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nnc logo themeThe NNC Technical Committee has approved, through ad referendum, the theme for this year’s Nutrition Month celebration in July which is

                                             “Timbang iwasto
                                sa tamang nutrisyon at ehersisyo!”

Assistant Secretary of Health and NNC Executive Director Maria-Bernardita T. Flores explained that this year’s Nutrition Month will focus on overweight and obesity. The 2015 Nutrition Month campaign aims to increase awareness on the role and importance of proper nutrition and physical activity in the prevention of overweight and obesity among the general public. It also aims to encourage Filipinos to make positive decisions towards consumption of healthy diets and be physically active to prevent non-communicable diseases as a result of overweight and obesity.

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nutriskwela articleNational Nutrition Council jump-starts the new year with its 5th National Conference of the Nutriskwela Community Radio Network Program held 6-7 January at Hotel H2O, Rizal Park in Manila.

Almost a hundred participants from the 25 Nutriskwela community radio stations in 15 regions across the country and NNC technical staff from the central and regional offices attended the conference. This year’s Nutriskwela Conference provided a venue for the community radio stations to be updated on nutrition interventions and share experiences along the use of the radio station in disaster and emergency management, promotion of nutrition and along community development.  Mr. Louie Tabing of Tambuli Foundation also known as the Father of Community Radio in the Philippines discussed the basic concepts of community radio operations.  It was also noted during the conference that the prevalence of underweight in the areas where the community radio stations are located has improved over recent years.

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Chronic IconAfter the back-to-back Awareness Raising Forum and Level 1 Training on the IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) Protocol for Chronic Food Insecurity Analysis held 28-29 October 2014 and17-21 November, respectively, the analysis workshop to generate the first Philippines chronic food insecurity map will be held.  The workshop is scheduled on 20-24 January under the facilitation of 2 technical experts from the IPC Global Support Unit of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. 

The analysis will focus on classifying the 18 provinces of the Philippines that include 13 priority provinces of the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) according to IPC’s four levels of chronic food insecurity (low, moderate, high, and very high).

The IPC analysts are composed of the 31IPC-trained sectoral staff from government, nongovernment organizations, academia, and UN agencies. Ongoing preparation include data sharing and processing in preparation for the analysis proper using the web-based tool called the information support system (ISS).  Data sources include the DOST-FNRI for anthropometric and food security data, and the Philippines Statistics Authority for poverty statistics and food and income expenditure data.  IPC aims to provide decision-makers information on the severity, magnitude and determinants of chronic food insecurity in identified priority provinces to guide in nutrition and food security policy and program formulation.

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Icn2 mbtfAssistant Secretary Bernie Flores led the Philippine delegation for the 2nd International Conference on Nutrition held at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy on 19-21 November 2014.

The 2nd ICN was an inclusive inter-governmental meeting on nutrition jointly organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Health Organization (WHO) both of the United Nations.

It was a high-level ministerial conference that adopted a flexible policy framework to address today's major nutrition challenges and priorities for enhanced international cooperation on nutrition.

ICN2 brought together national leaders, senior national policymakers from agriculture, health and other relevant ministries and agencies, leaders of United Nations agencies and other intergovernmental organizations and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, researchers, the private sector and consumers.