2024 Briefer PPan nutrition month celebration

nutrition month 2024

1. Briefer
50
Nutrition Month
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Briefer

2. Nutrition Month is an annual campaign held every July to raise
awareness among Filipinos about the significance of nutrition, as
stipulated in the Nutrition Act of the Philippines (P.D. 491). The
National Nutrition Council (NNC) is tasked to lead and organize the
nationwide campaign.
What is Nutrition Month?

3. The 50 Nutrition Month is guided by the theme “Sa PPAN: Sama-Sama Para sa
Nutrisyong Sapat Para sa Lahat!” (Through PPAN, let’s collaborate on nutrition
security for all!).
The selection of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition as the focus for
Nutrition Month is a strategic decision to feature the multisectoral approach to
improving malnutrition as well as increasing awareness of this framework. With
the PPAN as the highlight of the campaign, the importance of collective action
and commitment towards achieving a healthier and nutritionally secure
country will be given greater emphasis.
What is the theme of 2024 Nutrition Month?

4. The Nutrition Month campaign aims to increase awareness on
nutrition. Specifically for 2024, the objectives are to generate
participation and commitments for increased support for the PPAN
among stakeholders from government, local government units, non-
government organizations, business, civil society, and communities.
What are the objectives of 2024 Nutrition Month?

5. Specifically, the campaign aims to:
Provide the platform to discuss the PPAN and encourage increased support
of stakeholders in the PPAN to address the triple burden of malnutrition and
food insecurity;
1.
Mobilize stakeholders to hold promotional activities to raise awareness on
nutritional problems and interventions to address these under the PPAN; and
2.
Encourage the public to start adopting positive nutrition behaviors.3.
What are the objectives of 2024 Nutrition Month?

6. 29.5
million are
OVERWEIGHT or
OBESE
What are the nutritional problems faced by Filipinos?
26.7%
children below 5 years
old are STUNTED
5.5%
children below 5 years
old have WASTING
33.4%
of Filipino families are food
insecure

7. 16%
NUTRITIONALLY AT-
RISK Pregnant
Women
What are the nutritional problems faced by Filipinos?
11.8%
of Older adults have
CHRONIC ENERGY
DEFICIENCY
23%
Pregnant Women
have ANEMIA
15.5%
among children 6
mos. to 5 years
have VITAMIN A
DEFICIENCY
16.4%
among children 6 to
12 years old have
IODINE
DEFICIENCY

8. COST OF INACTION
$48 Billion
in productivity could be
lost due to stunting by
2030
$1 Billion
in productivity losses
could be avoided annually
by achieving the World
Health Assembly target on
low birth weight
$360 Million
is spent annually on
breastmilk substitutes
5.2 million
IQ points are lost per year
to low birthweight

9. COST OF INACTION
5000
child deaths per year can be
attributed to sub-optimal
breastfeeding practices
1400
maternal deaths per year
can be attributed to sub-
optimal breastfeeding
practices

10. What is the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition or PPAN?
Strategic, multisectoral, multi-level, and
directional plan to address all forms of
malnutrition
Framework for action and guide in addressing
food and nutrition security challenges in the
country

11. What is the PPAN Theory of Change?
Based on a theory of change,
we want to transform the
nutrition situation where we
are able to reduce all forms
of malnutrition across all age
groups by 2028

12. What are the PPAN Interventions?
Increasing
availability,
accessibility, and
affordability of
nutritious food.
HEALTHIER DIETS
Establishment and maintenance of school,
community, and workplace food gardens.
1.
Completion of farm to market roads and
market infrastructures.
2.
Setting up of KADIWA (a program to
ensure the availability and affordability of
food in areas with high demand and in
communities with low-income families.
3.

