Local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila welcomed the 43rd Nutrition Month with a Simultaneous Zumba Exercise with the theme “Zumba Exercise at Healthy diet, gawing habit – FOR LIFE!” on July 1, 2017.

The activity served as the kick-off event for the Nutrition Month celebration in the National Capital Region. All the seventeen (17) LGUs in NCR except for Valenzuela City, simultaneously conducted the Zumba Exercise from 6:00 to 7:00 in the morning. Each LGU had at least one hundred participants from all walks of life and ages wearing their Zumba outfit decorated with fruits and vegetables. The region-wide Zumba event aims to increase public awareness on the importance of eating a healthy diet and engaging in regular physical exercise part of their daily habit for life.

The Simultaneous Zumba Exercise is a fund-raising project of the Association of Nutrition Action Officers of NCR in cooperation with the National Nutrition Council – NCR and the LGUs. The funds raised through the event will be used by the Association for their future activities. Special awards were given by the LGUs to their youngest and oldest participant as well as to the participant with the best gulay costume.

To widely promote the celebration of Nutrition Month with the theme, “Healthy diet, gawing habit – FOR LIFE!”, the LGUs used their respective Local Nutrition Committee (LNC) Facebook fan pages in posting a live stream of their Zumba event. Through the live streaming on FB, many netizens viewed online the simultaneous events happening all over Metro Manila. The LGU with the most number of views during the live streaming broadcast in FB will receive an award from the ANAO-NCR, Inc. during the Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony on July 18, 2017 at Novotel Hotel in Quezon City.

(NNCNCR/TAR/MEVF)