Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Monday, Nov. 15 expressed concern over the reduction made by Malacañang and the House of Representatives in the proposed 2022 budget of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and its attached agencies. In his interpellation during the hybrid...
An intervention study conducted by the Department of Science and Technology–Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) under the Forging Public-Industry Society Alliance: PISO for Healthier Schoolchildren project showed that school lunch feeding and nutrition education intervention package...
One out of six or 15.5 percent of Filipino infants and children aged six months to five years had vitamin A deficiency (VAD), particularly those in the rural areas, based on the 2018-2019 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) of the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition...
The Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will soon bake the fourth variant of its enhanced nutribun (E-Nutribun)—the ube (purple yam) variant. DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña shows the newly developed enhanced nutribun...
The Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) forged partnership with the University of the Philippines Manila-National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) to pursue research on nutrition and aging. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary Fortunato...
The eating behavior of school-age children can be improved by school-based nutrition interventions, based on the study conducted by the Department of Science and Technology and Food and Research Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary Fortunato...
The Department of Science and Technology–Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) launched Friday, Oct. 15, its enhanced nutribun sweet potato variant in a move to address the increasing incidence of malnutrition in the country. (Screengrab from DOST-FNRI YouTube page) The launch of the...
Some senators on Wednesday suggested that local government units (LGUs) should take the lead in feeding programs administered by the National Nutrition Council (NNC) and other government agencies. During the Senate finance subcommittee’s hearing on the budget of Department of Health (DOH) and its...
The Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) will launch on Friday, Oct. 15, another variant of its enhanced nutribun—the kamote (sweet potato) variant. (DOST-FNRI) In an advisory, the DOST-FNRI announced the virtual launch of the newly developed...
Volunteer nutrition workers who have rendered at least two years of service in barangays may apply for first level eligibility, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) said on Thursday, Oct. 7. Civil Service Commission (CSC/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The CSC said barangay nutrition scholars may apply...
The Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) has partnered with the agency’s Balik Scientist Program (BSP) for the conduct of a lecture series on nutritional genomics. Department of Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato de la Peña said the...
The Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) unveiled on Tuesday, Sept. 21, a newly developed food inspection checklist (FIC) and grading system tools to ensure the compliance of food service establishments (FSEs) to food safety. From the livestream of...
