• Metro Manila NAOs affirm their commitment to end hunger and malnutrition

    The officers and members of the Association of Nutrition Action Officers in NCR (ANAO-NCR, Inc.) reiterated their commitment to support initiatives to end hunger and malnutrition by signing the Declaration to End Hunger and Malnutrition during the Association’s regular meeting held on July 29, 2013 at Max’s Restaurant in Mandaluyong City hosted by ANAO-NCR President…

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  • Mandaluyong City ‘CROWNed’ for its outstanding nutrition program

    PASAY CITY, Nov. 7 (PIA) – Mandaluyong City led twelve (12) local government units (LGUs) that were conferred with the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition or CROWN Award during the 2013 National Nutrition Awarding Ceremony held November 5, 2013 at the Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay City. The CROWN award is given to LGUs…

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  • Las Piñas BNSs win First Place in the Nutri-Jingle Contest

    30 July 2013, Mandaluyong City – Metro Manila Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) proved that they are not just ordinary community nutrition workers. They can sing, dance, entertain and educate people through music. Last July 30, 2013, BNSs from the cities of Taguig, Valenzuela, Marikina, Makati, San Juan, Las Piñas, Manila, and Mandaluyong and the municipality…

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  • Daycare workers to promote proper nutrition among pre-school children and parents in Metro Manila

    QUEZON CITY, Oct. 25 (PIA)—The National Nutrition Council (NNC) asked the help of daycare workers in the promotion of proper nutrition guidelines among pre-school children and parents in Metro Manila. The NNC- National Capital Region and its regional media group, NCR Nutrition Communication Resource Group (NCR2), in cooperation with the Department of Social Welfare and…

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  • Parañaque City student wins First Place in the Regional On-the-Spot Poster Making Contest

    26 July 2013, Mandaluyong City – Thirteen (13) grades 5 and 6 elementary students from the different cities and municipality in Metro Manila competed in this year’s Regional On-the-Spot Poster Making Contest. The contest was held at the Amphitheater of the Center for Health Development – NCR in Mandaluyong City on July 26, 2013 as…

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  • Association of C/DNPCs of Metro Manila holds Annual Regional Convention

    The Association of the City/District Nutrition Program Coordinators of Metro Manila successfully staged their Annual Regional Convention on 18 October 2013 at the New Horizon Hotel in Mandaluyong City with the theme “Ageing Gracefully through Good Nutrition”. The event was attended by C/DNPCs from the 17 cities and municipality in the region and nutritionist-dietitians (NDs)…

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  • CEU-Manila bags the Grand Prize in the Veggie Cooking Contest

    25 July 2013, San Juan City – Ms. Ner Chelene G. Babaran of the School of Nutrition and Hospitality Management (SNHM) of Centro Escolar University – Manila won the Grand Prize during the Veggie Cooking Contest “Go na Go sa Gulay!” conducted by the National Nutrition Council-NCR in partnership with the Nutritionist-Dietitians’ Association of the…

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  • NNC-NCR mobilizes Metro Manila C/DNPCs for the promotion of NGF

    Close to a hundred City/District Nutrition Program Coordinators attended an Advocacy Forum on the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos (NGF) conducted by the National Nutrition Council-NCR on 18 October 2013 at the New Horizon Hotel in Mandaluyong City. The forum was part of the NNC-NCR’s region-wide promotional campaign on the NGF. Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Milagros…

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  • Metro Manila school children participate in the 2013 Race for Survival

    Save the Children Philippines in partnership with the Department of Education-NCR successfully staged the 2013 Race for Survival: World Marathon Challenge in Metro Manila on October 17, 2013 at the Amoranto Stadium, Quezon City. The Race for Survival is a symbolic event to highlight the children’s participation in the global campaign of Save the Children…

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  • NNC-NCR mobilizes local PGN Monitors

    The National Nutrition Council at the National Capital Region in its effort to step up the monitoring of the Promote Good Nutrition (PGN) Program at the local level mobilized selected PGN-trained nutritionist-dietitians, midwives and nurse supervisors designated by their respective LGUs as PGN monitors to do the monitoring of their local PGN activities. The NNC…

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