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The NNC Region III, once again staged the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF)’s “Awit at Sayaw Para sa Nutrisyon” Contest. This is a song and dance competition organized and funded by NNC through its Local Media Placement fund for 2014. The three consecutive events were made possible in close coordination with the DepED Regional Director through the respective Schools Division Superintendents, PNAOs and DNPCs of the 3 identified provinces.
The contest was opened to a group of elementary pupils and high school students, with 5-10 members per category covering the provinces of Aurora, Bataan and Bulacan. This is a sequel to the 2013 NGF’s “Awit, Sayaw at Bidyo” Competition which was held on October 2013 highlighting the singing and dancing prowess of the elementary, secondary and tertiary level pupils/students in different schools of Pampanga to the tune of the official NGF Nutri-Jingle of NNC Central Luzon.
Read more: NGF’s “Awit at Sayaw Para sa Wastong Nutrisyon” Contest: On Its 2nd Year
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NNC Regional Office III has just successfully carried out a Training of Trainers on Basic Course for Barangay Nutrition Scholars to primarily capacitate CNPCs, DNPCs and MNAOs who are new and old in the service but without any formal training yet to enable them to establish and better handle the BNS Program . The training will similarly enable the participants to advocate, organize and conduct capability development activities for the BNSs in their respective LGUs. The 33 BNS TOT participants made up of City and Provincial Nutrition Program Coordinators, CNAOs and MNAOs, BNS and Nurses assigned in the City Nutrition and/or Health Offices were from the 8 cities: Angeles City (2), Balanga City (1), Gapan City (2), Mabalacat City (2),City of San Fernando (2), San Jose City (2), Science City of Muñoz and Tarlac City (1) and 10 municipalities of Region III from the provinces of Aurora (2), Bataan (1), Bulacan (2), Nueva Ecija (2), Pampanga (3), Tarlac (5) and Zambales (5). The five-day training was held at Hacienda Gracia Resort and Hotel located at Bgy. Sta. Maria, Lubao, Pampanga on October 13-17, 2014.
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NNC Central Luzon was delighted to have hosted and co-organized the Seminar on “The State of the Art of Obesity Research in the Philippines: Status and Gaps”. Holding the 2ndof its series, appreciation was extended to the Philippine Association on the Study of Overweight and Obesity (PASOO) for having considered partnering with the National Nutrition Council Regional Office in Central Luzon and prioritizing the region for the dissemination of the products of exhaustive search, review, consolidation and analysis of various researches on overweight and obesity.
The more than month-long invitation was favourably responded by seventy four (74) participants from the LGUs, government and private hospitals, professional organization and academe and this contributed to the success of the half-day seminar held at the Ephatha Development Center, SACOP, City of San Fernando, Pampanga on 20 February 2015.
Considerably, the seminar is in response to the challenge that the prevalence of overweight among schoolchildren while it has been continuously rising from 2008 to 2013 and has even gone up above the national level. Therefore, the research gaps and recommendations posed by the group of panellist based on the results of the review and analysis of existing researches and studies must be considered in planning and program management.
Read more: Central Luzon’s Afternoon: Heavy with Experts on Weight Management
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In order to improve the capacity of local nutrition action officers and implementors in coordinating and managing nutrition programs, the NNC conducted the Nutrition Program Management Training for implementers not only to enhance their knowledge, skills and values but generally to continue in producing program champions in nutrition.
Specifically, the training was aimed at a) providing the participants a common and better understanding of the basic concepts on food and nutrition including Nutrition Program Management Cycle ; b) strengthening the core values and improving the skills of nutrition workers; and c) promoting integration of Nutrition Program Management (NPM) in the local governance and development system.
The five (5) day training was conducted at Hacienda Gracia Resort, Lubao, Pampanga on October 6 to 10, 2014. The 30 participants of NPM were made up of Provincial/City/Municipal Nutrition Action Officers, Municipal Health Officers, District and City Nutrition Program Coordinators, Nurses and Nutrition Officer from the cities of Angeles (2), Mabalacat (2), Palayan (2), City of San Fernando (5) and San Jose (3); while others came from the municipalities of Aurora (2), Bataan (2), Pampanga (2), Tarlac (4) and Zambales (5) and one (1) Nutrition Officer of NNC Regional Office.
As a requirement of the five-day training, the participants submitted their draft local nutrition action plan. Plan preparation was among the core activities of the training since the NPM Training graduates must be able to lead in planning in their respective LGUs. It was also emphasized that NAOs and other local nutrition workers are expected to become experts in local nutrition assessment, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of nutrition programs.
Kudos to our new graduates, recharged and refreshed Nutrition Program Managers!
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The National Nutrition Council Region III organized a whole day Barangay Nutrition Scholars Reorientation and Technical Updates Session in its 7 provinces and 14 cities. This was attended by the major prime movers of PPAN at the city and municipality level particularly the Nutrition Action Officers (NAO) and the Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSes). The reorientation’s primary aim is to provide a review on existing and revised guidelines and protocols on the conduct of OPT, MELLPI as well as the Barangay Nutrition Program. It focuses on the need to reorient BNSes regarding the BNS program and provide technical updates to address the existing gaps, issues and concerns of nutrition program implementation in the region. The activity was conducted from one province to another with the following schedules: November 17, 2014 (Pampanga), November 18, 2014 (Bulacan), November 20, 2014 (Bataan), November 21, 2014 (Tarlac), November 26, 2014 (Nueva Ecija), November 27, 2014 (Aurora) and November 28, 2014 (Zambales).
Read more: Nutrition Action Officers and Barangay Nutrition Scholars, More Equipped!
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The NNC for Central Luzon hosted the Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) Awareness Seminar on 20 January 2015 at the EPHATHA Development Center, SACOP, City of San Fernando, Pampanga in observance of the Goiter Awareness Week designated every last week of January by the DOH. The theme “GOITER SUGPUIN, ISIP PATALINUHIN, IODIZED SALT GAMITIN” remained the campaign declaration. The seminar, which was participated by 26 participants from LGUs and 20 from Media and Regional Nutrition Committee Agency-Members, with its Regional Bantay Asin Task Force (RBTAF) became a good opportunity to promote the 2012 Revised Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF) particularly guideline # 7 which urges the use of Iodized Salt to prevent IDD among other cost effective and practical measures. The fact revealed in the 8th National Nutrition Survey (NNS) by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute that 47.5% of the households (HH) salt in the Philippines, particularly the supply coming from Zamboanga, Central Luzon, Ilocos Region and ARMM falling under the 0 to <5ppm range is alarming and is calling for an immediate action and thus this seminar was conceived. During the seminar, emphasis was focused on the key message that Iodine Deficiency Disorders has been called the world's major cause of preventable mental retardation and its manifestation is not simply Goiter as known by many. To rationalize further the need to create a greater IDD awareness, NPC Panlilio started her discussion that IDD severity can vary from mild intellectual blunting to frank cretinism, a condition that includes gross mental retardation, deaf-mutism, short stature, and other various defects. In her Welcome Message, she mentioned that individuals becoming poorly equipped to fight disease, learn, work effectively, or reproduce satisfactorily were among the negative impact on socio-economic development of the region and that of the country.
Read more: Central Luzon: SAMA-SAMA PARA MAG-IODIZED SALT SAKTO
