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OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, May 9 (PIA)--A total of 265 Grade 3-5 pupils and Grade 6 of batch 2019 first beneficiaries of Prutas Alang sa Kinaiyahan (PAK) from the 17 barangays of Ozamiz City received Green Thumb Awards and customized school supplies during their Recognition Day, May 9.
The City Nutrition Office in coordination with the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC), Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) spearheaded the awarding ceremony of PAK Project, a greening through fruit trees planting with the help of children and a practical project to achieve greening by planting high value fruit trees which is done annually among Grade 1 pupils.
PAK is an eco-nutrition initiative towards caring for the environment and promotion of good nutrition.
Read more: 265 Ozamiz kids earn green thumb award, school supplies
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Sleep is as important to food and water especially to a developing child. It has a direct impact on the physical, emotional, and behavioural health of children. A study conducted by Xie et al. (2013) entitled “Sleep Drives Metabolite Clearance from the Adult Brain” shows that sleep has an integral part in brain functions, in fact, recent findings indicate that sleep plays a role in removing toxins build up in the brain.
The prefrontal cortex is the part of the brain that carries out executive processes such as thinking, decision making, and planning. The brain’s cognitive functions including attention, learning, understanding and memory are all entirely dependent to the functioning of prefrontal cortex. This region of the brain is more active to those who have adequate sleep than to those who under slept. It is also during sleep that the acquired memories, information and skills are transferred and stored to permanent brain regions. Thus, children with adequate sleep are more alert and retains learning or skills over a long period of time.
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29 April 2019, Cagayan de Oro City – Summer is here and there’s no denying the intense heat Northern Mindanaoans experience every day. So how do we beat the summer heat with good nutrition?
During the Radyo Mo Sa Nutrisyon Year 8 Episode 45 last year, UP-PGH Chief Dietitian Emelita O. Lavilla enumerated tips and reminders to stay nutritiously healthy during the summer season.
To maintain hydration, an individual is advised to drink more than the 8-12 glasses of water most especially after meals. This is the recommendation of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology when spending too much time outdoors or being involved in strenuous physical activities. One must keep in mind not to drink water only when thirsty, but make sure that the recommended water intake is attained at the end of the day.
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What is the reasonable goal to get hydrated? First hand, one should know that every cell, tissue, and organ in the body needs water to work well. It makes up more than half of a person’s body weight. A person could die as early as two days without water.
According to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the heat index in NorMin ranges from 32°C to 41°C. The effects of this heat index in our body needs extreme caution. This could lead to heat cramps and heat exhaustion and worse is continuing activity could result heat stroke. Obvious tip to be perceived by the public is: Drink plenty of water regularly, but how plenty is plenty? Does all drink in the liquid form helps us hydrated?
Usually, people are told to drink 6 to 8 glasses each day (3 Liters for men and 2.2 Liters for women). That is reasonable but let’s take consideration that different people need different amounts of water in their body due to age, gender, weight, climate, activity levels, and overall health. Especially this summer, staying hydrated under the extreme heat can be very challenging compared to cooler environment temperature. This is because we lose a significant amount of fluid through sweating.
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23 April 2019, Cagayan de Oro City – The National Nutrition Council X together with the Regional Evaluation Team (RET) has started this year’s Search for the Regional Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar (ROBNS). This evaluation is conducted to measure the performance of the BNS and recognize those with exemplary performance in the delivery of basic nutrition and nutrition-related services in the barangay.
A yearly activity of the NNC, the RETs composed of inter-agency representatives trained on the new nutrition monitoring and evaluation protocol, MELLPI Pro, and NNC X staff as secretariat conduct the search.
As of this writing, the RET has already evaluated seven (7) BNSs from Bukidnon and Misamis Occidental provinces and cities of Valencia, Malaybalay, Gingoog, Cagayan de Oro and El Salvador. The RET is set to evaluate four (4) more contenders from Camiguin, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Oriental provinces and Tangub City until the first week of June 2019.
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OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental -- Ozamiz City government received 60,000 pieces of rice-monggo-sesame (RMS) baby food blend packaging material from the Department of Science and Tecnology (DOST-10).
In 2016, the City Government of Ozamiz was one of the beneficiaries of DOST-Food Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) project on the rollout of complementary food production facility to address malnutrition of young children aged six to 59 months old.
Ozamiz City Complementary Food Production Facility (CFPF) is capable of producing RMS baby food blend for six to 24 months old toddlers and rice monggo (RM) crunchies for 25 to 59 months old children.
Read more: MisOcc DOST brings enhanced packaging to Ozamiz complementary food
