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Nutrition Committees ti Probinsiya ti Ifugao, Kampeon iti Cordillera Nutri-Song 2020 Contest
NAGBALLIGI ti Local Nutrition Committees ti probinsiya ti Ifugao manipud iti lima a lugar a nakipaset iti Cordillera Nutri-Song 2020 Contest ti National Nutrition Council Cordillera. Nakagun-od iti puntos a 93.4 ti Ifugao, 93.4 ti Barangay Nutrition Council ti Irisan, 84.2 points met ti nagun-od a puntos ti BNC ti Poblacion bayat a ti Sadanga Mountain…
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Common Food Allergens and its management
Throughout the years, the world has seen a significant increase in food allergy cases. These days, pretty much everyone is allergic to a food or two. If it’s not you, it’s quite likely that someone in your family or social circle is suffering from it. While food allergies are usually none life-threatening, they must be…
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NNC-CAR holds Cordillera NutriSong contest
Nutrition month celebration is an annual activity that makes July one of the exciting months of the year. For Cordillerans, July also marks the day of becoming as one region. The COVID 19 pandemic cannot totally paralyze the region to do all the fun and celebrations in the month of July. A song contest using…
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Cordillera Nutrition Organization meetings goes virtual
Going virtual like the rest of the world, the nutrition organizations in the Cordillera, the Nutrition in Action Officers, District/City Nutrition Program Coordinators and Barangay Nutrition Scholars started to have their meetings on online. D/CNPCs had their virtual meeting last July 8, 2020 to discuss activities and updates in the region and province. The meeting…
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Better status of children during ECQ, GCQ bared
BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera office of the National Nutrition Council (NNC-CAR) disclosed that there were improvements in the nutritional status among 0-59 months children in some 53 municipalities in the region that were surveyed based in the mini-assessment on the effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) to the nutrition of the children dung…
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46th Nutrition Month focuses on stunting
This July, the National Nutrition Council leads the Philippines in observing its 46th Nutrition Month campaign. With the theme, “Batang Pinoy, SANA TALL… Iwas stunting, SAMA ALL! Iwas ALL din sa COVID-19”, this year’s celebration is on catalyzing actions to address child stunting. Specifically, this year’s campaign seeks to raise awareness among Filipinos on the…
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COVID Pandemic and the CAR Nutrition Situation
Over the past three months of community quarantine, we witnessed how pandemic affected the usual daily living of people both locally and globally. The economy stood still and deteriorated with everyone just asked to be at home. The impacts of COVID-19 are extensive and have far reaching consequences. People got sick, some lives were lost,…
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Kidney Care During the COVID 19 Pandemic
In the Philippines, June is National Kidney Month. As per Proclamation No. 184, s. 1993, this is a time when the health sector and other stakeholders come together to instill consciousness and raise awareness about kidney diseases. In light of recent events, the theme for this year’s National Kidney Month is, “Malusog na Bato sa…
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ABOUT NNC CAR
The National Nutrition Council (NNC) – CAR is the secretariat of the Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC). The RNC is described in the next section. NNC CAR carries out tasks along the four major programs: a) policy formulation and coordination, b) nutrition program monitoring and evaluation, c) promotion of good nutrition and d) provision of technical assistance…
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Bokod LGU distributes food packs to children, lactating mothers
BOKOD, Benguet, June 12(PIA) – – Children and breastfeeding mothers are among the priorities of the local government here during this prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. The local government distributed food packages tagged as “Nutritious Pack” to children aged 1-2 including underweight or stunted children and lactating mothers who are among the vulnerable sectors. The initiative is…
