San Carlos City- The City Government of San Carlos fabricated wooden height boards and distributed to the 86 barangays of San Carlos City last May 6, 2016 at the City’s Bulwagan ng Katarungan Lobby attended by the newly appointed Barangay Nutrition Scholars together with their Barangay Captains.

This is in line with the mandate of the National Nutrition Council to adopt the new World Health Organization-Child Growth Standards to be used in growth assessment among children 0-5 years old in the Philippines where height was included as an indicator in assessing nutritional status.

The Regional Nutrition Committee of Region 1 through the Department of Health provided steel rules in all the 3,265 barangays regionwide last 2015 and enjoined LGUs to fabricate the wooden board.

The City Nutrition Committee of San Carlos through the City Engineering Office initiated the mounting of the steel rules and fabrication of Wooden Height Boards using the Guidelines on the Fabrication, Verification and Maintenance of Wooden Height Boards provided by NNC-Central Office.

Mr. Kendall Gatan and Ms. Nancy Paclos graced the ceremonial distribution on behalf of Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator of NNC, Ma. Eileen Blanco and RNC Chairperson and DOH Director IV, Dr. Myrna Cabotaje.

Mr. Gatan in his message commended the City Nutrition Committee of San Carlos and City Nutrition Action Officer Luisa Cayabyab for being the first LGU in the region to comply with the standard guidelines in fabricating heightboards. He added that the NNC is expecting the timely submission of accurate and quality results of the Operation Timbang Plus.

Dr. Cayabyab also requested for NNC’s technical assistance on the forthcoming BNS training for the newly appointed BNSs