“Timbang Iwasto sa Tamang Nutrisyon at Ehersisyo” is the 2015 Nutrition Month theme which aims to increase awareness on the role and importance of proper nutrition and physical activity in the prevention of Overweight and Obesity.

To give support to the Nutrition Month celebration, Hon. Reynaldo O. Parojinog, Sr. signed and issued on June 30, 2015 Executive Order No. 030-15 “Enjoining all Government Agencies and Public and Private Schools from Elementary to Tertiary levels in Ozamiz City to recite the 10 Kumainments during their Flag Raising Ceremonies for the Whole Month of July”

To highlight the City celebration, City Nutrition Committee in collaboration with the City Health Office, the Department of Education- Ozamiz City Division and National Nutrition Council Region X conducted a Nutrition Advocacy Conference for all School Administrators and Heads of Offices held July 8, 2015 at the Johann’s Cuisine, Bañadero Highway, Ozamiz City to give emphasis on the significance of proper nutrition and physical activity among school children, high school students and even college.

Medical Officer III of the Department of Education, Dr. Alice Fe C. Paderanga elucidated the Double Burden of Malnutrition as she stressed – “The best time to provide child’s health and better future is during the child’s First 1,000 days of life”.

The said conference also carried the signing of the covenant for Prutas Alang sa Kinaiyahan (PAK) Project (Greening Thru Fruit Trees Planting with the Help of Children), a very practical project to achieve greening by planting high value fruit trees which is done annually among grade 1 pupils as they enrolled. It helps to instill on their young minds the values of production and caring for the environment as the saying goes “Plant a Tree and Grow with them”.

The foreground of the conference was the signing of the Pledge of Commitment to support to the City Nutrition Committee’s initiatives to address the double burden of malnutrition in the city of Ozamiz and to advocate to the community to make positive decisions towards the adoption of good nutrition practices and provide them access to appropriate nutrition information and services. hge & arna