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Wash your hands frequently, especially amidst COVID-19 pandemic
Hand washing is one of the simplest and most effective means of preventing the spread of viruses and other infectious diseases. Especially this time of pandemic, the Department of Health (DOH) and medical health workers suggest to wash our hands as many times as possible to avoid the spread of the virus. According to World…
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Do exercise for a healthy body!
People seem to have overlooked the advantages of doing exercise. They tend to ignore this important activity either because they don’t have time to go to the gym or sometimes, they are not in the mood to move their bodies. However, being active has shown to have many health benefits, both physically and mentally. Especially…
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LGU of Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay implements DOST’s Malnutrition Reduction Program
The Department of Science and Technology Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) launched its Malnutrition Reduction Program (MRP) in 2011. The MRP is DOST’s response to address the persistent problem of malnutrition among Filipino infants and young children. The program uses a mix of intervention on local technology, supplementary feeding, and nutrition education. One of…
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Take care of your mental health, reach out and help someone today
The World Health Organization (WHO) defined mental health as a state of well-being where a person can realize his or her own abilities to cope with normal stresses of life and work productively. In reality, this definition emphasizes that mental health is not just the absence of psychiatric disorder or illness but a positive state…
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Save life, start beating Breast Cancer today!
Breast Cancer is strikingly the leading type of cancer worldwide. Anyone can suffer from this either young or old, rich or poor, with family history or not, women and even men, and that may include you. Breast cancer if early detected may be cured. Therefore, it is very important that everyone, most especially women, should…
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NNC 9 wins the NNC-Q Webby Award for the Highest Number of Articles Posted
Since 2014, the National Nutrition Council (NNC) gives due recognition to regional offices for commendable performance in the management of NNC Website under various categories in the NNC Webby Awards which is held annually. However, it was noted that there are a number of critical performance indicators that were not being recognized by the annual…
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Health for the Elderly matter
Pursuant to Proclamation No. 470, the first week of October every year is celebrated as Elderly Filipino Week or Linggo ng Katandaang Filipino to maximize the contribution of Senior Citizens to nation building and to promote the well-being of elderly Filipinos in the society. Senior citizens are people with age of 60 years or older.…
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Tips to reduce sugar consumption
Sugar can be found naturally in all foods that contain carbohydrates such as in grains, dairy as well as in fruits and vegetables. Consuming whole foods that contain natural sugar is okay, however, problems occur when too much added sugar is consumed. Studies have shown that eating too much sugar can have many negative effects…
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Health, Safety and Sanitation: Your Protection against COVID-19
Yearly, by virtue of Proclamation No. 115-A series of 1966 the month of September is observed as Health, Safety and Sanitation Month which endorses safety consciousness as a positive preventive approach to problems that can be solved by exercising more caution, vigilance, exercise of common sense and respect for the law. Health, safety and sanitation…
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Nutrition Action Officers convene online for its 2nd Semester Meeting
Online meetings are already part of our new normal and 31 Nutrition Action Officers (NAOs) of Zamboanga Peninsula were able to connect and meet online on 17 September 2020 for its 2nd semester meeting which was presided by the National Nutrition Council (NNC) Regional Office 9 Nutrition Program Coordinator Ms. Nimfa D. Ekong. The agenda…
