The Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) has announced that it will continue conducting the Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) to look into the nutrition and nutritional health status of Filipinos. DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña...
The incidence of stunting among Filipino children had been showing improvements--until the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic happened in 2020 and messed everything up. Children line up during a feeding program initiated by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Ormoc City, Leyte on May 27, 2021....
Farmers in Pampanga will soon be providing food supply to the National Nutrition Council (NNC) to feed hundreds of malnourished children and pregnant women in Metro Manila. (File photo/Keith Bacongco/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has linked up the Sto. Tomas – San Luis...
Twenty-seven farmer groups from Western Visayas have vowed to provide a steady supply of food products in order to sustain a program that's designed to benefit pregnant women and malnourished children. (Keith Bacongco / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The agrarian reform beneficiaries’...
Recognizing the importance of improving the nutritional status of adolescents, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is conducting a study involving 10 to 14 years old children in Marikina City. (Photo from Pixabay) “Dati ang inaaral natin sa malnutrition ay iyong mga infant at yung mga...
Pregnant women and malnourished children in Bicol Region will be provided with quality food as six farmers’ groups were tapped by the government to provide fresh vegetables to an existing nutrition program in the region. Photo from DAR T he Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the National...
Miss Universe Philippines Rabiya Mateo has been appointed member of the Ethics Committee of the Infant & Pediatric Nutrition Association of the Philippines (IPNAP). Mateo broke the news on Instagram on January 13. "My duty is to focus on participating in discussions revolving around the...
Despite the pandemic, Cargill Philippines, the local subsidiary of food and agriculture multinational firm Cargill, is bent on fulfilling its P12.5-billion investment commitment in the country, which it first announced in 2018. Moreover, the company is already seeing a recovery in the demand for...
The Sports Nutrition Association of the Philippines (SNAP) will conduct a free sports nutrition live seminar on Saturday (Oct. 3). Among those to be discussed is the bioenergetics and its role in physical activity prescription. The seminar is open for medical practitioners, nutritionists,...
