LAGAWE, Ifugao, Nov. 12 (PIA) — The National Nutrition Council (NNC) has bestowed the first year Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (Crown) maintenance award to the province of Ifugao during the 2012 National Nutrition awarding ceremony in Pasay City on Friday. Members of the provincial nutrition council (PNC) led by Governor Eugene Balitang received…

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The Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) and midwives from the 21 barangays of the municipality of Kabugao, Apayao attended the World Health Organization-Child Growth Standard (WHO-CGS) Training for Barangay Nutrition Scholars conducted by the National Nutrition Council-CAR on October 19, 2012 at the Municipal Hall of the said municipality. The training was funded by NNC to…

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The results of the “2011 Updating of the Nutritional Status of Children and Selected Population Groups” which was disseminated by the DOST Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) revealed good and alarming findings. The survey revealed the decreased prevalence of underweight and wasting among under-five year old and school aged children compared to the results…

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Abra State Institute of Science and Technology (ASIST) showed their full support on the proposed establishment of a Nutriskwela Community Radio Station inside the campus during the orientation at the President’s Conference Room, ASIST, Lagangilang, Abra. Mr. Francis “Kiko” Flores, of M.Q. Mediazone Productions and Project Leader of the NNC-Nutriskwela Project, together with Ms. Rose…

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08 January 2013– The National Nutrition Council- Cordillera Administrative Region (NNC-CAR) conducted the “NUTRI-PASADA” in Barangay Bolbolo, Pilar, Abra in partnership with the Cordillera Administrative Region- Media Educators on Nutrition (CAR-MENU), Provincial Nutrition Committee-Abra and the Local Government Unit of Pilar, Abra. Nutri-Pasada Program is one of the innovative project of NNC-CAR in partnership with…

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BAGUIO CITY, Jan. 10 (PIA) — Nutrition planners are urged to refocus nutrition efforts to the critical period beginning from a mother’s pregnancy to the first two years of life of children. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) –South Sudan health specialist Dr. Martha B. Cayad-an said the so-called “window of opportunity” for nutrition are pregnancy,…

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BAGUIO CITY—Cordillera Administrative Region- Media Educators on Nutrition in partnership with the National Nutrition Council- CAR conducted a Talakayan sa Radyo ng Bayan- Baguio held last January 08, 2012 at Hotel Veniz. This is an annual event regularly aired live on radio just after the Cordillera- Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony. It aims to acknowledge and…

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BAGUIO CITY, Jan 10 (PIA) – – The National Nutrition Council – Cordillera (NNC-CAR) gave recognition to the region’s 2011 Most Outstanding Nutrition Program Implementer and Barangay Nutrition Scholars. In a simple awarding ceremony on Tuesday at Hotel Veniz, here, NNC-CAR OIC Nutrition Program Coordinator Rose Lulu Pagaduan, Department of Health OIC Regional Director Valeriano…

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28 December 2012– Though the prime celebration of the Christmas season was over, the NNC- Cordillera Administrative Region and Region I observed the Christmas season in a Joint Post-Christmas celebration in Alaminos, Pangasinan. With the company of Mr. Cisco Jay Flores, Region I Media partner who coordinated the activity with the Bureau of Fisheries and…

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The second and third wave of the Nutripasada organized by the National Nutrition Council-CAR in partnership with the CAR- Media Educators on Nutrition was conducted at Barangay Bantay of Paracelis, Mt. Province and Barangay Socbot of Pinukpuk, Kalinga on February 5 and 6, 2013 respectively. In addition to the regular activities previously done, a Kiddie…

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