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Dumaguete City – Dumaguete City’s Association of Barangay Nutrition Workers (their local term of BNSs) organized a Mutya ng BNS on 23 December 2022 at Barangay Batinguel covered court. The event was participated by nine (9) barangays of Dumaguete City and represented by the following candidates:
Read more: Dumaguete City Association of BNWs organizes Mutya ng BNS
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Cebu City - New years are good opportunity to start new and become better version of ourselves. Making healthy lifestyle changes, quitting harmful habits, and improving your well-being are all fantastic things to do at the start of a new year. Among these include getting back in shape and losing weight.
Here are some actions you can do to improve your health in the coming year and reach your wellness objectives:
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Carmen, Cebu - Ganahan ka ba moinom og red wine? Kahibalo ka ba nga ang pag-inom niini wine adunay maayong benepisyo sa atong lawas? Ang pag inom og usa ka baso nga antioxidant makatabang kanimo nga makapahulay sa mga gimbuhaton sa usa ka taas nga adlaw ug modugang sa ka lami sa kaon inig panihapon. Daghan sa mga potensyal nga benepisyo sa kahimsog sa red wine gibase sa taas nga lebel sa sustansya sa tanum diin kini naggikan sama sa polyphenols, nga adunay mga anti-inflammatory ug antioxidant properties.
Ang pag inom og red wine aduna pay nagka lain-laing potensyal nga benepisyo sa atong lawas sama sa mga sumusunod:
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Cebu City - Communication is a two-way process where the message is conveyed between two or more people in the form of ideas, emotions, feelings, and opinions with the aim of establishing a common understanding. Simply put, communication is the process of transferring intentional knowledge and comprehension from one person to another.
It's like a glue that binds an organization. In the nutrition program, communication plays a major role especially in the work of nutrition workers or advocates because one cannot avoid not communicating.
According to the National Nutrition Council’s Nutrition Program Management e-Learning Module, one can effectively communicate their LGU’s nutrition program by simply following the 7C’s of communication:
Read more: How to effectively communicate your nutrition program?
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Guindulman, Bohol - The Municipal Nutrition Committee of Guindulman produced 19 newly trained Barangay Nutrition Scholars after they conducted a training on the Basic Course for BNS. This was held at Sunkist Resort, Guindulman on 13-14 December 2022.
The training was spearheaded by the municipal nutrition action officer/municipal nutrition program coordinator Ms. Mhay Licayan with the full backing from their MNC Chair and Municipal Mayor Albino Balo. the. According to the National Nutrition Council, the Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS) Program is a human resource development strategy of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition, which involves the recruitment, training, deployment and supervision of volunteer workers called the Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS). Presidential Decree No. 1569 (1979) mandated the deployment of at least one (1) BNS in every barangay in the country to monitor the nutritional status of children and other nutritionally at-risk groups and link them with nutrition and nutrition-related service providers. PD 1569 also mandated the NNC to administer the program in cooperation with local government units.
Read more: Municipality of Guindulman produces 19 trained BNSs
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Cebu City - Coordinating the execution and administration of the barangay nutrition program is the responsibility of every barangay nutrition worker/barangay nutrition scholar (BNS). If you are ill-equipped and unprepared to fill your roles, this could be a difficult task. Having technical understanding about diet and nutrition is not enough to run the nutrition program in the barangay. Values and abilities for managing, coordinating, and communicating nutrition initiatives in the barangay you served should be included into it.
The following are the basic core values a barangay nutrition worker/BNS should possess:
Read more: Appreciating the core values of volunteer nutrition workers
