TACLOBAN CITY, July 14 (PIA) – While Eastern Visayas records 30 percent or 53,000 stunted children aged 0-59 months old, the National Nutrition Council or NNC Regional Office 8 has committed to address the health issue, encouraging local government units to make concrete and budgeted activities in response to the said problem.
With the same focus, the 2020 July Nutrition Month celebration has the theme, “Batang Pinoy, SANA TALL...Iwas Stunting, SAMA ALL! Iwas ALL din sa Covid-19." This is to promote awareness and mobilize actions to address child stunting.
“We have to be aware of the negative impact of child stunting and give evidence-based solutions for the benefit of our children,” NNC 8 Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator, Catalino Dotollo Jr. said during the “Suruswerte ha PIA” radio program with Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Regional Director Olive Tiu.
Dotollo added there is a need to stimulate the communities in the region and emphasize the issue on child stunting as one of the indicators for child malnutrition.
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