Close to a hundred City/District Nutrition Program Coordinators attended an Advocacy Forum on the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF) conducted by the National Nutrition Council-NCR on 18 October 2013 at the New Horizon Hotel in Mandaluyong City. The forum was part of the NNC-NCR’s region-wide promotional campaign on the NGF.

Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Milagros Elisa V. Federizo discussed the revised NGF consisting of ten (10) primary nutrition messages and their rationale. “Why do we need to promote the NGF? Because nutrition knowledge translated into desirable practices or behavior will help bring about good nutritional well-being. We need to inform the public about these simple and practical nutrition messages so that they can make healthy food choices and practice a healthy lifestyle”, NPC Federizo explained. “The NNC-NCR believes that the C/DNPCs are valuable partners in the promotion of the NGF in the communities. We count on your support and cooperation in the intensive promotion of the NGF in your respective localities through various strategies and modes of communication to reach as many members of the community,” NPC Federizo added.

The forum ended with NPC Federizo calling on to all C/DNPCs of Metro Manila to support, promote, and practice the ten Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos.