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Seeing the need to reach more people through news articles on nutrition and nutrition programs, the National Nutrition Council at the National Capital Region (NNC-NCR) sought out selected local nutrition program coordinators/nutritionist-dietitians in the region to become members of the NCR Nutrition Writers' Guild. As members of the Guild, they will be contributing writers for the NNC-NCR webpage and will post write-ups on their respective local nutrition offices' activities on the NNC-NCR Facebook page.
On July 30, 2014, NNC-NCR conducted a Training on Press Release and Web Article Writing as part of their 2014 Training and Development Program. It aims to enhance the skills of the NNC-NCR official and staff in writing press releases and web articles. NPC Milagros Elisa V. Federizo seized the opportunity and included the members of the newly organized writers' guild in the said training.
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29 Aug 2014, Quezon City - The National Nutrition Council-National Capital Region (NNC-NCR) of the Department of Health recognized outstanding local government units (LGUs) with exemplary performance in nutrition program management and service delivery in 2013 during the Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony (RNAC) held on 29 August 2014 at the Grand Ballroom of Crowne Plaza Hotel in Quezon City.
The Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony is an annual event looked forward to by local nutrition committees and nutrition workers and partners in Metro Manila. Top performing LGUs were given award of recognition based on the results of the Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) conducted earlier this year by the inter-agency Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) chaired by Ms. Lorna Cruz of DILG-NCR and Vice-Chair Marlene V. Navarro of Grace Family Helper Project.
Read more: NNC-NCR awards top performing LGUs in Nutrition Program Management
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QUEZON CITY, October 20, (PIA) - The Regional Dissemination Forum on the result of the 8th National Nutrition Survey (NNS) conducted by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) on Wednesday (October 15) at Traders Hotel, reveals a disturbing fact: malnourished in all ages in the National Capital Region (NCR) is continually decreasing and is lower compared to the national median but, the prevalence of overweights and obese is shooting high.
In the national level, the survey revealed that five in every 100 of zero to five years old Filipino children were overweight whereas in NCR, the ratio is 7:100. Among school children, the prevalence of overweight in the national level is nine in every 100 or (9.1%) and the NCR's data revealed two in every ten school-age children were overweight and obese.
The high prevalence of overweights was also seen among adolescents which revealed that eight in every 100 (8.3%) in the national level were overweights while NCR's prevalence was one in every 10 or (14.7%). The high prevalence was again seen among lactating women wherein the national prevalence of overweight was at 21.7% while the NCR's figure is 31.8%. NCR's average of overweights in adults was higher at 39.9% compared to the national average of 31.9%.
Read more: 8th National Nutrition Survey reveals increasing number of overweights in Metro Manila
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The National Nutrition Council-NCR conducted a six-day live-in Training of Trainers on the Basic Course for Barangay Nutrition Scholars on 8-13 September 2014 at the Tanza Oasis Hotel and Resort in Tanza, Cavite. The training aims to capacitate its participants with facilitation and mentoring techniques along with other relevant knowledge and skills that will enable them to become competent trainers of the Barangay Nutrition Scholars. The BNSs are community nutrition workers who deliver basic nutrition and nutrition-related services to families particularly those with malnourished children.
The new batch of BNS Trainers are expected to conduct a basic course training for BNSs in their respective localities to help their BNSs gain common basic knowledge and skills as well as core values and traits that are necessary to enable them to perform their roles and functions efficiently and effectively.
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The holidays are fast approaching and more children are expected to be on the streets peddling or asking for alms.
Street children, many of whom are thin and untidy, risk their limbs on the streets. These children are not safe on the streets as they are prone to vehicular accidents and their health and nutritional status are compromised.
DSWD-NCR Regional Director Alicia Bonoan, in her State of the Region Address (SORA) during their regional office’s 36th Founding Anniversary on 24 October 2014 reported that the areas in Metro Manila with high concentration of street children are along Roxas Boulevard in Manila and Pasay City; Quezon Avenue in Quezon City; and NAIA Road in Parañaque City. The DSWD’s “Report a Street Child in Metro Manila Program” aims to rescue street children in the Metro Manila through the use of micro blogging site, Twitter.
The public can help save the street children from the hazards of the streets by reporting them to the DSWD for rescue through the DSWD Twitter using the following format: savestreetkids/complete name of street/intersection/ nearest landmark/time of sighting. The DSWD will deploy social workers to rescue these children. (ELF/MEVF/NNCNCR)
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Malnutrition in the country is a pre-existing and persistent problem and can worsen in times of emergencies and disasters. Appropriate and timely delivery of nutrition interventions and responses are necessary during emergencies and disasters to prevent death and worsening of malnutrition of affected population groups.
To ensure that nutrition interventions and responses are well in place and coordinated particularly at the local level, all local government units are enjoined to organize their respective nutrition clusters. The NNC Governing Board through Resolution No. 1 Series of 2009 provides that the local nutrition committees shall serve as the local nutrition clusters.
Read more: Metro Manila LGUs organize Local Nutrition Cluster
