Snack company feeding program sees nutrition gains, healthier kids
By AJ Siytangco
Published Oct 13, 2018 12:20 pm
By Noreen Izabel A. Jazul
Snacking Company Mondelēz International believed that nutrition affects a child’s education in one way or another.
In a continuous effort to spread the importance of getting proper nutrition, Mondelēz held its 4th Joy Schools program on Friday in three schools, Rogelio Gatchalian Elementary School and Camp Claudio Elementary School both in Paranaque, and Holy Spirit Elementary School in Quezon City.
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Joy Schools is a community program aimed at promoting good nutrition in school and at home, and empowering young children to take positive steps towards their overall well-being, focusing on nutrition education, physical activity and access to nutrient fresh foods.
The core program for Joy Schools is a nine-month daily feeding program which runs from July to March every school year.
Caitlin Nina Punzalan, Internal Communications Manager (IPATHS) for Mondelēz Philippines, said a total of 100 undernourished students from chosen schools benefit from the program.
“The school does weighing at the start of the school year and those determined to be severely undernourished are the ones chosen from the feeding program,” Punzalan said.
According to Punzalan, the adopted schools follow a 20-day menu based from recipes made by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI). Each student receives a hearty meal of rice, a viand with meat and vegetables and seasonal fruits.
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The adopted schools, meanwhile, were chosen in partnership with the Department of Education, said Mondelēz Corporate and Government Affairs Head Shanahan Chua.
“We work with the district DepEd and they choose the school with the most number of undernourished children,” Chua explained.
‘The impact of proper nutrition’
Through the feeding program, Mondelēz has proven that nutrition does impact a child’s performance in school.
“Since the feeding program, we saw a very big jump in terms of school attendance, in terms of grade point average, for example, sa grade point average nagiging 82 percent from 70 plus, attendance shot up to 92 percent,” Chua proudly shared.
Salvacion C. Cañares, adopted school Holy Spirit’s clinic and feeding coordinator, echoed Chua, saying the students at risk of dropping has diminished.
“Most of the beneficiaries of the feeding program yung mga batang masasabing at risk sa dropping, one of the reason kung bakit di sila nakakapsok dahil yung gutom, sa bahay di sila nakakakain...kung wala ring kinakain, tinatamad,” Cañares shared.
“, sa 100 recipients, nagkakaroon kami almost 92-98 count,” she added.
The feeding program has also been proven effective in helping improve the nutrition of the beneficiaries.
Mondelez’ data showed that in schoolyear 2017-2018, 88% of 400 students who benefitted from the Joy Schools’ 9-month feeding program gained weight, while 80% saw an increase in height.
The feeding program has been proven effective in helping improve the nutrition of its beneficiaries. In schoolyear 2017-2018, 88% of 400 students who benefitted from the Joy Schools’ 9-month feeding program gained weight, while 80% saw an increase in height.
Cañares added that the feeding program has also improved the kids’ eating habits.
“Nakita namin nung first week namin, yung eating habit na para bang when it comes to vegetables, nung una may naiiwan sa plate, sa bowl, more on meat . Nung naka one month na kami almost yung bowl nila is empty natutuwa naman kami...Nakikita namin na inculcate sa mind nila yung tamang balanced diet,” she said.
‘Nutrition education’
Besides the feeding program, Mondelēz visits their beneficiary schools twice a year to conduct programs divided into two concepts – prompting active play and nutrition education.
Chua said they also conduct games during their visits because they want kids to be healthy through active play, sweating, playing games under the sun instead of just saying home and playing games.
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The nutrition education component, which Chua called the “pillar” of their community program, teaches kids, their teachers and parents about what is a proper meal.
“Di enough na mabusog ka lang, that’s what we try to impart,” Chua said.
“Our employees are teaching them..pag pumunta ka sa sari sari store ano ba yung pwede mong bilhin na mura, na masustansya para yun yung ibibigay sa kids. It's very holistic, it’s involving the parents, the teachers the kids as well as our employees."
About 150 employees of Mondelēz joined the recently held nutrition education activities.
(MANILA BULLETIN)
Joy Schools is a community program aimed at promoting good nutrition in school and at home, and empowering young children to take positive steps towards their overall well-being, focusing on nutrition education, physical activity and access to nutrient fresh foods.
The core program for Joy Schools is a nine-month daily feeding program which runs from July to March every school year.
Caitlin Nina Punzalan, Internal Communications Manager (IPATHS) for Mondelēz Philippines, said a total of 100 undernourished students from chosen schools benefit from the program.
“The school does weighing at the start of the school year and those determined to be severely undernourished are the ones chosen from the feeding program,” Punzalan said.
According to Punzalan, the adopted schools follow a 20-day menu based from recipes made by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI). Each student receives a hearty meal of rice, a viand with meat and vegetables and seasonal fruits.
(MANILA BULLETIN)
The adopted schools, meanwhile, were chosen in partnership with the Department of Education, said Mondelēz Corporate and Government Affairs Head Shanahan Chua.
“We work with the district DepEd and they choose the school with the most number of undernourished children,” Chua explained.
‘The impact of proper nutrition’
Through the feeding program, Mondelēz has proven that nutrition does impact a child’s performance in school.
“Since the feeding program, we saw a very big jump in terms of school attendance, in terms of grade point average, for example, sa grade point average nagiging 82 percent from 70 plus, attendance shot up to 92 percent,” Chua proudly shared.
Salvacion C. Cañares, adopted school Holy Spirit’s clinic and feeding coordinator, echoed Chua, saying the students at risk of dropping has diminished.
“Most of the beneficiaries of the feeding program yung mga batang masasabing at risk sa dropping, one of the reason kung bakit di sila nakakapsok dahil yung gutom, sa bahay di sila nakakakain...kung wala ring kinakain, tinatamad,” Cañares shared.
“, sa 100 recipients, nagkakaroon kami almost 92-98 count,” she added.
The feeding program has also been proven effective in helping improve the nutrition of the beneficiaries.
Mondelez’ data showed that in schoolyear 2017-2018, 88% of 400 students who benefitted from the Joy Schools’ 9-month feeding program gained weight, while 80% saw an increase in height.
The feeding program has been proven effective in helping improve the nutrition of its beneficiaries. In schoolyear 2017-2018, 88% of 400 students who benefitted from the Joy Schools’ 9-month feeding program gained weight, while 80% saw an increase in height.
Cañares added that the feeding program has also improved the kids’ eating habits.
“Nakita namin nung first week namin, yung eating habit na para bang when it comes to vegetables, nung una may naiiwan sa plate, sa bowl, more on meat . Nung naka one month na kami almost yung bowl nila is empty natutuwa naman kami...Nakikita namin na inculcate sa mind nila yung tamang balanced diet,” she said.
‘Nutrition education’
Besides the feeding program, Mondelēz visits their beneficiary schools twice a year to conduct programs divided into two concepts – prompting active play and nutrition education.
Chua said they also conduct games during their visits because they want kids to be healthy through active play, sweating, playing games under the sun instead of just saying home and playing games.
(MANILA BULLETIN)
The nutrition education component, which Chua called the “pillar” of their community program, teaches kids, their teachers and parents about what is a proper meal.
“Di enough na mabusog ka lang, that’s what we try to impart,” Chua said.
“Our employees are teaching them..pag pumunta ka sa sari sari store ano ba yung pwede mong bilhin na mura, na masustansya para yun yung ibibigay sa kids. It's very holistic, it’s involving the parents, the teachers the kids as well as our employees."
About 150 employees of Mondelēz joined the recently held nutrition education activities.