21 December 2012 -The National Nutrition Council Region X finally launched “MANGO DIEZ”, as its local media partner at Grand Caprice Restaurant, Limketkai Center, Lapasan Cagayan de Oro City during the Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony. This local media group MANGO DIES stands for Media Advocates for Nutrition in GOvernance and DIEZ stands for Region 10, it could also connote the revised 10 Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF) or the 10 steps to Successful Breastfeeding and 10Key Messages in Complementary Feeding. This media group is organized as the partner of the National Nutrition Council Region X in (1) the effective dissemination of nutrition information and advocacies through the power of media,(2) will be the Region partner in nutrition surveillance which means our watch dog in the community for early detection of nutrition problems and concerns, (3) act as one of our community advocators in nutrition, (4) as our informer in the nutrition situation of the region and lastly (5) as one of the region’s active promoters of good nutrition practices.

Our media partner was introduced by NPC Zenaida T Tondares with the Regional Nutrition Committee Chairperson Director Aristedes Concepcion Tan of the Department of Health X and Ms Cecil Aca-ac from Department of Science and Technology X and Ms Jury Valcorza of PIA X and led also the launching event, the unveiling of revised 10 Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF). “MANGO DIEZ” our newly introduced media group together with NPC Tondares and Director Tan connoted to continue to promote good nutrition practices by signing in the newly unveiled revised10 NGF.

MANGO DIEZ will surely be an inspiration to everyone in the region specially LGUs because nutrition starting today already has a strong partner in terms of information dissemination and in advocacy as we do our share to fight against hunger and malnutrition in our communities.

Viva!