Roi Anthoni B. Lomotan
DUMAGUETE
CITY, July 12 (PIA) – The
City Nutrition Council here has lined up a series of activities in observance
of Nutrition Month this July.
This year, the celebration of Nutrition Month
aims to create more awareness on the importance of proper infant and young
child feeding practices, particularly exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6
months and giving appropriate complementary food after six months while continuing
breastfeeding through its theme “First 1000 Days ni baby pahalagahan para sa
malusog na kinabukasan.”
To further promote this advocacy in the city,
City Nutrition Officer Lourdes Taburaza said part of their programs for the
celebration of Nutrition Month is the conduct of three nutrition caravans in
selected elementary schools in the city.
The first caravan was held on July 7 at the West
City Elementary School while the two other caravans will be held today and on
July 14 at West City Elementary School and Calindagan Elementary School,
respectively.
“We invite our mothers, would be mothers,
breastfeeding females and pregnant women to attend so they will be taught on
the importance of first 1,000 days of the baby,” she said.
On July 18, there will be a Nutrition Quiz bowl
which will held at Silliman University-Nutrition and Dietetics Department.
Taburaza disclosed that participants of this
contest are the mothers who joined the caravan.
She explained that two mothers will be selected
in each caravan and they will participate in the quiz bowl.
On July 28, the City Nutrition Council
will organize a food fair, inter-barangay complementary food cooking contest,
inter-barangay booth contest and Buntis Pageant, and a
nutrition clinic.
Aside from this, the council will also spearhead
different contests this July which include “Well Baby Contest” also sponsored
by the City Health Office on July 22 at Robinson’s Place Dumaguete and other
contests such as Day Care Nutrition Corner contest, Day Care School Garden
Contest, Barangay Nutrition Scholar and Cooperator Home Gardening Contest and
Sustainability Garden Contest.
Moreover, Taburaza also announced that they will
conduct a forum arthritis prevention, control and nutritional management for
City Hall employees.
With this, Taburaza appealed to the public to be
nutrition advocates.
“Let’s be advocates on nutrition not only in our
families but also to our co-workers and to our community,” she added.
(rmn/ral/PIA7-Negros Oriental)