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The National Nutrition Council – NCR (NNC-NCR) reorganized the Regional Nutrition Writers’ Guild through an online meeting held on March 17, 2022.
Thirty-three (33) nutritionist-dietitians (NDs) from the 16 cities and one (1) municipality in Metro Manila attended the meeting presided by NNC-NCR Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Milagros Elisa Federizo.
Participants were also capacitated in writing articles for the web. Mr. Jerome Carlo Paunan, Information Officer II of the Philippine Information Agency-NCR provided the participants with guideposts for writing news articles. RNPC Federizo and all technical staff of NNC-NCR also joined the workshop.
Read more: NNC-NCR reorganizes the Regional Nutrition Writers’ Guild
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Eating a well-balanced diet is an important part of staying healthy as you age. It can help you in maintaining a healthy weight, being energized, and getting the nutrients you require. It also reduces your chances of heaving chronic health disorders like heart diseases, diabetes, and cancers, among others.
Grandparents’ week is observed from March 11 to 18 by virtue of Proclamation No. 757, signed by then-President Fidel V. Ramos on March 6, 1996.
It is a week-long celebration to recognize the need of fostering love and care for the elderly. It is also celebrated to instill in the minds of our youth the importance of honoring and respecting our “lolos” and “lolas” who play essential roles in our society.
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Read more: Keep digestive health in good shape through proper nutrition
In line with Proclamation No. 930 series 2020, the second week of March is designated as the Philippine Digestive Health Week (PDHW). Health experts urge Filipinos to take an active role in their digestive health. Through optimal health and nutrition, we can keep our digestive tract healthy in a variety of ways.
The PDHW is being commemorated this year on March 7-13, under the theme “Malusog na Tiyan at Bituka sa gitna ng pandemya”. It emphasizes the need to increase public awareness and educate the public about the prevention and management of various gastrointestinal (GI) disorders.
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More than 900 Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) attended the Online Orientation/Re-Orientation on Anthropometric Assessment of Nutritional Status of Under-Five Children. Being the supervisors of BNSs, 83 Local Nutrition Program Coordinators were also present during the orientation/re-orientation held on February 28 and March 7, 2022 via Zoom.
One of the tasks of a BNS as community-based nutrition worker is to identify and locate malnourished children and monitor their growth. They conduct Operation Timbang (OPT) Plus which is the annual weighing and length or height measurement of all preschoolers 0-59 months old from January to March.
Errors were seen in social media posts of BNSs doing the OPT. NNC-NCR deemed it necessary to orient/re-orient the BNSs on how to accurately do the weighing and length/height measurement of children.
Read more: NCR BNSs attend orientation on measuring children's height and weight
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The Parañaque Bantay Asin Task Force (PBATF) continues its monitoring and advocacy activities in the city in compliance to Republic Act (RA) 8172. Mandated by the city’s Executive Order No. 19-021, the PBATF conducts quarterly monitoring of salt being sold in the city markets.
RA 8172, “An Act Promoting Salt Iodization Nationwide and for related purposes”, more commonly known as ASIN Law aims to contribute to the elimination of iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) through the cost-effective measure of salt iodization. Based on the law, all producers, and manufacturers of food-grade salt for human and animal consumption must iodize the salt that they produce, manufacture, import, trade, or distribute. All food outlets, restaurants, and stores are required to provide their customers with only iodized salt.
Read more: Parańaque City monitors compliance of salt vendors to ASIN Law
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The NNC-NCR Achieve Team joins the Philippine Commission on Women in commemorating the 2022 National Women's Month Celebration with the theme "We make CHANGE Work for Women". This year's sub-theme focuses on "Agenda ng Kababaihan, Tungo sa Kaunlaran".
Hence, in this observance, the PCW calls on government agencies and stakeholders to celebrate the gains and be proactive in preventing backsliding from what we have achieved in gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE). It also serves as an opportune time to give Juanas the power to lay down the blueprint for future leaders regarding essential gender issues that demand immediate attention and solution.
The NNC-NCR pledges to continue empowering women by intensifying dissemination of nutrition information and advocating for gender-responsive programs and services to ensure that no Juana will feel alone in achieving proper nutrition.
