NUTRITION MONTH IN MOTIBOT 2022

 

As the world transitions to a life with COVID-19, it is critical that we incorporate healthy habits into our daily lives. 

This year's Nutrition Month celebration theme is “New normal na nutrisyon, sama-samang gawan ng solusyon!”.

The theme emphasizes the role of nutrition interventions in recovery from the pandemic as well as in transitioning from a pandemic to an endemic paradigm. The term "new normal" was coined to illustrate the transition to a better normal while bringing the positive impacts of the pandemic to become more resilient and to prevent future pandemics.

The Barangay Motibot is committed to spread awareness on proper nutrition and healthy lifestyle. The group had several programs centered on nutrition interventions, and encouraging the participation of residents to promote nutrition. 

1. MUAC training (June 21 - 22, 2022)

-The team joined the Barangay Health Workers and Barangay Health Nurse in conducting the Mean Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) Training which was participated by parents with children ages 6-59 months. MUAC is used to determine nutritional status and is found to be a good predictor of mortality in children better than any other anthropometric indicator as suggested by many research studies. 

By involving mothers and caregivers in MUAC screening, it enabled them to gain a better understanding of the signs of malnutrition, actively participate in the monitoring of their children's nutritional status, and in increasing the frequency of child screening at the community level.

  

      

2. Health Education (June - July 2022)

-The team is committed to spread awareness on proper nutrition in the whole 7 sectors of the  barangay for this nutrition month through health teaching covering topics such as Basic food groups, food handling, healthy lifestyle, pinggang pinoy, nutrition in pregnancy, and breastfeeding. These health teachings were done between the months of June to July using different Platforms.

1. Health Teaching on the basic food groups, food handling and importance of hand washing to the parents and head of households; 

 

2. Barangay Motibot Facebook Page post on Importance of healthy lifestyle and Pinggang Pinoy;

3. Health Teaching on Nutrition in pregnancy and breastfeeding mothers conducted during prenatal;

 

4. Health teaching to mothers on the importance and benefits of breastfeeding childhood nutrition conducted during children vaccination.

3. Biggest Loser and Zumba sessions (June -July 2022)

-Together with the project on Antihypertensive, the group Launched the first ever Bigest Loser Contest in the barangay and conducted zumba sesssions. The program aims to promote an active and healthy lifestyle among residents of Barangay Motibot. 

1. Biggest loser registration and official weigh in was done between June 28 - July 6 2022 at the health center, the winner of which will be declared after one (1) month from the registration;

   

2. Zumba kickoff organized by the Municipality of Sindangan was headed by the Team Motibot;

3. Zumba sessions were held on several days every afternoon at the barangay covert court.

These were the plans of the Group for this year's celebration of Nutrition Month. The group hopes that through these activities, the community will realize the importance of having healthy habits and that they will eventually adopt an active lifestyle. 

written by:

ROLDAN LEGAL JR.

LEVEL 4, ADZU SOM