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About 300 radio station personnel and members of community radio councils participated in the virtual 10th National Conference of the Nutriskwela Radio Network held from 25 to 27 January 2022. The annual event organized by the National Nutrition Council (NNC) for its network of 50 community radio stations with partners from local government unit (LGU) and state university and colleges.

NNC’s Executive Director Assistant Secretary and Dr. Azucena M. Dayanghirang delivered the welcome message joining Health Undersecretary Dr. Maria Rosario Vergeire with her keynote message. Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Advisor for the Philippines Atty. Karlo Alexei Nograles and Department of Education Director Lope Santos III gave their respective messages of support to the Nutriskwela program and stressed the vital role of radio programming in disseminating accurate development information among the population and in addressing malnutrition. The conference was also graced by Mr. Ramnath Bhat of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, Engr. Analiza Buenviaje of the National Telecommunication Commission (NTC), and Director Eloisa David of the Commission on Elections, who discussed important topics along with radio regulations and broadcasting guidelines during the election period.

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The Philippines identified top 3 nutrition priorities to pursue in 2022 during the 2021 Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Joint Assessment Consultation Series held on 10 and February 2022. These are:

  • Development and dissemination of Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition 2023-2028 and Regional Plan of Action for Nutrition 2023-2028, including the operational and advocacy plans
  • Tracking of budget to monitor increasing investments for nutrition programs / PPAN interventions (both nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive), through implementation of the developed comprehensive resource mobilization
  • Establishment of comprehensive PPAN monitoring and evaluation system to include, but not limited to, physical and financial tracking, and results-based monitoring of the PPAN results framework

 

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NET deliberations

 

The National Nutrition Evaluation Team (NET) convenes for its third and last general assembly of the year on 2 December 2021 via Zoom to deliberate the results of the evaluation for the Search for National Outstanding Local Nutrition Focal Points (LNFPs) who will be awarded in the upcoming National Nutrition Awarding Ceremony (NNAC) based on their performance in the recently held monitoring and evaluation of local level plan implementation or MELLPI Pro.

The MELLPI Pro is an enhanced tool designed to monitor and evaluate the performance of local government units (LGUs) and local nutrition focal points in promoting nutrition security vis-à-vis nutrition outcomes. Pro because it is a Protocol, it is Promotive and Progressive, and is a more Professional tool. Its results aim to guide the local chief executives and other policy and decision makers in enhancing nutrition products, and delivery of nutrition services towards improved effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability.

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WORLD OBESITY DAY JOINT MEDIA RELEASE

DOH and development partners call for a whole-of-society approach to reduce obesity in the Philippines

MANILA, 4 MARCH 2022 – The Department of Health (DOH), National Nutrition Council (NNC), Philippine Association for the Study of Overweight and Obesity (PASOO), Nutrition Center of the Philippines (NCP), World Health Organization (WHO), and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) raise the alarm on growing obesity in the Philippines on the occasion of World Obesity Day.

Globally, obesity affects 800 million individuals, placing them more at risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and some cancers. It has also emerged as a major risk factor for severe disease during the COVID-19 pandemic, making people living with obesity twice as likely to be hospitalized if tested positive for COVID-19.

Obesity, which was once considered a problem primarily in high-income and developed countries, is now a rising health problem in low- and middle- income countries including the Philippines.

Around 27 million Filipinos are overweight and obese, based on the latest survey of the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition Research Institute. For the past two decades, overweight and obesity among adults has almost doubled from 20.2% in 1998 to 36.6% in 2019. Similarly, the prevalence rates of overweight and obesity among adolescents have more than doubled from 4.9% in 2003 to 11.6% in 2018.

If no action is taken, overall rates of overweight and obesity will continue to rise. It is projected that more than 30% of Filipino adolescents will be overweight and obese by 2030 (Landscape Analysis on Overweight and Obesity in Children, Philippines).