With the help of its partner agencies, the National Nutrition Council Region 02 (NNC) crafted a regional communication plan for the massive promotion of the 2012 Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF) in Cagayan Valley.

This is in line with its goal to create a “regional communication plan that would effectively and efficiently disseminate information regarding the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF).”

The two-day 2012 NGF Communication Plan Formulation Workshop on August 8 – 9, 2013 “Endeavors to protect and promote the nutrition of Filipinos by providing a solid foundation and starting point for nutrition workers in developing information, education and communication materials and in conducting educational and advocacy activities. This aims to keep up with the changes in the nutrition situation in the country as well as new information on nutrition and related interventions to address nutrition and related health problems.”

Rhodora G. Maestre, regional nutrition program coordinator, said that the NNC leads in promoting and ensuring the widest dissemination and use of the 2012 NGF.

The NNC has been spotlighting hunger as a critical issue in the problem of undernutrition and malnutrition.

The workshop was attended by NNC-2 key partners from Balay ni IFAN media group, Regional Nutrition Committee, Local Government Units represented by the Nutrition Action Officers who identified the various channels, strategies and avenues that NNC-2 can tap for the effective and efficient promotion of the 2012 NGF.

The goal of the NGF is the improvement of the nutritional status, productivity and quality of life of the population, through adoption of desirable dietary practices and healthy lifestyle. (BEE)