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NNC urges public to focus on healthy diet to avoid non-communicable diseases
BAGUIO CITY, July 21 (PIA) — The National Nutrition Council (NNC) in the region urges everyone to focus on healthy diet to control overweight and obesity across all ages in line with this year’s celebration of Nutrition Month. Regional Nutrition Program Coordination Rita Papey in a recent kapihan said there is an increasing prevalence of…
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Apayao celebrates nutrition month and disaster resilience month in a joint program
STA. MARCELA, Apayao- Apayao province celebrated the nutrition month and disaster resilience month jointly in a program held on July 20, 2017 at the gymnasium of Sta. Marcela, Apayao. The one-day activity started with an opening program highlighted by the participant’s Pledge on Nutrition and introduction of Kapitan Alerto campaign. Zumba and cooking contest followed…
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Nutrition Walk to conclude the regional nutrition month celebration in CAR
BAGUIO CITY- To conclude the 2017month-long celebration of the nutrition month, the Regional Nutrition Committee member agencies thru the National Nutrition Council-CAR and other nutrition partners are set to conduct a nutrition walk as a way of promoting physical activity coupled with IEC on healthy diet on July 28, 2017 at the Eco Trail…
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Nutrition cluster members of Ifugao and Mt. Province train on Nutrition in Emergencies
BAGUIO CITY- Timely with the celebration of the nutrition month and national disaster consciousness month in July, a training on nutrition in emergencies for the local nutrition clusters of Ifugao and Mountain Province was successfully conducted on July 11-13, 2017 at Gordion Hotel, Vigan City.19 members of the local nutrition clusters of Ifugao, 20 from…
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NNET assesses Saluad Salun-at Council of Alfonso Lista, Ifugao
ALFONSO LISTA, Ifugao- Saluad Salun-at Council (SSC), the local name for the Municipal Nutrition Committee of Alfonso Lista, Ifugao was visited by the National Nutrition Evaluation Team (NNET) on June 27-30, 2017 as contender for the second year Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner on Nutrition (CROWN) maintenance award.Ms. Ellen Abella of NNC-Central Office, Ms. Luz Tagunicar…
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2017 nutrition month focuses on healthy diet
“Healthy diet, gawing habit – FOR LIFE!”, is the 2017 nutrition month theme which aims to promote healthy diet among Filipinos. Changes in the food system increases the availability of food that are highly processed composed of refined carbohydrates, high salt, high fat, calorie dense and with reduced access to whole foods including fruits and…
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2017 nutrition month focuses on healthy diet
“Healthy diet, gawing habit – FOR LIFE!”, is the 2017 nutrition month theme which aims to promote healthy diet among Filipinos. Changes in the food system increases the availability of food that are highly processed composed of refined carbohydrates, high salt, high fat, calorie dense and with reduced access to whole foods including fruits and…
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2017 nutrition month focuses on healthy diet
“Healthy diet, gawing habit – FOR LIFE!”, is the 2017 nutrition month theme which aims to promote healthy diet among Filipinos. Changes in the food system increases the availability of foods that are highly processed such as refined carbohydrates, with high salt, high fat and are calorie-dense. Changes aslo include reduced access to whole foods…
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Selected LNC members of CAR visit Lal-lo, Cagayan
LAL-LO, Cagayan- “Whatever the achievements of Lal-lo, you will achieve these too”, are the challenging words of Hon. Florence Oliver Pascual, the Vice Mayor and Municipal Nutrition Committee Vice Chairperson during the benchmarking of selected Local Nutrition Committee (LNC) members of CAR. The activity was held on June 14-15, 2017 in Lal-lo, Cagayan, one of…
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NDAP-BBC promotes healthy diet
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet- 449 participants including Registered Nutritionist-Dietitians and other health allied professions, members of local nutrition committees and students from regions I, CAR, II, III, IV and NCR attended the 20th Pre-Nutrition Month Seminar (PNMS) organized by the Nutritionist-Dietitians’ Association of the Philippines-Baguio Benguet Chapter in coordination with National Nutrition Council-Cordillera and Benguet State…
