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Read more: Let’s Get Healthier! Keep Moving for a Better Health!
People are spending more and more time doing sedentary activities. The sedentary lifestyle is being at rest for too long with little or no exercise. Even during leisure times, often people are just sitting or lying down while using laptops or mobile devices, watching TV, or playing video games. Also, nowadays, working and learning have become more sedentary with long days sitting in front of a computer.
A Sedentary lifestyle or an inactive lifestyle is one of the major risks to one’s health. It can increase the threat of several chronic diseases and factors that cause mortality. Long duration of physical inactivity can lead to high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels and high blood sugar levels, which can cause damage to the blood vessels and increases the risk of heart attack and even stroke. Being physically inactive and long hours of sitting is also a risk of certain cancers including colon, breast, and lung cancer.
In February, we are Celebrating National Cancer Awareness Month and Philippine Heart Month. With this, NNC Caraga would like to remind everyone that physical activity and regular exercise are vital for optimum health, and you may need to start moving now!
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Butuan City – On 24 February 2022, local leaders in the Municipality of San Agustin convened to orient on Nutrition Program Management (NPM) at La Entrada Resort and Restaurant, Britania, San Agustin, Surigao del Sur.
National Nutrition Council, Provincial Nutrition Focal Point, Ms. Julianne Janine Carrillo facilitated the orientation.
Ms. Carrillo discussed the overview of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) 2017-2022, the structure of nutrition policy and coordination from the national level down to the barangay, the legal mandates/legal framework in managing nutrition programs for local government units (LGUs) and the barangay nutrition scholar (BNS) program.
In her discussion, she emphasized how to deliver nutrition services in the community, how to formulate the Barangay Nutrition Plan (BNAP) and the essential role of the Barangay Nutrition Committee.
Nutrition Program Management is a decision-making process of identifying potential nutrition problems and needs of a specific population group. It analyzes possible ways of preventing and controlling malnutrition. It also allocates resources based on needs and expectations and takes deliberate action to address nutritional problems, including those related to monitoring and evaluation.
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Read more: RUTF ready to save lives to typhoon Odette ravaged areas in Siargao Island
Siargao Island – This February 2022, the Department of Health (DOH) though the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has already distributed Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) to all the Rural Health Units in the typhoon Odette hit Siargao Islands.
Information Management Officer del Pilar, together with the DOH Caraga deployed Nutritionists, Municipal Nutrition Action Officers (MNAOs) and Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) simultaneously re-assessed identified cases of Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) and Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in the municipalities of Dapa, General Luna, Socorro and Burgos. Since February 12 up to date, they have been able to enroll a total of 10 cases of MAM and SAM in Out-patient Therapeutic Care.
The MNAOs, BNSs and HRH Nurses assigned to the area and the mother of the child identified with MAM/SAM were oriented on the simplified protocol for managing Acute Malnutrition and proper utilization of the RUTF. After the orientation to health care providers and nutritional assessments using Mid-upper Arm Circumference, all the identified children started their first RUTF ration for that day.
As a team, the MNAOs, BNSs and HRH nurses will work collaboratively in monitoring the nutritional status of the kids. Weight and MUAC monitoring will be done weekly for SAM cases and every 2 weeks for MAM cases subsequently.
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Surigao City--To further prevent malnutrition among children, Samaritan's Purse together with the Nutrition Cluster is conducting a whole day Crash Course training on Health and Nutrition in Emergency in the Province of Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands starting February 2022 up to first week of March 2022.
Topics lined up are: Simplified Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition or PIMAM, Family Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), Maternal Nutrition and Infant Young Child Feeding in Emergences (MNIYCF-E), EO 51 or the Philippine Milk Code, Micronutrient powder (MNP) and Immunization.
The crash course is aimed to heighten the skills and awareness of the health and nutrition staff on the importance of First 1000 Days of Life, exclusive breastfeeding, nutrition in emergencies, immediate treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) identified, proper handwashing and presentation of the guidelines on how to utilized Ready to Used Therapeutic Food (RUTF) and Micronutrient Powder (MNP).
The Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) are vital participant in the said training. This is not only because he/she is the focal person as far as nutrition is concerned, but also because he/she is perceived to be knowledgeable and ready to respond by all means on Nutrition in Emergencies.
The said training was able to capacitate 62 Barangay Nutrition Scholars in Surigao City, and other more in local government units of Surigao Province and Dinagat Islands. #LJBJuntilla
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Butuan City (Social Marketing Section, DSWD Field Office Caraga) --The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga, through the Sustainable Livelihood Program and in collaboration with the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP), has launched Sibol Lokal Project - a mini trade fair, earlier today.
Sibol Lokal, which will be conducted every Monday afternoon starting next week at the Covered Court of FO Caraga, is a regional promotion and marketing initiative that aims to showcase and advocate SLP products and services and to boost the DSWD employees and the general public's interest in patronizing the products and services offered by the various SLP program participants in the region.
OIC-Regional Director Ramel Jamen, in his message, said that FO Caraga has devised this initiative because the FO believes that the SLP micro-enterprises and other micro, small, and medium enterprises take a critical role in magnifying the economy of the country.
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Read more: Micronutrient powder essential for child’s growth
The use of food fortification has been suggested as an alternative to mitigate micronutrient deficiency due to primarily lack of nutritious food intake. It is intended to increase vitamin and mineral intake of young children aged 6-23 months and improve their nutritional status.
Micronutrient powder was named "Sprinkles" at that time. It was discovered by Professor Stanley Zlotkin in Canada in 1996. Micronutrient powder was developed because ‘twas observed that the standard iron drops were not effective, as adherence to treatment remained poor. Thus, a simple, inexpensive and potentially viable new method to provide micronutrients has been conceptualized. Responding to the challenges, micronutrient supplements (with different brand names) were developed. "Sprinkles" was the first brand developed by the "Sprinkles Global Health Initiative" at The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto.
Micronutrient powder is a power blend of vitamins and minerals, and very safe and effective in reducing micronutrient malnutrition. Designed to correct micronutrient deficiencies by improving the nutritional profile of foods. Powdered vitamins and minerals are scientifically proven to provide the nutrients that infants and children need to ensure their best possible growth and development. It contains a recommended daily allowance of 15 different vitamins and minerals: Vitamins A, D, E, B1, B2, B6, B12, C, Niacin, Folate, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Selenium and Iodine.
