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Mental Health is a very important dimension in achieving a holistic well-being along with physical and spiritual domains. The second week of October reminds us on how we should take care of our mental health and to raise awareness on various mental health issues, being celebrated as the National Mental Health Week. On the other side, the increasing rates of depression brought by the pandemic situation has been quite alarming as recently reported by the Department of Health and World Health Organization. Hence, let’s learn more on various means that could tamp down mental health burdens.
Read more: BUILDING MENTAL RESILIENCE AMIDST PANDEMIC CRISIS
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Showing respect to our elders will gratifyingly fill them a sense of wellbeing. Senior citizens have quite a lot of life experiences that they can impart to the younger generation, may it be about continuing change or handling life trials.
Older persons refer to those aged 60 years or over. In the Philippines, roughly 7.55 million were senior citizens, according to the 2015 Census of Population by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
As a person grows older, the body system will experience a lot of changes. Often, the elderly have limited mobility due to weak bones. They are also more susceptible to various diseases and illnesses due to weaker immune resistance than younger ones.
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14 SEPTEMBER 2020-- The National Nutrition Council conducted Online Training of Regional Team of Planning Facilitators for Regions 6 and 12 via googlemeet. A total of 43 participants joined the virtual training coming from the Regional Nutrition Committee-Technical Working Group (RNC-TWG) members, NNC ROs Technical Staff together with the DOH Human Resources for Health – Nutritionist-Dietitians Deployment Program (HRH-NDDP). Facilitated by Mr. Reginaldo Guillen, NO IV of NPPD, Ms. Lalaine Carlos, NO II with Mr. Andre Flores from Alcanz International LLC, the said training will be for the planned two-day online AIP workshops as a call in “Building Pandemic Resiliency of LGUs through Investments in Nutrition in the Annual Investment Program” which will be simultaneously done from October to November 2020.
Read more: INTEGRATING NUTRITION IN AIP: SECURING PPAN TARGETS AMID PANDEMIC
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The last week of September is celebrated as National Family Week. This year’s theme, “Tungo sa Maginhawa, Matatag at Panatag na Pamilyang Pilipino” calls for strengthening the solidarity and stability of Filipino families. As we also face this pandemic crisis, it continues to threaten food security and nutrition in every Filipino family. Timely as it is, we have to consider the role of family in taking part of securing good nutrition in every household. Here are some points to remember to improve family nutrition.
Ensuring family food security
According to Food and Agriculture Organization, a family is food secure if it has sufficient safe and nutritious food throughout the year so that all members can meet their nutrient needs with foods they like/prefer for an active and healthy life. Families should know that food security also girdles food production, budgeting and storage. Also, improving food production such as backyard gardening, is the key in ensuring an acceptable level of food quality and safety.
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Breastfeeding is the foundation of infant and young child health and survival. By virtue of Republic Act No. 10028 also known as Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act signed on March 16, 2010, the entire month of August is declared as Breastfeeding Awareness Month to highlight the importance of public awareness in promoting and supporting breastfeeding as the normal and preferred method of feeding infants and young children.
The theme for this year’s campaign is “Breastfeeding T.S.Ek. (Tama, Sapat at Eksklusibo): I-BIDA ang pagpapasuso tungo sa wais at malusog na pamayanan”. It significantly aims to emphasize the importance of breastfeeding amidst COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that Filipino infants will have proper and sufficient nutrition to fight against the disease and lessen the long-term effects of malnutrition.
According to the joint media release of the Department of Health (DOH), World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), to date, COVID-19 has not been detected in the breastmilk of any mother with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
Breast milk contains all the necessary nutrients for growth and development. It is safe, clean and babies who receive their mothers’ breastmilk acquire antibodies which will provide protection against infection and helps in the prevention of non-communicable diseases later in life.
Read more: Promoting and Protecting Breastfeeding During the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Malnutrition fallouts from the interplay of several factors with poor dietary intake, physical inactivity and disease.
Nutrition plays an essential role especially during the First 1000 days for a child’s development and the nation’s ability to succeed. The First 1,000 days between a woman’s pregnancy and her child’s 2nd birthday offers a unique window of opportunity to build a healthier and more thriving future. Once the first 1,000 days is neglected, it can cause irreversible damage to a child’s growing brain, which will later affect her ability to do well in school and earn a good living. It can also result in later obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases which can prime to a lifetime of health complications.
Read more: LGU – MIDSAYAP DELIVERS NUTRITION SERVICES TO ADDRESS MALNUTRITION
