The Institute of Human Nutrition and Food, and the BIDANI Network Program, all under the University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Human Ecology, join the entire nation in celebrating the Nutrition Month this July 2018.
This year’s celebration, themed Ugaliing Magtanim, Sapat na Nutrisyon Aanihin, focuses on family food gardening. According to the National Nutrition Council, there are many benefits in family food gardening in the following areas:
- improve nutritional status
- improve household food security
- increase availability of food and better nutrition through food diversity
- increase local biodiversity
- alleviate food shortages during disaster
- increase household income
- offer opportunities for women, youth, elderly, and the disabled
- foster community mobilization
- health intervention
The celebration 44th Nutrition Month is spearheaded nationwide by the National Nutrition Council, by virtue of Presidential Decree 491. The BIDANI Network Program serves as one of the members of the NNC Technical Committee, which is responsible in choosing the theme of Nutrition Month.
– Guien Eidrefson Garma