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Tagbilaran City - Heart, which many people believe is responsible of falling in love with other people, it is also responsible for making us alive 24/7. This is an organ where it works involuntarily even when you’re sleeping it’s still doing the job. It is located at the center of circulatory system, which is a network of blood vessel that delivers blood to every part of your body. Your heart is a muscle, and its job is to pump blood, blood carries oxygen and other important nutrients that all body organs need to stay healthy and to work properly.
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Cebu City – With its goal to continue providing updates and technical assistance to the nutrition program managers in the region, the National Nutrition Council Region VII facilitated the 1st Regional Management Conference s 2022 on 27-28 January 2022 via zoom conference call.
The two-day virtual conference was attended by thirty-three (33) city and municipal nutrition action officers and district/city/municipal nutrition program coordinators from all over the region.
Read more: Nutrition program managers in CV gather for its 1st Regional ManCon for 2022
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Cebu City – All three Nutriskwela Community Radio Network Programs (NCRNP) in Central Visayas attended the 10th National Virtual Conference of NCRNP held on 25-27 January 2022 via online platform. During the opening program, Assistant Secretary and NNC Executive Director Dr. Azucena M. Dayanghirang in her welcome remarks expressed how media can be a big help in the world of nutrition. She said, “Media have an important role in shaping health and nutrition-related behaviors and practices as well as in promoting socio-cultural and economic development which may contribute to improved nutritional outcome”.
Read more: CV community radio joins 10th National Nutriskwela Conference
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Cebu City – To the rest of the world it’s called Philippine lime, to the entire Philippines it’s simply called kalamansi, but to us Cebuanos we call it “lemonsito”. Nevertheless, no matter how we call it, we cannot deny it’s popularity among Filipinos of its use, and the underappreciation of the health benefits it brings.
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Cebu City – Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It is called breakfast with the purpose of “breaking” the “fast/fasting” while sleeping at night. Having breakfast can help you boost your metabolism and help you provide the energy you need to kick-start your day. According to studies, eating breakfast will result in high memory and concentration thus, skipping one will result in low blood sugar levels that can hamper muscle and brain functions. On another note, some people skip breakfast for a reason to lose weight or maintain their weight, on strict intermittent fasting, on a rush and no time to prepare one, or some of them just don’t feel hungry in the morning. Whatever their reason may be, here are some lists of pros and cons of skipping breakfast.
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Cebu City – On 18 January 2022, a forum was initiated by the Central Visayas Regional Development Council to discuss a Roadmap Study on how COVID-19 affects the different critical sectors of the government in the region. The study was handled by the Cebu Normal University to collect vital data for future-proofing Central Visayas against pandemics like COVID-19.
