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Cebu City – Traveling roughly a thousand kilometers from the Ilocos region, members of the Regional Organization of Nutrition Advocates (RONDA) 1 came to the Queen City of the South, Cebu to visit with the Media Information Network for Nutrition and Development (MIND) 7 for a two-day benchmarking activity.
Arriving on the 5th of August 2015, RONDA 1 members from different media networks in Region 1 bonded with Central Visayas’ nutrition advocates to exchange strategies in promoting good nutrition through various media.
Visiting MIND 7 in action was the itinerary of the second day. All 14 RONDA 1 members visit DYLA to see MIND 7 charter president Mr. Jun Tagalog and then to 103.5 Retro Cebu to visit current MIND 7 president Mr. Bong Roxas and lastly to The Freeman to see Vice President for Print, Ms. Mitchelle Palaubsanon’s network.
RONDA 1’s president, Mr. Bernie R. Errasquin expressed his appreciation of the activity citing it as a great opportunity for RONDA 1 to learn from the more experienced MIND 7.
As part of the National Nutrition Council’s advocacy efforts, media partners and community radio stations provide great opportunity to a expand nutrition information dissemination, something that both RONDA 1 and MIND 7 recognize and thus, the effort they put into helping their respective region spread out. #WastongNutrisyon. //NGS
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Siquijor, Siquijor – While the rest of the country braces itself to the onslaught of Typhoon Ineng, members of the Regional Nutrition Committee – Technical Working Group brave stormy weather and big waves to help re-awaken the Siquijor Provincial Nutrition Committee on 19 August 2015.
Summoned by Governor Zaldy S. Villa, Provincial Heads of Offices (PSWDO, PHO, DOST, PA, DILG, DepEd, Planning Office, Treasurer’s Office, etc.) gather at the governor’s office for a meeting with the RNC-TWG (represented by the DOST, DA, Feed and the NNC 7 secretariat) to draft action points for the activation of the Provincial Nutrition Committee and the formulation of a provincial nutrition action plan.
Having hibernated for several years, the Provincial Nutrition Committee is slowly awakening to the need to ramp up nutrition interventions in order to address the deteriorating nutritional status of the province. The 8th National Nutrition Survey conducted in 2013 reports increase in malnutrition prevalence rate and changes in lifestyle behaviors that increase the risk to overweight and obesity as well as non-communicable diseases.
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Cebu City – At its second year as Central Visayas' most outstanding municipality, the town of Pamplona is in a quandary as to what will become of its rise towards the much coveted Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (CROWN) Award and the hope to reach the elusive Nutrition Honor Award as the area, together with the rest of Negros Oriental, separates from Central Visayas to join Negros Occidental as they form the Negros Island Region (NIR).
Pamplona, on its second bid for the CROWN, would have been the first of the municipalities of Negros Oriental to receive the award having first been awarded the Green Banner for its 2013 performance.
With the impending separation of the island from Central Visayas, Municipal Nutrition Action Officer, Dr. Beth Nemiajoy G. Catacutan puts on a brave face in the midst of uncertainty as she thanked the National Nutrition Council, the Regional Nutrition Committee and the Provincial Nutrition Committee during the 2015 Grand Nutrition Awards on 04 August 2015 at the Grand Convention Center of Cebu, Cebu City. In her remarks, Dr Catacutan expressed apprehension that Pamplona needs a lot of technical support to reach that much coveted CROWN which the new regional structure may not yet be able to provide.
As a strategy to prevent and rehabilitate malnutrition in the community, the Pamplohanons devised innovative projects in every barangay to address the problem. Projects such as fish ponds, local plant syrups, waste management, Sunting ointment production and many others, the beneficiaries of proceeds of which are the families of the malnourished children.
Indeed Pamplona has a bright nutritious future ahead of it, a future that Central Visayas Regional Nutrition Committee vows to continue helping out until Pamplon is able to stand alone. //NGS
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Cebu Province – On its quest to complement local nutrition committees’ efforts in the promotion of good nutrition in the community and to prove that good nutrition is not only for women and children but for all age groups and all sexes, the National Nutrition Council Region 7 joins the Commission on Population 7 in its Service Tour.
The activity, composed of three (3) stops, visited the Cities of Bogo and Naga and the Municipality of Barili to disseminate programs by the agency on 13, 25 and 18 August 2015 respectively followed the KP Roadshow format, dividing the population into four communities: adolescents, couples, men and elderly.
For its part, the National Nutrition Council armed with the usual Nutrition Education paraphernalia held lectures for the different communities emphasizing the importance of good health and nutrition in every age group. NNC 7 highlighted the 10 Kumainments and the Pinggang Pinoy in said lectures to help popularize the tools.
As siblings under one mother agency (the Department of Health RO7), the National Nutrition Council 7, Philhealth and PopCom continue to work together to ensure that Central Visayas have a healthy community. //NGS
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Danao City – Having attained the Regional Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar award raises more the spirit of Ms. Mary Ann F. Reyes to continue with her battle against malnutrition in her barangay (Looc, Danao City), one child at a time.
Besting ten other Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) in the region, the Danao City BNS Association President has been described as having a personality as big as her passion and dedication for nutrition as well as having a notably bubbly personality and boundless energy.
Aside from the usual nutrition interventions implemented by the Barangay Nutrition Committee, Ms. Reyes, on her own initiative came up with a monitoring system for her malnourished children. She keeps a wall pocket chart per household and updates them regularly. Pockets are filled with IEC materials about the different aspects of nutrition; food security through home gardening, health and sanitation, and proper child rearing practices. Growth monitoring charts are also available per family to be updated every time she visits. These are all explained to the mothers/caregivers every monitoring schedule.
In her award acceptance speech, Ms. Reyes has moved nutrition worker hearts by stating her intent to continue nutrition service and that the award, along with its cash prize has strengthened further her resolve to end malnutrition in her barangay. //NGS.
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Cebu City – In a world where one is able to meet up with friends through the internet, buy groceries with a simple click and where children’s playtime consist of a video game controller or a touchpad, the struggle to remain healthy has become more challenging than it was 20 years ago. And in front of this struggle, nutrition action officers who do not only have the burden to spread the gospel of healthy living, but to also walk the talk. After all, who would believe someone who doesn’t practice what they preach?
In its 11th Regional Nutrition Action Officers’ Congress, the Central Visayas Association of Nutrition Action Officers (CeVANAO) has picked the theme “Good Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle: A Continuing Challenge” to highlight not only this year’s Nutrition Month advocacy to address over nutrition but to enlighten nutrition action officers from the different parts of Central Visayas of the growing over nutrition concern.
Held on 04 August 2015 at the Grand Convention Center of Cebu, Archbishop Reyes Ave., Cebu City, the Congress this year is a breath of fresh air awakening many of nutrition workers, many of whom have admitted to have sedentary lifestyles, from the usual nutrition implementation focus of undernutrition and food insecurity.
The Congress was highlighted by a Key Note Message by DOH RO 7 Director Jaime S. Bernadas and the technical lectures by Dr. Jeanette Pauline A. Cortes of DOH Region VII who discussed the government’s policies and programs addressing overnutrition; Mr. Pio Gerardo R. Solon of Epic Performance and Fitness Solutions who presented the importance of exercise in productivity and Hon. Kit Marc B. Adanza, Zamboanguita Mayor and Chair of Nutrition Committee who gave tips in creating a nurturing environment for good nutrition according to his experience.
Safe to say, the close to three hundred attendees were sufficiently challenged to not only spread the word, but to practice a healthy lifestyle as well. //NGS
