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La Libertad, Negros Oriental - The local government of La Libertad expands its ARK or Advancement for Rural Kids project this year to additional ten barangays from the original six in the list. This is to ensure that all the twenty-nine barangays in the municipality can participate and benefit from the project. According to its Municipal Nutrition Committee Chair and Mayor, Hon. Emmanuel L. Iway, the project hopes to help families earn extra income and contribute to solving the malnutrition problem in the municipality.
Read more: La Libertad, Negros Oriental expands its ARK Project
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Cebu Province - People nowadays are skipping breakfast and the most common reason is “they want to lose weight”. Does it really help?
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Bohol Province - The Provincial Nutrition Council of Bohol province build the capacities of new nutrition program managers by conducting training on Nutrition Program Management (NPM). Said activity was held on 6-8 April 2022, at the Alta Bohol Resort and Convention, San Isidro, Baclayon, Bohol. It was participated by forty-seven (47) attendees composed of new municipal nutrition action officers (MNAO) and municipal nutrition program coordinators (MNPC) from all the 47 municipalities of the province. The training also served as refresher course for older MNAOs and MNPCs.
The Provincial Nutrition Council secretariat assisted by NNC 7’s NO III Nasudi G. Soluta and the Human Resources for Health in Nutrition assigned to the province served as trainers and workshop facilitators.
Read more: Bohol PNC develops new nutrition program managers
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Cebu City – NNC 7 welcomes the new set of officers of the Central Visayas Association of Nutrition Action Officers (CeVANAO), Inc who were elected to office through a general assembly held on 11 September 2021. The officers were inducted into office on 29 April 2022 in time with the 1st CeVANAO, Inc. online meeting series of 2022 with Assistant Secretary and Executive Director III Dr. Azucena M. Dayanghirang as inducting officer.
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Cebu Province - For years, we've been told that eating fat will expand your waistline, elevate your cholesterol, and create a slew of health issues, but this isn't totally accurate. Being a Pinoy means eating delicious and often fatty cuisine, but fear not: we'll address this issue by learning about local sources of healthy fats.
Fat is a nutrient, and your body requires it for energy, vitamin absorption, and to preserve your heart and brain health, much like protein and carbohydrates. But we now know that not all fat is created equal. It's more important to focus on eating beneficial "good" fats and avoiding detrimental "bad" fats rather than following a low-fat diet.
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Cebu City – Barangay Budlaan in Cebu City was recommended by the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) as one of the pretesting sites of the NNC-UPLB project "Development of Barangay Nutrition Program Management Handbook".
The initial proposal by NNC 7 was affirmed by the RNET composed of its chair and PAN Cebu Chapter President Jarvis Prochina, ND II Sarah Belle Antiola of DOH CV CHD and PAN Cebu Chapter member Philadelfa Gaviola. The team together NO II Norre Jean Delos Santos and NO I Gabriel Flores of NNC 7 went to Barangay Budlaan on 31 March 2022 for the 2022 Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation Protocol (MELLPI Pro) of Cebu City. The barangay was selected as one of the sample barangays of the city to be visited by the RNET. The inclusion of barangays in the annual MELLPI PRO follows RNC Resolution No. 020-02 (s. 2020) also known as “Expanding the Regional MELLPI PRO Coverage and Enjoining Local Nutrition Committees to Adopt the MELLPI PRO” which stipulates the inclusion of sample barangays in the annual monitoring and evaluation to widen provision of technical assistance to LGUs.
Read more: RNET recommends Barangay Budlaan as pretesting site for NNC-UPLB project
