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Local Nutrition Early Warning System or also known as LNEWS is a strategy used to capacitate the local government units along nutrition assessment toward achieving food and nutrition security. Its establishment and the creation of LNEWS core group within city and municipal nutrition committees aims to strengthen capacity for data collection, analysis and interpretation, and the use of data for nutrition program planning and decision-making. The system enables the communities to act early, based on early warning information, to counter any threat, natural or human-induced that affects the ability of communities and households to obtain sufficient food.
Training on LNEWS was conducted on September 21-22, 2017 for data household collectors of Palompon, Leyte. The two-day workshop was done for the household data collectors of the five (5) sentinel barangays on proper techniques of data collection and anthropometric measurement.
Read more: Palompon conducts LNEWS Training for Household Data Collectors
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With the influx of social media nowadays, getting ahold of information about food and nutrition can be done in just one click. This is advantageous in information dissemination and in the promotion of health and nutrition programs. However, not all information in the internet is reliable. One must know how to distinguish between food facts and food fads to avoid having food misconceptions. We cannot battle hunger when there is ignorance.
Here are some food misconceptions and why they are not true.
1. All kinds of fat are bad.
In the Philippines, a significant increase of overweight and obesity cases was observed across different age groups throughout the years. According to DOST-FNRI 8th NNS, 1 out of 3 Filipinos are obese and overweight. With this, fat is generally avoided because it is fattening and may cause heart disease, hypertension or stroke. This common food misconception is wrong because fat is an essential component of a diet. Fats are needed to maintain normal bodily functions. For instance, fat soluble vitamins like Vitamin A cannot be used efficiently by the body if there is no fat intake. Moreover, fats act as insulators to protect the body and it cushion vital organs. The key here is to consume in moderation in order to avoid the abovementioned diseases.
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The Regional Development Council (RDC) VIII- Social Development Committee during its 3rd Quarter 2017 meeting presided over by SDC VIII Chairperson, DOST VIII Regional Director Edgardo M. Esperancilla, adopted the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) 2017-2022 on 6 September 2017 at the Felipina Hall, NEDA VIII Building, Government Center, Palo, Leyte.
The PPAN 2017-2022 was enthusiastically presented by the NNC VIII Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator (RNPC), Dr. Catalino P. Dotollo, Jr. In his preliminary statement he enjoined every agency and development partners to listen attentively and chunk a bite of the PPAN 2017-2022.
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TACLOBAN CITY -- To assist in the implementation of the "Local Government Unit (LGU) Mobilization," a strategy aiming for a holistic approach to fast-track the improvement of nutrition situation in nutritionally depressed localities, four teams have been created by the Regional Technical Working Group (RTWG) on Nutrition.
This developed during the 3rd Quarter Meeting of the RTWG on Nutrition in Eastern Visayas held on September 15, 2017 at the Leyte Park Hotel, here. Dr. Catalino P. Dotollo Jr., National Nutrition Council (NNC) Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator (RNPC), presented the plan to the body for deliberation and endorsement to the Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC).
Each team composed of multi-agency, National Nutrition Council (NNC), Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Harmonized Initiatives of Media for the Spread of Good Nutrition in Region 8 (HIMSoG-8), and non-government organization membership will be assigned to a target province.
The team shall assist, mentor and demonstrate to LGU leaders and nutrition program managers on how nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions can be implemented for the sustained improvement in the nutrition situation of each locality.
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TACLOBAN CITY -- The Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) of Eastern Visayas visited four towns of Northern Samar province for Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) on August 22 to 25, this year.
Yearly the National Nutrition Council (NNC) spearheads the conduct of MELLPI to target provinces, cities/municipalities and their barangays to: 1. Assess the progress of the Local Government Unit's (LGU) nutrition plan implementation; 2. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the LGU in its implementation of local nutrition programs; 3. Institute appropriate corrective measures; and 4. Facilitate the achievement of local nutrition plan objectives .
The RNET team headed by Sharmie Nicole Tansingco and Ayra Mae Simborio of NNC Region 8, together with Eunice De Guia and Willyfredo Sales of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), and the media-group partner of NNC-8 Harmonized Initiatives of Media for the Spread of Good Nutrition in Region 8 (HIMSoG-8) represented by President Tony C. Pueblos, Vice President Jacob C. Gadaingan, and Cecelia Tibo conducted MELLPI first in the province's 1st district towns of Allen and Bobon on Aug. 22 to 23.
On the second leg of MELLPI to the second district towns of Mapanas and Gamay that is only accessible by boat from the capital town of Catarman. The evaluation team was joined by National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) representative Resurrection Enage and Ullasini J. Pangan of NNC-8. This as the ADRA representations pulled-out for an scheduled activity in their base-town Bato, Leyte.
Read more: RNET conducts nutrition monitoring and evaluation of four N. Samar towns
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TACLOBAN CITY --" Eastern Visayas contributes to the high prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting, which means also that we have a lot to do that necessitates a comprehensive approach where no actor can be excluded to help our vulnerable group mitigate hunger, become more productive and thereby improve their nutritional status and subsequently away from major diseases and illnesses."
Dr. Catalino P. Dotollo Jr., National Nutrition Council (NNC) Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator (RNPC), revealed this in his welcome message at the opening of the "Regional NGO Forum 2017" held on September 14, 2017 at the Leyte Park Hotel, this city.
In this forum we are inviting each and every organization to participate in setting our nutrition agenda and be included in negotiating various outcomes and targets we will comprehensively discuss in the contents of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) 2017-2022, Dotollo explained.
