DSWD focuses on overweight, obesity during Nutrition Month

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=7&rid=788519
• Friday, July 31, 2015

(PNA), LAP/CD

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, July 31 (PNA) -– The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Northern Mindanao has given impetus on overweight and obesity as the “Nutrition Month 2015” culminated Friday.

Charmaine Tadlas, spokesperson of the regional welfare office here, said today that the department has given importance to proper diet and nutrition to counter the growing cases of “obesity and overweight” in today’s younger generations.

A lecture on Basic Nutrition and Importance of Healthy Diet, Proper Hygiene and Sanitation became the focus of the month-long celebration, Tadlas said.

The DSWD also held cooking contests, outdoor activities for physical fitness, quiz bees and poster-making contests, she said.

Tadlas said that the DSWD in the region also distributed advocacy materials to the welfare staffs coupled with a lecture on Healthy Weight Management

She said that field office workers have to be wary that despite the pressures at work, they have to make positive decisions towards consumption of healthy food and be physically active to prevent communicable diseases inherent in cases of overweight and obesity.

Tadlas said that the DSWD carried out the month-long “Nutrition Month 2015” along with the Regional Haven for Women, Home for Girls, Regional Reception and Study Center for Children and the Rehabilitation Center for Youth with the theme: "Timbang Iwasto, sa Tamang Nutrisyon at Ehersisyo!” (Correct body weight through proper nutrition and exercise).