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Prevent and control diabetes, modify your lifestyle and live healthy
For many years, majority of the top leading causes of deaths in the Philippines are non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which include cardiovascular diseases (CVD), cancer, COPD, and diabetes mellitus. Based on the data from the Department of Health, Diabetes Mellitus is the 5th most common cause of death in the country in 2017. Coincidentally, the Philippines…
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NCR Nutrition Clusters respond to Typhoon Ulysses
Typhoon Ulysses has left devastation in its wake. Both people and the environment have not had the time to recover from the damage brought upon by Typhoons Quinta, Rolly, Siony, and Tonyo making our country more vulnerable to the effects of Typhoon Ulysses. From evening of November 11 until November 12, 2020, tropical cyclone warning…
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Choose foods with Sangkap Pinoy Seal for added nutrients
“Vitamin and mineral deficiency is the source of the most massive ‘hidden hunger’ and malnutrition in the world today. The ‘hidden hunger’ due to micronutrient deficiency does not produce hunger as we know it. You might not feel it in the belly, but it strikes at the core of your health and vitality. It remains…
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Protect the children’s right to good nutrition
All children have the right to good nutrition. It is their right to eat nutritious foods for their growing bodies. It is the responsibility of the parents/caregivers to ensure that their children’s right to good nutrition is protected for them to live a happy and healthy life.All children should have a good start in life…
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Malabon City’s “Got Milk to Share” Project helps infants in need of breastmilk
Breastmilk is the best food for babies in all situations, with or without COVID-19 pandemic. It is the complete food for infants in their first 6 months of life, essential for their growth and development. It contains antibodies that supports the baby’s immune system to fight infection and diseases. Needless to say, no milk can…
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NNC-NCR learns videography to scale up nutrition promotion in social media
In this modern world where technology is quickly advancing, videos and images are the effective tools to convey information on websites and social media. With the growing popularity of videos in social media and online platforms, internet users spent an average of six hours and 48 minutes per week watching online videos (Limelight, 2019). Audiences…
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The Five Keys in Food Safety to Prevent Foodborne Diseases
Upset stomach, nausea, frequent vomiting, stomach cramps, diarrhea, and fever: these are just some of the common symptoms of food poisoning. Based on a study on the foodborne disease outbreaks in the Philippines from 2005-2018, meat-containing dishes were the most common causative food for poisoning. Also, households were found to be one of the most…
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Creating good social media content for effective nutrition promotion
The National Nutrition Council – NCR (NNC-NCR) recognizes the need to capitalize on the use of social media for the promotion of good nutrition since almost everyone uses the different social media platforms, especially Facebook. As of the 3rd quarter of 2019, Facebook, together with Youtube were the most popularly used social media platforms in…
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TASA: A guide to a successful Complementary Feeding
Providing the best nutrition during the first 1000 days of life gives the child the best start to a bright future. Dubbed as the golden window of opportunity, the first 1000 days is the period from pregnancy until the child’s 2nd year of life. A pregnant woman should be healthy to give birth to a…
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NNC-NCR to utilize smartphone photography for nutrition promotion in social media
It is a known fact that humans are visual creatures. As a result, pictures and images are commonly used to convey information in various forms of media especially on websites and social media platforms.Social media such as Facebook has become crowded through the years due to the increasing number of users and businesses using it.…
