BANAUE, Ifugao – The Provincial Nutrition Council (PNC) is conducting the provincial search for Green Banner Award (GBA) with a team doing the municipal evaluation of local program initiatives (Melpi) on nutrition.The Melpi evaluation is conducted every year to evaluate the nutrition programs implemented in the different municipalities to address the nutrition needs of the…

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{youtube}mpyD19SIiaw|200|125|1{/youtube}This year’s theme for the Nutrition Month will center on the importance of ensuring a child’s 1,000 days. The first 1,000 days of life start from conception and before the second birthday of the child, the period when growth faltering happens. Many studies have shown a link between undernutrition, especially stunting, in the first years of…

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Even as the National Nutrition Council (NNC) Cordillera claimed huge success of its 2015 Operation Timbang among 0-71 month children in the region, 18 municipalities in Abra remain with undernutrition prevalence of 10 percent – or even more. Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Rita D. Papey identified these towns as Lacub, Malibcong, Tineg, Lagayan, Villaviciosa, Langiden,…

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BONTOC, Mountain Province, Apr. 6 (PIA) – -Fifty eight nutrition workers from across the Cordillera participated in the Regional Nutrition Federation first semestral meeting here last week Rita Papey, Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator, said they discussed nutrition programs and projects updates and sharing of experiences. Bella Basalong of the National Nutrition Council-Cordillera presented the Sustainable…

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The officers and members of the Regional D/CNPC Association of the Cordillera region visited the recent Nutrition Honor Awardee (NHA) from Region II- Quirino Province on March 9, 2016. Purposely, the activity was funded by the D/CNPC-CAR to have an opportunity for the D/CNPCs to learn exemplary practices and strategies of other areas in managing…

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 Camote (impoea batatas) has many names in the Cordillera such as Ubi, tugui (kankanaey), gattuk (tuwali), lapne (Tuwali, Ayangan), atila (kalinga), dukto(Ibaloi), Lukto(Knkanaey, kalanguya, etc.). It is an herbaceous perennial vine that has palmately lobed leavess and  bears large starchy sweet tasting tuberous roots. The plant has a wide variety with tubers in different colors,…

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BANGUED, Abra – The Provincial Nutrition Council (PNC) is urged to intensify its advocacy and work on nutrition in the province. Dr. Virginia Narciso of the Department of Health Cordillera made the call since malnutrition and infant –child mortality rate in the province is rather alarming. Narcisio said Abra has topped malnutrition rates in the…

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BANGUED, Abra – Twenty-eight Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) in the province underwent a basic course for nutrition, a program that reminded them of their roles and functions as key providers of nutrition and health services in communities. Maryjune Adriatico of the Provincial Nutrition Council said the BNS from Malibcong, La Paz, Bangued, and Pidigan were…

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There is a need to conduct further studies on child feeding practices, impact of teenage centers in preventing teenage pregnancies, over and under nutrition, and nutritional values of meals consisting indigenous food. These were among the inputs gathered during the recent Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology stakeholders’ forum,…

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BAGUIO CITY, Oct.23 (PIA) – – The collective efforts and sustained support to the nutrition program of the nutrition committees from the province to the barangay level help in the reduction of the prevalence of underweight among preschool children.This was emphasized by Governor Nestor Fongwan during the 2015 Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony (RNAC) where Benguet…

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