The training on the new Child Growth Standard for 28 Barangay Nutrition Scholars from the Municipality of Sapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental was conducted by the National Nutrition Council Region 10 last 30 January 2013 of WQMC Function Hall at Poblacion, Sapang Dalaga. The training was facilitated by Ms Helen G. Alferez, Nutrition Officer III of National Nuitrition Council Region X together with Provincial Nutrition Action Officer-Ms Maguinda Manigsaka of Misamis Occidental, Ms Grace Caliso-Municipal Nutrition Action Officer of Calamba, Misamis Occidental as trained previously on WHO CGS. Full support was provided by the Municipal Nutrition Committee Chair – Honorable, Mayor Donjie D Animas and the Municipal Nutrition Action Officer - Ms Marilyn Elnas.

The CGS Training is NNC’s capacity building support for top 100 nutritionally depressed municipalities based on 2011 OPT National rank’s results. NNC provided financial assistance to the training which aimed to capacitate the Barangay Nutrition Scholar and as follows: (1) use the ECCD, (2) recognized the signs of Marasmus and Kwashiorkor, (3) measure and record the child’s weight and length/height, (4) understand the three different growth monitoring and feeding using the prescribe job aid (5) actual measurement of children.

Sapang Dalaga is one among 100 municipalities with highest prevalence of underweight children based on 2011 OperationTimbang results. Each Barangay was represented by one BNS.