Nutrition council to hold 'Nutri-fun' Day in Maasin
The Provincial Nutrition Council of Iloilo will hold a "Nutri-Fun" Day on July 17, 2007 at Daja Elementary School in the municipality of Maasin as part of the province's Nutrition Month celebration this year.
Rosarie San Luis, Provincial Nutrition Program Coordinator, said the "Nutri-Fun" Day will feature several nutrition related activities to be participated in by the schoolchildren, mothers, members of the municipal and barangay nutrition committees and the local officials of Maasin.
The one-day affair will be opened by a program with Dr. Lilia Teves, Head of the Home Economics, Nutrition and Hotel and Restaurant Management Department of the University of San Agustin as keynote speaker. This will be followed by the opening of the food samples and games for the schoolchildren.
The event will also include the ceremonial planting of malunggay plants for the launching of the "Magtanum sg Malunggay" project.
San Luis said the project's objective is to promote the use of our indigenous foods with high nutrients contents.
"Malunggay is easy to plant and excellent source of Vitamin A and B and minerals such as calcium and iron. It could also go with any recipe, may it be fish, meat or chicken," said San Luis.
The town of Maasin has been chosen to be the venue of this year's nutrition month celebration of the province as it recorded the highest prevalence of malnutrition among pre-schoolers last year with 25.97 percent.
San Luis said through the holding of this activity they are encouraging local government units to sustain their local advocacies in nutrition programs.
Other local government units in the province were also urged to hold their own activities to highlight the celebration and hang streamers carrying the celebration theme: Healthy Lifestyle ng Kabataan, Landas sa Kinabukasan.
(PIA 6)