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Grapefruit (also known as Pomelo) is a huge citrus fruit that is typically consumed as part of a well-balanced breakfast. It is cultivated in tropical areas and is available during the winter. It is the only citrus fruit that is indigenous to the Americas. Grapefruit is a high-nutritional-value fruit. Despite consuming little calories, it is high in nutrients that will help your body grow. It has also been discovered to offer several health benefits.
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When you’re pregnant, your level of vitality may slack. This may be a difficult time for women, but developing a human being inside the womb is the essence of being a woman! Although there is the truth that you may have a low vitality level and growing a fetus may make you feel more like a need to further relax around, you need to be doing the opposite — at least for around 30 minutes a day a need for physical activity. Whether this can be your first or fifth pregnancy, the remaining dynamic can offer assistance with anything from common aches and discomforts to facilitating your labor. In contrary, if you haven’t exercised for some time or even if you have got a standard schedule when you’re not pregnant, you'll not know what moves are good to do all through the following 9 months. Walking could be among the best for of exercise that doctors prescribe to most pregnant women since it’s safe, easily done, and needs no equipment.
Moving your body while pregnant may not continuously sound engaging, particularly in case you’re still within the uncomfortable experience of having morning sickness. In any case, keeping fit and active has numerous benefits which will assist you to feel way better in the long run. Studies show that strolling/walking and other direct workouts during pregnancy may lower your chance of having gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, and even delivering through cesarean section, commonly known as a C-section. Here are the benefits of walking during pregnancy:
- Helps you burn calories so you keep your weight in check. Less weight amid pregnancy implies it's less likely you’ll provide prematurely and more likely you’ll return to your pre-pregnancy weight sooner.
- Boosts your mood and energy levels. It's a critical advancement within the moods and fatigue levels of pregnant women who strolled around 30 minutes four times a week.
- Eases back pain and other throbs. Back pain during pregnancy is common and can regularly be meddled with day-by-day exercises and rest. Strolling can offer assistance to keep your back muscles strong and warm up so that they can bolster your developing stomach and not get too firm.
- Helps you rest and sleep better by burning off extra energy so you will feel tired and can doze off easily and can rest more effectively. Just make sure before resting you do your walking routine.
- Relieves constipation which may be a common indication during pregnancy. Work out helps move nourishment through the digestive tract faster, so less water is retained within the colon, making stools gentler and simpler to pass.
- Makes or keeps your muscles strong, making delivery and recuperation simpler. Delivering a child is no walk in the park and having the quality and perseverance to urge you through it can only help.
Walking can be of great help to keep us healthy and fit during our journey of pregnancy. But always consult your doctor before engaging in any physical exercise. Let them know your plan of exercise per week and solicit advice if the lined-up activities are safe and appropriate for you.
NO II Joanna Marie E. Baltazar, RND
References:
- The Benefits of Walking During Pregnancy
https://www.annandaleobgyn.com/news/the-benefits-of-walking-during-pregnancy/#:~:text=Walking%20during%20pregnancy%3A,keep%20your%20weight%20in%20check.
- Is It Safe to Walk for Exercise in Every Trimester of Pregnancy?
https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/walking-during-pregnancy
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The R9 Coaching, Assisting and Reaching Advocates Virtually to Advance in Nutrition (CARAVAN) Project of the National Nutrition Council IX (NNC9) persists to reinforce the Local Nutrition Workers’ (LNWs) capacity to perform their duties and functions. As a follow-through to the R9 CARAVAN Session 4 conducted last February 17, 2022, for the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga Sibugay, and the cities of Zamboanga and Isabela, a special session was offered to the province of Zamboanga del Sur (ZDS) through Google Meet last February 22, 2022. This was due to conflict with other activities of the said province on the former schedule. The session aims to virtually continue in the provision of technical assistance to the local government units and local nutrition program and to guide accordingly our BNS in the filling-out of nutrition forms. The activity covers the discussion on the proper filling out of BNS Monthly Accomplishment Report (MAR), BNC reactivation or reorganization with sample Executive Report, keeping a BNS diary, 2022 eOPT Plus tools, how to make a Spot Map, and how to write substantial Minutes of a Meeting. A total of one hundred thirty-eight (138) Provincial/City/ Municipal Nutrition Action Officers, District/ City/ Municipal Nutrition Program Coordinators, Barangay Nutrition Scholars, and local nutrition implementers were in attendance in this virtual provision of technical assistance.
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Read more: PPAN: Our map to a successful malnutrition-eradication journey!
Did you know that in the Philippines there is a blueprint called the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (2017-2022) or PPAN to address malnutrition in the country that is formulated under the leadership of the National Nutrition Council? PPAN is the country’s response to reduce malnutrition and improve the nutritional wellbeing of Filipinos. It is an integral component and a companion plan of the Philippine Development Plan which provides the framework for improving the nutritional status of the Filipinos.
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Are you passionate about assisting someone you think needs help? Do you have the humanitarian qualities of working for your community? Do you want the nutritional well-being of your fellowmen to be ensured? If you are hardworking, dedicated, and committed with some sense of leadership, then you have what it takes to be a BNS. A Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) is a community-based volunteer worker who assists the government in the delivery of nutrition and related services in the barangays. BNS’s deployment in every barangay is mandated by the Presidential Decree (PD) 1569. This law mandates the National Nutrition Council (NNC) to administer the BNS Program in coordination with the local government units (LGUs) and as such is tasked to develop capacities of BNSs. It also aims to provide at least one BNS per barangay in the country to monitor the nutritional status of children and other nutritionally at-risk or vulnerable groups and be able to link them with nutrition and nutrition-related service providers.
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Read more: NNC9 props up LGUs’ delivery of Key Nutrition Messages
The National Nutrition Council Region IX (NNC9) successfully held the 1-day live-in Training on the Development of Key Nutrition Messages using Digital Media in the Provinces of Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Norte, and Zamboanga del Sur on February 23, 2022. The aforementioned activity aims to capacitate the participants on how to improve their presentation skills in order to promote better and wider information dissemination and advocacies on nutrition using the digital platform. A total of sixty-five (65) participants from face-to-face and via the Google Meet virtual platform was recorded. Among these is the presence of the NNC9 regional staff, P/C/Municipal Nutrition Action Officers, Local Nutrition Program Coordinators, and other local nutrition program implementers. The activity was conducted with the special participation of Mr. Genrev A. Esguerra, Nutrition Officer II of the National Nutrition Council Nutrition Information and Education Division who shared his invaluable expertise as a Resource Speaker during the conduct of the training.
