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Baguio City—Thirty one (31) participants composed of Nutrition Action Officers (NAOs), Municipal Health Officers (MHOs), nutrition program coordinators, Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) and other representatives from the different provinces and municipalities in the Cordillera attended the 3rd batch of “Training of Trainers on the Basic Course for Barangay Nutrition Scholars” conducted by the National Nutrition Council- Cordillera Region last August 24 to August 28, 2015.
The training aims to empower the nutrition program implementers in managing the Barangay Nutrition Scholar Program in their respective areas through the discussion of the legal mandates of the program, roles and functions of a BNS and demonstration of the various skills a BNS should possesses to effectively and efficiently perform their tasks in maintaining the health of the populace through good nutrition.
Ms. Mary June Algarne, District Nutrition Program Coordinator (DNPC) of the province of Abra, Ms. Henscelle Amid, DNPC of the province of Apayao, Ms. Anita Urbino and Ms. Rose Cayaos, DNPCs of Baguio City and NNC-CAR technical staff served as the facilitators/ trainers of the five-day training.
The NNC-CAR Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator during the closing ceremony of the training thanked the active involvement of all the participants. The participants are expected to conduct activities to impart the knowledge and skills they’ve learned in the training to strengthen the BNS program.
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Baguio City. The celebration of this year’s Nutrition Month with a theme “Timbang iwasto sa tamang nutrisyon at ehersisyo” is timely to intensify consciousness of the Cordillerans to be healthy by achieving desirable body weight according to the Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator (RNPC) of National Nutrition Council-CAR during the Regional Nutrition Committee during the 2nd Quarter Meeting held on June 16, 2015 in Baguio City. She said that the Cordillera is among the top five regions in the Philippines with the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity based on the 8th National Nutrition Survey conducted by DOST-FNRI. She said that obesity poses health risk to individuals and puts financial burden to the government in managing the non-communicable diseases like diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer brought about by being overweight and obese, hence there is a need to address the problem on overnutrition.
In commemoration of the Nutrition Month, the members of the Regional Nutrition Committee decided to conduct Kapihan with cooking demo and creative gardening demo on July 2, 2015 and Walk for Nutrition on July 24, 2015 to intensify advocacy on the nutrition month theme.
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The Cordillera’s nutritional status is better compared with other regions in the country.
In the recent 5th nutrition summit which was attended by health advocates, nutrition workers and barangay officials, National Nutrition Council Regional Director Rita Papey said the nutrition status of children within 60 months are better compared with other regions.
Older children however have a tendency towards under nutrition and obesity; within an “obesogenic” environment. Accordingly, these are caused by less outdoor activities, eating more processed foods, and more sugar based food and juices.
Read more: CAR in better nutritional status than other regions
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BAGUIO CITY, June 18 (PIA) - The province of Benguet, the city of Baguio and the municipality of Alfonso Lista, Ifugao emerged as the best local government units implementing nutrition programs in the Cordillera region.
During the recent meeting of the Regional Nutrition Committee, Bella Basalong of the National Nutrition Council (NNC) reported results of 2015 Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) conducted by the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) in five provinces, two cities, 10 municipalities, and 32 barangays.
Basalong reported that of the three contenders for the regional most outstanding province, Benguet topped with a total score of 93.49, followed by Kalinga- 84.97, and Mt. Province- 83.
For the regional most outstanding city, Baguio City with a score of 92.12 won over Tabuk City(74.82) .
Under the regional most outstanding municipality, Alfonso Lista in Ifugao bested four other contenders with its total score of 98.27. Tublay, Benguet got 96.97; Balbalan, Kalinga- 84.17; Bauko, Mt. Province 79.60, and Kabugao, Apayao- 77.89.
Read more: RNET BARES 2015 BEST NUTRITION PROGRAM IMPLEMENTERS IN CAR
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BAGUIO CITY – The multi-agency Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) of the Cordillera office of the National Nutrition Council (NNC-CAR) uncovered that the city remains to have the lowest prevalence of underweight pre-school children at 1.48 percent compared to the 11.91 percent underweight pre-schoolchildren in Abra for the years 2014-2015.
The RNET also reported to Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan that there was a decrease in the number of undernourished elementary schoolchildren from 4.18 percent in 2013-2014 to 3.47 percent in 2014-2015.
The evaluation team noted that one of the strengths of the city that was contributory to the recent accomplishments is the increase in the incentives of barangay nutrition scholars, barangay nutrition action officers and barangay health workers from P1,500 to P2,000 in 2014.
Moreover, the city and barangays have Nutrition Clusters to protect the nutritional well-being of the populace in times of disasters and emergencies and good utilization of allocated funds for nutrition.
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July 2, 2015- The Regional Nutrition Committee-CAR formally launched the 2015 Nutrition Month celebration through a Kapihan (press conference) held at PIA-CAR office, Baguio City. Panelists of the Kapihan namely Ms. Rita Papey (Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator, NNC-CAR), Dr. Virginia Narciso (Medical Officer IV, DOH-CAR), Ms. Pelin B. Belino (Dean, College of Home Economics and Technology, Benguet State University), Mr. Eduardo P. Laconsay (Director, Human Kinetics, BSU) and Hon. Janet de Venecia Francisco (Barangay Kagawad, North Central Aurora Hill & winner of Biggest Loser of Baguio City) expounded this year’s Nutrition Month theme- “Timbang iwasto, sa tamang nutrisyon at ehersisyo!”
A cooking demonstration on healthy veggie snacks by Data Center College of the Philippines, Baguio City highlighted the Kapihan. Moreover, some members of the Barangay Nutrition Committee of Poliwes, Baguio City showed innovative home vegetable gardening tips using recycled pots.
RNPC Papey enjoined all Cordillerans to advocate the theme not only in the month of July but also in the succeeding months onwards to create increased awareness in the region on overweight and obesity and attain good health for every Cordilleran through proper diet and physically active lifestyle.
