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Our society’s attention over the past few months have all been directed to safety measures in fighting the spread of the Novel Corona Virus that causes the worldwide-stricken pandemic, COVID-19. In times of need, the best shield we have aside from these protocols is to heighten our immune system by staying healthy, eating healthy. In order to achieve this, one should practice a healthy balanced diet or a nutritious diet that is enough to supplement the daily dietary requirements that our body needs.
Maintaining a nutritious diet during emergencies could get a little bit challenging and tricky. Surely, some of us would be alarmed on the reality that being under enhanced community quarantine doesn’t give that much time and choice on the food that will be served on the dining table, especially those families on the marginal social level. Understandably, families have to be more careful in budgeting their savings to get hold of accessible and affordable foods during this time of crisis.
That being said, it is inevitable for everyone to seek for food products with longer shelf-life that can last during the month-long home stay. Instant food products are goods that have undergone factory processing. They are convenient to consumers, and have reduced cooking time compared to regular whole foods in the market. Examples of these are instant noodles, canned goods, tight sealed and microwavable foods and the like. The food rations distributed to most households by their local government and other concerned sectors more or less included the aforementioned food items. Although, it is highly notable and commendable that local government units and other sectors included fruits and vegetables in their relief operations outsourced from the produce of their respective small and big scale farmers. Presence of community gardens and home gardens are now being appreciated as the most accessible source of high value and nutritious food.
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Health is wealth! An adage which is believed to influence anyone when one’s health is at risk. The pandemic COVID-19 is being faced worldwide. The country’s economy is greatly affected as most companies and establishments closed in compliance with the enhanced community quarantine by the President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte.
Economy, health and nutrition are among the most compromised factors at the moment. Despite this, government officials from the provincial down to the barangay level are tasked to oversee the situation of their jurisdiction by ensuring the needs of their constituents thus, food packs were rationed to the household level. This drives all local chief executives over the region to try their best to somehow meet the needs of their constituents on accessing food.
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SAN FERNANDO CITY(Anne Hazel Flores, PIA-1) -- The Regional Development Council - Regional Nutrition Council (RDC-RNC 1) enjoined its stakeholders to support the Regional Plan of Action for Nutrition (RPAN) 2019-2022 implementation, here.
Through Resolution No. 101, series of 2019 signed and attested by National Economic and Development Authority Regional Director Nestor G. Rillon, stakeholders such as local government units (LGUs), the academe, civil society organizations (CSOs) and non-government organizations (NGOs) are encouraged to respond to pressing nutritional issues and problems in the communities.
RPAN is a plan that commits regional sector agencies to action and resources to contribute to their proportionate share of malnutrition burden and corresponding targets in the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN).
The key strategies of the plan are focused on the first 1000 days of life (F1K), complementation of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programs, intensified mobilization of LGUs, reaching geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs) and communities of indigenous peoples and convergence of actions of the national, sub-national and local governments.
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ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan (Hilda Austria) – The city government bought about 730 kilos of vegetables and 10 tons of fruits from farmers in its upland barangays, and distributed these as relief goods to the residents.Read more: Alaminos buys veggies, fruits from farmers for Covid-19 relief
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Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur, Feb. 27(Ephraine Hyacinth Chavez,ISPSC) -Agriculture Secretary Dr. William Dar reiterated the importance of milk on fight against malnutrition and stunting among children. In his interview with 97.3 fm Radyo Kailian, he has tasked the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) Region 1 to provide 10 hybrid carabaos for the Animal Project of the ISPSC’s Agriculture program. Dr. Dar hopes that this collaborative project will continue to expand for the production of quality milk, meat and hyde for the people of Ilocos Sur. This coincides with the 2020 campaign of the National Nutrition Council (NNC) “Batang Pinoy SANA TALL… Iwas stunting, SAMA ALL!” for the month of July which calls for the participation of government, non-government organizations, civil society, business, academe, communities and families for a collective vision of having taller Filipino children by preventing stunting.
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Filipinos today fear on the dangers brought by the new pandemic disease, COVID-19.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), COVID-19 or Coronavirus disease 2019 is a new strain of coronavirus that was discovered in 2019 and has not been previously identified in humans. Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases. Some of the common signs of infection include fever, and respiratory symptoms like cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In other cases, patients who contacted the virus may have pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death. These symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. COVID-19 was discovered in Wuhan, China and now affecting different countries all over the world including the Philippines. It is not airborne, but it can be spread as droplets by sneezing and coughing, or aerosols through medical procedures like suctioning and nebulization.
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