Region VII

Details: Category: Region 7; Published: 08 July 2022

Borbon, Cebu - Diet is a crucial component of our health, especially relating to the heart but with so much conflicting information available, it's becoming very difficult to determine what's best for you and your heart health. Food labels can be extremely deceptive making it difficult to know exactly what you're ingesting. Understanding and focusing the Nutrition Facts label can help you make healthier eating choices and identify nutrient-dense foods for a healthy diet. Check food labels to make heart-healthy choices.

Let us look at the following labels we see in a food packaging:

The serving size is specified in the Nutrition Facts section as well as the number of servings in a single package. We can also learn how much total fat, sodium (salt), fiber, and protein we should consume.
Nutrient content that claims information such as low-fat, low-salt and the like.
The ingredients list that explains the listing of food items found in the package.

Nutrition facts are your personal road map to a healthier lifestyle. So how can we better interpret and comprehend them? Let’s check out these tips for deciphering the nutritional information on food labels and getting started on your path to a heart-healthy diet.

Read more: Tips in reading Food Labels

Details: Category: Region 7; Published: 07 July 2022

Cebu Province - Parents have a significant impact on their children's eating habits because they provide both genes and an environment for them. For example, they influence children's developing preferences and eating behaviors by making certain foods are available and by acting as models of good eating behavior.

If we want children to like and eat healthy foods like vegetables, we need to provide them with early, positive, and repeated experiences with those foods, as well as opportunities to observe others eating those foods.

The natural preference of children for sweet or salty, caloric-rich foods over energy-poor but micronutrient-rich alternatives emphasizes the importance of parent intervention in providing a varied and highly nutritious diet.

Details: Category: Region 7; Published: 06 July 2022

Siquijor Province - Have the best time enjoying in this peak season the richness and creamy texture flavor of avocado!

Avocados are often called nature’s super food with their fantastic health benefits. It is one of the most nutritious and versatile fruits in the world that is an excellent source of heart-healthy fats, Vitamins C, E, K, and B6, and other nutrients. Avocado has a long fruiting season from May to September.

Here in the Philippines, avocado is mainly used as a dessert fruit. It is often eaten with milk and sugar but never as a component of a vegetable salad like in other countries. This is because avocado lacks the sweetness or flavor present in other fruit like mango, banana, and pineapple to which the Filipino palate has been accustomed.

Here are some of the health benefits of avocado:

Details: Category: Region 7; Published: 07 July 2022

DOH CV CHD Launch with NNC Cebu City – The National Nutrition Council Region VII joined the Department of Health Central Visayas Center for Health and Development when it launched the different health events for the month of July including the 48^th Nutrition Month celebration, national blood donor’s month, national deworming month, national disaster resilience month and diabetes awareness week. Dubbed Health is Life, the launching was held at Robinsons Galleria Cebu on 02 July 2022.

RNPC Dr. Parolita A. Mission in her message shared the importance of this year’s celebration and that each one can participate and promote good nutrition. She encouraged all individuals and families present in the activity and those netizens watching over facebook live to show support for nutrition improvement by, ensuring proper nutrition to build body resistance against disease, working together to end hunger and malnutrition for all families, and continuing observance and following health protocols as prescribed by authorities.

Details: Category: Region 7; Published: 05 July 2022

Consolacion, Cebu – Good nutrition is the fuel that drives healthy growth and development and can help prevent disease throughout the life course. This was the gist of the message of Dr. Jaime S. Bernadas, Regional Director of DOH CV CHD and Chairperson of the Regional Nutrition Committee as relayed by Dr. Jonathan Niel V. Erasmo, Chief Local Health Division of DOH CV CHD during the Regional Launch of the 48^th Nutrition Month celebration of Central Visayas held on 01 July 2022 at the Event Center, SM City Consolacion, Cebu.

The National Nutrition Council Region VII thru the Regional Nutrition Committee in cooperation with Cebu Provincial Nutrition Committee and Consolacion Municipal Nutrition Committee spearheaded the launching event that focused on the theme “New normal na nutrisyon, sama-samang gawan ng solusyon!” The soft launching of Tutok Kainan Supplementation Program Phase 3 and 4 and booth display of nutrition interventions in the new normal highlighted the launching event. The booths were presented by DOH CV CHD, NDA Visayas, FEED the Children, Nutridense Food Manufacturing Corp., Bright Star/PAN Cebu Chapter, and NDAP Cebu Chapter/USC Department of Nutrition and Dietetics for the nutrition-specific interventions. The DA RFO 7, and DOST 7 took charge of the booth that displayed nutrition sensitive interventions while NEDA 7, DILG 7 and DBM 7 manned the booth for the enabling programs.

Nutrition Month is an annual campaign held every July to create greater awareness among Filipinos on the importance of nutrition as provided under Presidential Decree 491, or the Nutrition Act of the Philippines. This year’s theme calls for a strengthen nutrition interventions as well solidarity towards nutrition improvement as the nation shift towards living with the COVID-19 virus.

Details: Category: Region 7; Published: 06 July 2022

Consolacion, Cebu - Punong Barangay Hon. Blessilda B. Villo expressed her heartfelt appreciation on behalf of her Barangay Nutrition Committee (BNC) for choosing Barangay Tayud as one of the beneficiaries of the Tutok Kainan Supplementation Program (TKSP). Her words of gratitude were expressed during the soft launching of the program when the 48^th Regional Nutrition Month kick-off was done at SM City Consolacion, Cebu on 01 July 2022.

TKSP is a program that aims to contribute to the prevention of stunting among children 0-23 months old by improving the quality and quantity of food and nutrient intake and nutritionally at-risk pregnant women and children 6-23 months old in the targeted program areas. It also ensures the delivery of complementary early childhood care and development services in the first 1000 days pursuant to RA 11148 or the Kalusugan ng Mag-Nanay Act. In its 3rd and 4th phases of implementation, the said program will cover a total of 3,800 6-23 months old children all over Central Visayas.

The TKSP Phase 3 and 4 soft-launching was attended by 20 beneficiaries of Tayud, Consolacion. The children (beneficiaries) then partake in the food commodity that symbolizes the program’s goal to provide quality and quantity supplementary food. The complimentary food samples of “Nutri Bun” were courtesy of Magic Melt Philippines and “RIMO Blend” from Nutridense Food Manufacturing Corporation, both active members of the SUN Business Network in Central Visayas.