Philippine Information Agency Central Visayas

  CEBU CITY (PIA) --  According to the 2015 National Nutrition Survey, one out of 10 or 11.7% of women of reproductive age in Central Visayas are suffering from anemia, a condition wherein there is an insufficient number of red blood cells in the body, thus limiting the body’s oxygen-carrying capacity.  The condition can be a result of nutritional deficiencies or chronic health conditions. Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) is an abnormality that results when the body does not get enough iodine, which is one of the main causes of thyroid disease.  According to the results of a survey conducted by the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI), IDDs are still prevalent among 15 provinces in the country, which recorded an overall median UIC below 99 µg/L (Iodine deficiency). These are the provinces of Mountain Province, Benguet, Pangasinan, and Palawan in Luzon; Cebu; Antique; Capiz; Biliran; and Western Samar in Visayas; Buki...

  “What should I feed my family today?” This is the question that Evangeline Bolante, 40, of Paknaan, Mandaue City, Cebu answers every day as she wakes up in the morning. A mother of three children aged 10, 8, and 3, she does not really worry much on the kind of food her family eats for the day.   Evangeline says she does not have much of a choice. For a family of five on a meager budget, serving nutritious food for her children is the least of her concerns. Her family’s budget - which ranges between P350 to P500, depending on how much her husband, a construction worker, brings home that day - dictates the food for the day. With this meager budget, Evangeline would often opt to buy buwad (dried fish), which is more affordable than vegetables and meat.  Evangeline’s situation is one that is shared by the majority of the families in Central Visayas who struggle with providing nutritious food to their children. Based on data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, Cen...

CEBU CITY, Cebu, July 6 (PIA) – The National Nutrition Council in Central Visayas (NNC-7) kicked off the 49th Nutrition Month celebration this month by launching a series of activities dubbed “aFOODable” Fair on July 4 at the Plaza Sugbu, this city. The food fair featured local food exhibitors who displayed various local garden produce such as fruits, vegetables, fresh milk, and other nutritional products. In a press statement, NNC-7 said they aimed to showcase affordable, accessible, safe, and healthy food from local producers and farmers. Among the exhibitors who displayed their products to be sold during the food fair were the partners of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 7 under their Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) Program. Members of the Carcar Communities and Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative display their vegetable produce at the "aFOODable" Fair organized by the National Nutrition Council 7 during the 49th Nutrition Month...

Cebu City – Nutrition program coordination is a daunting task on its own, but the COVID-19 pandemic has added pressure upon Local Nutrition Program Coordinators’ shoulders as majority of health workers have been given tasks under the response team which is why the Nutrition Program Coordinators’ Association of Region VII (NPCAR) 7 Inc. organizes the 8th Regional Congress of District, City and Municipal Nutrition Program Coordinators. The activity themed: “NPCARonnn: NPCAR Optimizing the New Normal for Nutrition” focuses on enhancing the adaptive knowledge and skills needed by local nutrition program coordinators to deal with the challenges of next normal in a virtual congress scheduled on 08 October 2021 at 1:30 pm via the National Nutrition Council Region VII’s official Facebook page. The 8th Regional Congress aims to increase adaptive knowledge and skills needed to optimize the opportunities laid by new normal conditions for nutrition gains. Highlighting the event is a keynote messag...