13. What are the PPAN Interventions?
HEALTHIER DIETS
4. Dietary Supplementation Program
5. Food stamps or cash transfers
6. Food Fortification
7. Monitoring of EO 51 or the Philippine
Increasing
availability,
accessibility, and
affordability of
nutritious food.
Milk Code
8. Regulation of marketing of unhealthy
food and beverages

14. What are the PPAN Interventions?
BETTER
PRACTICES
Filipinos adopt behaviors
and practices that
contribute to optimal
nutrition health and well-
being.
Maternal health service packages1.
IYCF promotion and counseling 2.
Peer/community support for breastfeeding
mothers
3.
Enhanced minimum standards of breastfeeding
station
4.
Formulation and implementation of integrated
social behavior change for the First 1000 days
5.
Social behavior change for school age children,
adolescents, adults, and older adults
6.

15. Filipinos benefit from
well-coordinated,
inclusive, and
integrated quality
nutrition and related
services.
IMPROVED ACCESS
TO QUALITY
SERVICES
What are the PPAN Interventions?
Integrated maternal and child health and
nutrition services
1.
Health and nutrition services in schools2.
Healthy Learning Institution initiatives3.
Growth monitoring and promotion4.
Adolescent Health and Development
Program
5.
Family Development Sessions6.
Detection and management of acute
malnutrition among older adults
7.

16. Filipinos enjoy
the right to
adequate food
and nutrition due
to good
governance and
enabling policy
environment.
ENABLING
ENVIRONMENT
What are the PPAN Interventions?
Integrated data collection and management
system for health, food security, nutrition, and
social protection established and used for
decision-making processes.
1.
Food and nutrition security policies and
programs are effectively monitored, and
regular impact assessments conducted
2.

17. Filipinos enjoy
the right to
adequate food
and nutrition due
to good
governance and
enabling policy
environment.
ENABLING
ENVIRONMENT
What are the PPAN Interventions?
3. Governance structures for coordination and
implementation of multisectoral nutrition
interventions and programs are established
and made functional.
4. Adequate number of personnel delivering
integrated multisectoral nutrition
interventions capacitated and incentivized.

18. Filipinos enjoy
the right to
adequate food
and nutrition due
to good
governance and
enabling policy
environment.
ENABLING
ENVIRONMENT
What are the PPAN Interventions?
5. Adequate financing of multi-sectoral
nutrition programs.
6. Populations affected by emergencies
continue to access safe and nutritious food,
nutrition, health, ECCD, social protection and
WASH services.

19. What are the Key Messages of the 50 Nutrition Month?
Dahil bawat buhay ay mahalaga, wastong nutrisyon kailangan para maging
malusog at produktibo. Gabay ang PPAN para maisakatuparan and
nutrisyong sapat para sa lahat.
(Because every life is important, everyone needs to be well-nourished
to live a healthy and productive life. The PPAN guides actions to ensure
nutrition security for all.”)
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20. Sa PPAN, bababa bansot at mataba. Dahil pag-nagsama-sama, nutrisyong
sapat tiyak para sa lahat.
(Through PPAN, we can reduce stunting and obesity. Together, let us
ensure nutrition security for all!)
What are the Key Messages of the 50 Nutrition Month?
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21. Beat the triple burden of malnutrition with the triple strategy of PPAN.
The triple burden of undernutrition, overnutrition, and micronutrient
deficiencies can be overcome with the triple strategy of the PPAN of
healthier diets, improved nutrition practices and access to nutrition and
related services.
What are the Key Messages of the 50 Nutrition Month?
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22. How can you support the 50 Nutrition Month Campaign? th
Desired
Action
Audience
Activity
Improved
knowledge on
nutrition
Passage of
ordinance/law
Generate funds for
nutrition
Engage partners
Public, families
with malnutrition
Legislators
LCE, private sector
NGOs, academe,
media
Nutri-parade
Food fair, exhibits
Social media
Seminars
Contests
Advocacy events
Nutri-bingo, Raffle
Fun run
MOU signing

23. “Nutrisyong Sapat Para sa Lahat!”
Want to know more about the 2024 Nutrition Month?
[email protected]
www.nnc.gov.ph
(632) 8892.4271/ 8843.0142
National Nutrition Council (Official)
@nncofficialph
National Nutrition Council Central -
Philippines