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1062 DXKI-FEBC Radio features NNC XII on Trans Fat Discussion
In connection with the Hypertension Awareness Month celebrated in the month of May, 1062 DXKI-FEBC Radio featured the topic on trans fat in its Talakayan segment that is relevant to this month’s celebration.1062 DXKI-FEBC Radio invited the National Nutrition Council Region XII on further discussion of trans fat and its relation to health. Ms. Gladys…
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NNC hands out Mobile Nutrition Assessment Tools
SOCCSKSARGEN— The National Nutrition Council thru its regional office NNC XII have distributed Mobile Anthropometric Tools in 20 LGUs in the region covering the two batches of Blended Learning Course for Nutrition in Emergencies and Information Management held last October-December 2020. To recall, Batch 1 LGUs were: Sarangani Province including municipalities of Malungon and Alabel,…
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Planning Healthy Family Meals Amidst COVID-19
Many of us have enjoyed eating in restaurants and fast-food chains. However, planning, preparing and eating healthy meals with your family at home is a lot easier, especially in most areas in our country that are under health quarantine due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and are required to stay at home. In addition, it…
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Be a healthy pregnant working woman
Pregnancy is a period in a woman’s life where being healthy is a requirement to support the growth of the developing child and the changes that undergoes in the body. But does pregnancy really require eating twice your regular meal size? And how can a working woman, who is always on the go, follow a…
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Why do we need Vitamin A?
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for many physiological processes in our body. This micronutrient plays an important role which supports many systems in the body that includes enhancing immune functions, promoting healthy growth and reproduction and maintaining the integrity of skin and protecting eye health. Vitamin A is crucial in vision…
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Reduce Stress With Healthy Food Choices
Stress is a natural physical and mental reaction to life experiences. Too much stress triggers may affect your health and can out it at risk. Weakened immune system, insomnia, high blood pressure are some of the illness brought about by too much stress. There are many ways to manage and even reduce stress levels and keeping…
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The Importance of Good Maternal Nutrition
Maternal mortality is among the leading cause of death in women of reproductive age. Every year, 2,400 women and girls die in the Philippines due to complications related to pregnancy and childbirth according to UNFPA (Philippines). The second week of May of every year is safe motherhood week under Presidential Proclamation No. 200 signed in…
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Prevent Hypertension, Be Aware!
In support to the PD 1761 Series of 2009, declaring the month of May as the “Hypertension Awareness Month”, the National Nutrition Council XII urges for raising awareness on Hypertension. According to, World Health Organization, Hypertension is diagnosed if, when it is measured on two different days, the systolic blood pressure readings on both days…
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Sarangani Province Celebrates World Immunization Week
Since the baby’s immune system is still developing, common childhood diseases such as polio, measles, tuberculosis, and others can cause physical disorders and even death. As a result, it is important to educate and encourage mothers/caregivers to have their babies immunized and receive other related interventions. In addition, immunization can also help in the normal…
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What’s with Nutrition Labels?
How important is it to know how to read the nutrition label of a food product before we buy it from the grocery store? In the Philippines, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Administrative Order No. 2014-0030, also known as the Revised Rules and Regulations Governing the Labeling of Prepackaged Food Products (FDA Labeling Regulations).…
