COTABATO CITY, June 24 (PIA)--- The National Nutrition Council XII is set to highlight the First 1,000 days (F1KD) of a child, through a series of webinars this 2020 Nutrition Month (NM). This is to further promote the right nutrition in the 1,000 days between a woman’s pregnancy and her child’s second birthday because it is during these days the child’s ability to grow, learn, and thrive are established.
NNC XII regional nutrition program coordinator Arceli Latonio said the series of webinars will be open for public as this will be posted to NNC XII’s official Facebook page at https://web.facebook.com/nnc.region12/?ref=bookmarks.
The first webinar will be on July 6 and will tackle pregnancy. On the next days, each province and stand-alone city in the region will be given time to feature activities for pregnant women such as prenatal check-up, counselling, and mother’s class.
On July 13, the webinar will focus on infancy. Same with the first webinar, every province and stand-alone city will be given time to present their activities on infant care and exclusive breastfeeding.The last webinar will tackle toddlerhood with emphasis on complementary feeding. Activities on continuous breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and growth monitoring of every province and stand-alone city will be highlighted.
Participants of the series of webinars will be recognized on the culmination day on July 31.
Meanwhile, aside from the webinar, NNC XII has lined up several activities for this year’s Nutrition Month. These include hanging of NM streamers, distribution or online posting of F1KD flyers, and month-long airing of NM plugs.Also, there will be a digital poster-making contest and F1KD online quiz. NNC will also hold a virtual presser to be participated by Nutriskwela Community Radio Stations in the region wherein they will share their activities related to F1KD.
NNC XII will also conduct online activities which will highlight the rationale of the 2020 Nutrition Month theme, and topics and daily infographics on stunting.
This year’s Nutrition Month centers on the theme, ‘Batang Pinoy, SANA TALL... Iwas Stunting, SAMA ALL! Iwas ALL din sa COVID-19!’. (PIA Cotabato City)
