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Basketball icon, ‘El Capitan’ Alvin Patrimonio, was the special guest in the annual Team Building of the city/district nutrition program coordinators (C/DNPCs) held at the La Mesa Park in Quezon City on 30 October 2014.
The one-day event was jointly organized and conducted by the National Nutrition Council-NCR and the C/DNPCs Association of Metro Manila, Inc. More than 70 C/DNPCs from all over Metro Manila led by their President Ms. Eileen S. Guevara attended the event. The participants enjoyed the Zumba (dancercise) led by Ms. Anne Boncay of Pasig City and the different games such as the “Sipa Challenge”, Limb-o-rock, “agawang panyo”, “over-under ball game”, and the hula hoop relay. The games were meant to instill the value of team work and cooperation and allowed the participants to enjoy their camaraderie. The participants brought their lunch and foods were shared in ‘boodle-fight’ style.
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‘Breastfeeding Blitz’ is an intensive campaign on breastfeeding in all public elementray schools in Mandaluyong City. Mothers (fathers included) who fetch their children after their classes are invited to attend the session on breastfeeding. Teachers and non-teaching personnel are likewise invited to attend the sessions to make them aware of the importance of breastfeeding and proper feeding of young children and hopefully, become Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) advocates as well.
Dr. Shari Ludovina L. Sabalvaro, Mandaluyong City’s IYCF program coordinator is spearheading this innovative breastfeeding campaign. Participants of the BF Blitz get to know the importance of Breastfeeding TSEK (Tama, Sapat at Eksklusibo), different breastfeeding techniques and the benefits of having a breastfeeding room in the school.
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Federation of Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS) of NCR, Inc. in partnership with the National Nutrition Council at the National Capital Region (NNC-NCR) conducted the Annual BNS Regional Conference with the theme, “BNSs: Partners in Scaling Up Nutrition” on November 21, 2014 at the Heritage Ballroom of the Heritage Hotel in Pasay City.
This is the third regional conference of the BNS Federation that was conducted with minimal assistance from the NNC-NCR, a proof of the Federation’s increasing capability of taking on the tasks of mounting a grand event. The yearly regional conference is an event looked forward to by the BNSs of Metro Manila as it allows them to gain new learning and insights as well as to meet other fellow BNSs from different local government units in the region.
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11 November 2014, Quezon, City - As part of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement strategy, the National Nutrition Council-NCR with the Regional Nutrition Committee conducted an NGO Forum at the Robbinsdale Hotel, Quezon City. The forum aims to forge partnership with government and non-government organizations to widen doors for partnerships and for exploring, testing, and scaling up innovations for nutrition improvement.
“National agencies and local government units have been working together to fight hunger and malnutrition in our country for a very long time. NGOs implement various programs and projects to supplement or complement the government’s effort in mitigating hunger and malnutrition in our country. However, their involvement is not fully recognized and documented which sometimes lead to overlapping and/or duplication of projects and beneficiaries.” said NCR Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Milagros Elisa V. Federizo.
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The NNC-NCR conducted a one-day Program Implementation Review (PIR) with the 17 LGUs of Metro Manila on November 27, 2014 at the Training Room of Marikina Healthy City Center to assess the progress of local PPAN implementation in the region.
The Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN), the country's blueprint in addressing hunger and malnutrition, provides the framework for improving the nutritional status of Filipinos. The PPAN implementation at the local level contributes significantly to the overall success of the PPAN. The periodic assessment of the local PPAN implementation is an important activity to determine whether programs, projects and activities (PPAs) were undertaken as planned, targets were reached, expected outcomes were realized and resources were utilized efficiently. It is also considered as one of the key elements of effective nutrition program management (NPM).
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According to World Health Organization (WHO), non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart diseases, stroke, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases are the leading causes of death globally. One of the risk factors for NCDs is unhealthy lifestyle which includes having an unhealthy diet. Thus, the City/District Nutrition Program Coordinators of Metro Manila Association, Inc. in partnership with the National Nutrition Council-NCR focused on the prevention and control of NCDs in their 2014 Annual Regional Conference with the theme, “Healthy Eating, Healthy Living” - Nutrition: A Life Course Approach to Non-Communicable Disease”.
The regional conference was held at the Robbinsdale Hotel in Quezon City on 14 November 2014 and was attended by 79 C/DNPCs from all over Metro Manila. Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Milagros Elisa V. Federizo gave the welcome and opening remarks. She also discussed the Pinggang Pinoy and the 10 Kumainments which can be used as guide in healthy eating and healthy living.
Read more: Annual C/DNPC Regional Conference focuses on Healthy Eating, Healthy Living
