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A total of 96 health and nutrition workers from the 17 local government units in Metro Manila were oriented on Mobilizing Community Support for Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Program by the National Nutrition Council-NCR. The 4-day orientation was held on October 1-4 (batch 1 & 2) and 8-11, 2013 (batch 3 & 4) at Tagaytay Country Hotel in Tagaytay City. The orientation aims to prepare the nutrition workers for the conduct of roll-out orientation on mobilizing community support for IYCF in the 17 cities and municipality in the region.
The orientation was conducted in response to the need of health and nutrition workers for additional skills on mobilizing the community to be able to organize support groups that will counsel mothers on correct infant and young child feeding practices. The team of facilitators was composed of Dr. Shari Ludovina L. Sabalvaro (IYCF Coordinator of Mandaluyong City), Ms. Eileen S. Guevara (IYCF Coordinator of Marikina City), Ms. Maria Teresa G. Abando (Nutritionist-Dietitian II of Caloocan City), Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Milagros Elisa V. Federizo and Nutrition Officer III Emerenciana L. Francia of NNC-NCR. Secretariat support was provided by NO II Anjelia C. San Buenaventura and NO I Princess Jean M. Algones of NNC-NCR.
Read more: NNC-NCR conducts Orientation on Mobilizing Community Support for IYCF
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The National Nutrition Council at the National Capital Region in its effort to step up the monitoring of the Promote Good Nutrition (PGN) Program at the local level mobilized selected PGN-trained nutritionist-dietitians, midwives and nurse supervisors designated by their respective LGUs as PGN monitors to do the monitoring of their local PGN activities.
The NNC started the implementation of the PGN Program in 2007 as a component of the Accelerated Hunger Mitigation Program (AHMP). The program includes trainings on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) for barangay implementers, Pabasa sa Nutrisyon, promotion of eggs and vegetables and the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos. It also includes the multi-media campaign on nutrition and the production and distribution of various information, education and communication (IEC) materials to local government units and schools.
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The Association of the City/District Nutrition Program Coordinators of Metro Manila successfully staged their Annual Regional Convention on 18 October 2013 at the New Horizon Hotel in Mandaluyong City with the theme “Ageing Gracefully through Good Nutrition”. The event was attended by C/DNPCs from the 17 cities and municipality in the region and nutritionist-dietitians (NDs) from the academe, hospital and industry.
This year’s convention theme focused on nutrition and how it can help one to age gracefully and healthy. The topics discussed were “Nutrition and Menopause” by Dr. Catherine Medina; “Mastering Glucose Control” by Dr. Nemencio A. Nicodemus, Jr., an Associate Professor of UP College of Medicine; “Public Health Aspects of Overweight and Obesity” presented by Prof. Cecile Leah T. Bayaga of the College of Home Economics, UP Diliman; and “The Biggest Winner” discussed by Bro. Eng Si, a Feast Builder of The Feast. Ms. Marie Tess Belo, CNPC of Mandaluyong City, delivered the synthesis.
Read more: Association of C/DNPCs of Metro Manila holds Annual Regional Convention
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Save the Children Philippines in partnership with the Department of Education-NCR successfully staged the 2013 Race for Survival: World Marathon Challenge in Metro Manila on October 17, 2013 at the Amoranto Stadium, Quezon City. The Race for Survival is a symbolic event to highlight the children’s participation in the global campaign of Save the Children to uphold the children’s survival by promoting their right to be healthy and well nourished. Young runners from the sixteen (16) Schools Division Offices (SDOs) of the National Capital Region participated in the marathon challenge.
Celebrity icon, Anne Curtis, led the runners of the marathon relay. She gave a message of support and jumpstarted the race and passed on the baton to the school children competing in the marathon relay. Our country’s official time for 2013 is 2:25:29.
Read more: Metro Manila school children participate in the 2013 Race for Survival
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QUEZON CITY, Oct. 25 (PIA)—The National Nutrition Council (NNC) asked the help of daycare workers in the promotion of proper nutrition guidelines among pre-school children and parents in Metro Manila. The NNC- National Capital Region and its regional media group, NCR Nutrition Communication Resource Group (NCR2), in cooperation with the Department of Social Welfare and Development-NCR convened some 500 daycare workers from Metro Manila for an Advocacy Forum on the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF) with Daycare Workers in NCR.
The event was held at the Grand Ballroom of the Century Park Hotel in Malate, Manila, Friday. “The NGF are primary recommendations to promote good health through proper nutrition. They are simple statements that give advice on eating right and living healthy. The promotion of these guidelines is an important strategy to improve the dietary and related health practices of Filipinos”, Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Milagros Elisa V. Federizo said. Federizo also explained the need for spreading the NGF in Metro Manila saying that currently the region is facing a double burden of malnutrition where there are both cases of undernourished and overweight and/or obese children. The situation is attributed to inadequate food intake, poor food choices and unhealthy lifestyle and shows that good eating habits, nutrition practices and healthy lifestyle should be instilled among children while they are young, according to Federizo. “Our daycare workers can help a lot in reaching out to the children and their parents to teach them correct nutrition practices by promoting the NGF,” Federizo said.
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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.
