for creating a conducive policy environment for national and local nutrition planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and surveillance using state-of the art technology and approaches.
As mandated by law (PD 491), NNC’s functions include: a) formulation of national food and nutrition policies and strategies and serve as the policy, coordinating and advisory body of food, nutrition and health concerns, b) coordination of planning, monitoring, and evaluation of the national nutrition program, c) coordination of hunger mitigation and malnutrition prevention program to achieve relevant Millennium Development Goals (now Sustainable Development Goals), d) strengthening of competencies and capabilities of stakeholders through public education, capacity building and skills development, e) coordination of the release of funds, loans, and grants from government organizations (GOs) and non- government organizations (NGOs); and f) calling of any department, bureau, office, agency and other instrumentalities of the government for assistance in the form of personnel, facilities and resources as the need arises.
Read more: Getting to Know NNC-CAR (It’s Profile and Upcoming Activities)
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For every food intake we make, our body absorbs nutrients. Food groups are classified into three: Go Foods (Energy-giving) which include rice, root crops, noodles, bread, cookies, oatmeal, fats & oils, Grow Foods (Body-Building & Repair) which include meat, poultry (eggs, chicken), legumes & milk, Glow Foods (Body-Regulating) which include fruits, water & vegetables.
Nutrients maintain the integrity of our body cells. Supplying the different kind of nutrients to our body will ensure that our body cells are well-nourished, enabling them to perform their functions.
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March is National Women’s Month!
The National Nutrition Council (NNC)-CAR conducted several activities for this month to join the nationwide celebration.
This year’ theme of the celebration is “WE Make CHANGE Work for WOMEN” focusing on the sub-theme “Agenda ng Kababaihan Tungo sa Kaunlaran”. The sub-theme, as stated by the Philippine Commission on Women, is a celebration of women exercising their choices, taking chances to make their voices heard, and benefitting from and trailblazing changes. It is a celebration of Filipino women’s power to take the narrative, raise priority issues that matter to them, and call for concrete actions.
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The Tutok Kainan Dietary Supplementation Program (TK DSP) in Apayao will commence on April 18, 2022.
This was agreed during the online Preparatory Meeting held on April 12, 2022 attended by the Provincial/Municipal Nutrition Action Officers (P/MNAOs) of Apayao, District Nutrition Program Coordinator, representatives from the different municipalities of the province, and NNC-CAR staff. Though the feeding program will start on April 18, the ceremonial launching of the TK DSP will be held on the 26th of the month at the EKJBR Evacuation Center in Luna, Apayao.
