DINALUPIHAN, Bataan — Provincial Nutrition Council kicked off Bataan’s celebration of Nutrition Month with a forum in barangay Colo, Dinalupihan town.
The activity aims to educate parents about proper nutrition and diet thus preventing malnutrition, obesity, and stunting in children.
Provincial Health Office Nutritional Dietician Maria Verna Intal-Sunga stressed the role of parents in providing the right nutrition in maintaining their child’s health.
“It is very vital that the parents are knowledgeable about proper nutrition especially in preparing their food because they are the primary provider in their household,” she emphasized.
Sunga also mentioned the initiatives of the government in keeping track and solving malnutrition cases in the province amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although schools have been closed and children are not allowed to go out, Barangay Nutrition Scholars are continually implementing the programs including the roll-out of micro-nutrient supplements to pregnant women and children, deworming, and distribution of food supply in each household as an alternative of the feeding program.
“Based on our data, cases of malnutrition in the province have decreased,” Sunga furthered.
A similar forum will be held in the other towns of Bataan this July.
This year’s celebration carries the theme “New Normal na Nutrisyon, Sama-samang Gawan ng Solusyon.”
A feeding activity was likewise held in the village spearheaded by the National Service Training Program-Civic Welfare Training Service of Bataan Peninsula State University, MaCoPan Toda, and the Liaban Group of Farmers Association.