Daily Tribune
As the National Nutrition Council raises alarm on the skyrocketing costs of maintaining healthy nutrition in the country, the Pasay City government has convened the Pasay City Nutrition Council to address undernourishment in the city.
At the 3rd Quarter Meet of the PCNC at Pasay City Hall last Tuesday, Pasay City Mayor Imelda "Emi" Calixto-Rubiano reiterated the importance of convening and empowering the Nutrition Council at the forefront, bringing the people to the best states of sustenance and nourishment.
"A healthy community is a reflection of a healthy and sustainable nutritional framework that we are all proud to be maintaining," Mayor Emi said in her opening message.
"If there are still people, especially children, who are not fed properly or are not given the right and ample care and nutrition, then we have to be reminded that in spite of all our plans and advocacies, we are still behind. We still need to work harder — the hardest, actually," the mayor added.
In a Pasay City Nutrition Council Resolution No. 1, Series of 2023, Councilor Joey Calixto Isidro Jr., Vice Chairman of PCNC and chairman of City Council's Committee on Health and Sanitation, said that the national government's Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition has translated to Local Nutrition Action Plan.
Councilor Joey Calixto Isidro stressed that the creation of LNAP aims to respond to the challenges and problems of malnutrition to contribute to the national government.
"The LNAP prepared by the local nutrition committee is an integral part of the local development plan and annual investment program," Isidro said.
