The National Nutrition Council, established under virtue of Presidential Decree 491 in 1974, is the countryโs highest policy-making and coordinating body on nutrition. The Council works towards addressing hunger and all forms of malnutrition through the formulation and coordination of policies and strategies on nutrition.
As a Council, a Governing Board, composed of 10 national government agencies and 3 private sector representatives appointed by the President, is mandated to formulate and approve policies and guidelines on nutrition, while the NNC Secretariat executes, disseminates, and coordinates such policies and guidelines, among others.
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๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ
11 August 2025 โ The Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) of Region XII convened at Cinco Niรฑas, Koronadal City, for the second round of deliberations under the Monitoring and Evaluation continue reading : ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ
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๐ก๐ก๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ-๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
The National Nutrition Council successfully organized the first of the three-part 2025 Sub-Island Conference on Food and Nutrition Security on August 12-13, 2025 at the Sequoia Hotel Manila Bay, with continue reading : ๐ก๐ก๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ-๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
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Advancing Strategies for Overweight and Obesity Management and Prevention
The National Nutrition Council (NNC), in collaboration with the World Health Organization Philippines, successfully convened the Technical Working Group on Overweight and Obesity Management and Prevention for an Implementation Workshop held on 3-5 June 2025, at Hotel Dominique, Tagaytay City. The workshop gathered key representatives from national government agencies, academic institutions, professional organizations, civil society,…
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NNC’s Assistant Secretary and Executive Director IV Dayanghirang Urges Sustained Action on Nutrition and Health Plans at the 78th WHA
๐ฟ๐ง. ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐- ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐, Assistant Secretary and Executive Director IV of the National Nutrition Council (NNC) delivered the Philippine Statement on Key Agenda Item No. 24.2 : ๐๐ก๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ผ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง during the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva.
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Integrated Multisectoral Systems-Based Approaches on the Prevention of Child Wasting Highlighted at the 78th WHA
On 21 May 2025, ๐ซ๐. ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐-๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, Assistant Secretary and Executive Director IV of the National Nutrition Council once again served as a panelist and first speaker during the 78th World Health Assembly side event entitled “๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐” held at the Civil Society…
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Dr. Dayanghirang Presents Local Actions on Nutrition and Food Fortification
Recently concluded: ๐ซ๐. ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐-๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, Assistant Secretary and Executive Director IV of the National Nutrition Council served as a panelist and first speaker in two side events at the 78th World Health Assembly.
Director’s Corner
Dr. Azucena Milana-Dayanghirang is an experienced public health leader for more than 30 years and has been a prime mover, team leader and player, facilitator, and trainer of various health programs, particularly on Maternal Child Health and Nutrition and other Communicable and Non-communicable diseases.
She has served the people of Davao as City Nutrition Action Officer of Davao City Nutrition Office from 1991-1995; Chief of the Technical Services Division and Medical Officer VI of the Davao City Health Office from 1996 to 2005; as well as the Provincial Health Officer II and Provincial Nutrition Action Officer of Davao del Sur from 2008 to 2016. During her service in the local government, she was able to impact the health and nutrition of the people of Davao through proper planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of health and nutrition programs, including the Fresh Milk Supplemental Feeding Program, which led to the reduction of protein-energy malnutrition among 0-6-year-old children.
In 2016, she was elected as the National President of the Nutrition Action Officersโ of the Philippines Association, Inc. Shortly after, she was appointed as Deputy Executive Director of the National Nutrition Council (NNC), an attached agency of the Department of Health, Philippines. In August 2019, Dr. Dayanghirang was promoted as the Executive Director of the NNC Secretariat. Currently, she is the ASEAN Health Cluster I Chairperson, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Philippines Country Focal Point, Co-Chair of the Inter-agency Task Force on Zero Hunger, and Project Manager of the Philippine Multisectoral Nutrition Project DOH component.
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Regional Features, Luzon
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LNAP formulation workshops banners NNC Bicol 2022 LGU mobilization efforts
The Regional Plan of Action for Nutrition (RPAN) 2017-2022, the local version of Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition draws to its conclusion this year. To ensure its continuity, National Nutrition Council Regional Office V (NNC ROV), under its LGU Mobilization Program initiated a series of workshops formulating the 2023-2025 Local Nutrition Action Plans (LNAP)…
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Tungo sa Isang Layunin
Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon, saย ilalim ng pamumuno ng aktibo at โproject-orientedโ na Mayor ng LGU-Balud, Hon. Rodolfo O. Estrella Jr. nagkaroon ng katuparan ang layunin na magkaroon ng Medikal Misyon sa Brgy. Panguiranan Balud Masbate noong ika-25 ng Hulyo,2022, na itinuon din sa pagdiriwang ng Buwan Ng Nutrisyon. Ito ay hindi lamang pangkaraniwang paghahatid ng…
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LNAP 2023-2025 Formulation Workshop: Capacity Building for the LNCs of Catanduanes in Nutrition Program Planning
For every activity, project or program, a sound and feasible plan is the roadmap to successful implementation. As the saying goes โFailing to plan is preparing to failโ thus, it is imperative that a plan should be geared on the salient aspects of the problem and not a generic or a โlooks good on paperโ…
Regional Features, Visayas
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What is unintentional weight loss?
Tagbilaran City โ Losing weight without dieting or increasing exercise is known as unintentional weight loss. That could happen when you lose your appetite or when you’re eating the same number of calories as normal.Unintentional weight loss can be very upsetting, especially if you don’t know why you lost a fair amount of weight. Unintentional…
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OPT Plus Reporting Part 1
Cebu City โ So youโre done with the weight and height/length-taking portion of the OPT Plus and now you are ready to prepare the report for your local nutrition committee, where do you start?The first step of course is data entry and encoding of results using the eOPT tool but what next?There are several forms…
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NNC7 conducts NPM crash course training for new HRH for Nutrition
Cebu City โ As the region welcomes the new human resources for health for nutrition, the National Nutrition Council Region VII conducts a three-day crash course training on the Nutrition Program Management training on 1 โ 3 March 2023 at the DOH Mini Conference Room, DOH CV CHD Compound, Cebu City.Ten (10) new HRH-Ns were…
Regional Features, Mindanao
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LDN Vice Gov. Lim, BM Atay express support to nutrition
6 March 2023, Cagayan de Oro City โ National Nutrition Council (NNC) X led by Nutrition Program Coordinator Gladys Mae S. Fernandez conducted an advocacy meeting with Lanao del Norte Vice Governor Allan J. Lim, Sangguniang Panlalawigan Committee on Health Chairperson Cristy Atay and Provincial Health Office staff last 16 February 2023. Also present in…
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Nutrition counselling services during Heart and Cancer Awareness Month Celebration
4 March 2023, Cagayan de Oro City โ The National Nutrition Council (NNC) X, in partnership with Cagayan de Oro City Nutrition Office opened a booth for free nutrition assessment and counselling services during the Heart and Cancer Awareness Month Celebration 2023. The activity, hosted and organized by Department of Health Center for Health Development…
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Training on Basic Course for BNSs in Catarman, Camiguin
3 March 2023, Cagayan de Oro City โ All Barangay Nutrition Scholars and Day Care Workers of Catarman, Camiguin underwent the Training on Basic Course for BNSs held 21 February 2023. Nutrition Officer Sheena Marie G. Talle of National Nutrition Council (NNC) facilitated the training, focusing on the responsibilities of BNSs, Barangay Nutrition Committees, as…