CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, LA UNION – The National Nutrition Council – ROI actively supported the 2017 Nutrition Month Celebration of National Economic Development Authority – ROI as they organized the Healthy Diet Lecture and Chicken-based Cooking Contest last July 17, 2017 at the Regional Office of NEDA-1, City of San Fernando, La Union.

Ms. Mary Gene Contic, Nutrition Officer II of NNC-ROI presented the 2017 Nutrition Month Talking Points focusing in the promotion of healthy diet in workplaces and how we can bridge the gaps on healthy diet through passage of policies supporting to improve the food environment. Followed by the lecture, Ms. Contic served as the lone judge to the annual cooking contest emphasizing healthy and nutritionally adequate menu of NEDA employees. For this year, it is on chicken based menu, with criteria on originality, healthfulness, taste, and overall participation. The activity aims to create awareness and promote inexpensive healthy diet. The declared winner is Saranay Winter with their menu One-Pot Chicken Meal, a one-dish complete meal with rice (GO), chicken (GROW) and vegetables (GLOW) that can also reflect the Pinggang Pinoy.

Other gourmet of the different saranays (teams) were Saranay Summer with Chicken Pochero, Saranay Spring with Chicken Paella and Saranay Autumn with Stuffed Chicken.

Through various activities, other line agencies, local government units, non-government organizations and other stakeholders can celebrate Nutrition Month in their own way as everyone join efforts in widest dissemination and practice of making healthy diet a habit for life! (MGSC)