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La Libertad, Negros Oriental - The Municipal Nutrition Committee (MNC) of La Libertad lead by its Chair and Municipal Mayor Hon. Mayor Emmanuel L. Iway assists its residents especially after Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) hit the province on 16 December 2021 by distributing 25 kilos of rice, chicken meat, fish, vegetables, medicines, to every household in the municipality. Even in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and five months after the Typhoon Odette, the MNC is continuing providing help to the people in all the twenty-nine barangays of the town.
Read more: La Libertad MNC distributes food packs as part of TY Odette response
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Cebu City - Overeating is a common phenomenon that people experience when they are feeling low or anxious. It can be triggered by various psychological or emotional reasons. Are you feeling bloated or uncomfortable when you eat more?
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Mandaue City – The members of the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance agreed on their priorities to contribute to bettering the nutrition situation in the region. The agreements were reached during the breakout session held on 27 April 2022 when the network convened for the 2nd meeting for the Central Visayas Scaling-Up Nutrition Network at Performing Arts Lab, Cebu Doctor’s University in Cebu City.
The Sun Civil Society Alliance in Central Visayas better called the SUN CSA is a network composed of foundations, and non-government and faith-based organizations operating in Central Visayas.
Read more: SUN CSA defines priorities to help improve nutrition landscape in CV
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Mandaue City – The Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) during its Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) Protocol held in the city on 18 – 20 May 2022 noted a vibrant interagency collaboration among the members of the Mandaue City Nutrition Committee.
Read more: RNET observes a vibrant interagency collab in Mandaue City
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Cebu City - Potassium is an essential mineral needed by all tissues in the body. It helps regulate fluid balance, muscle contraction, and nerve signals. It also helps to ease tension in your blood vessel walls, which helps further lower blood pressure.
Hypertension commonly known as high blood pressure in adults is when you have elevated blood pressure or a blood pressure reading of more than 120/80 mmHg. When it comes to fighting high blood pressure, the average Filipino diet delivers too much sodium and little potassium. Eating to reverse this imbalance could prevent or control high blood pressure and translate into fewer heart attacks, strokes, and deaths from heart disease.
Read more: Role of potassium in reducing and maintaining your blood pressure
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Cebu Province - Iron and folic acid in pregnancy are important. Taking a prenatal vitamin of folic acid before and during pregnancy can help prevent birth defects in your baby's brain and spinal cord. It occurs within 3-4 weeks. So, it's important to have folate in your system during those early stages when your baby's brain and spinal cord are developing.
A folic acid is a man-made form of a B vitamin called folate. Folate plays an important role in the production of red blood cells and helps your baby's neural tube develop into its brain and spinal cord. Folate is found naturally in dark green vegetables and citrus fruits.
Read more: Iron and folic acid supplementation for pregnant women
