July is Nutrition Month. The celebration of the 36th edition of this annual event in Bayambang was under the auspices of the Municipal Nutrition Committee chaired by Mayor Ricardo M. Camacho and spearheaded by the Rural Health Unit under the leadership of Dr. Paz F. Vallo.
With Sa Pagkaing Tama at Sapat, Wastong Timbang na Bata ang Katapat as its theme, the celebration was ushered in morning of July 5 with a program at the municipal covered court. Dr. Maryknoll SinoCruz Catacutan, a specialist in pediatrics and herself a Bayambangueña, graced the occasion as guest of honor and speaker.
A number of activities were thereafter held:
With Sa Pagkaing Tama at Sapat, Wastong Timbang na Bata ang Katapat as its theme, the celebration was ushered in morning of July 5 with a program at the municipal covered court. Dr. Maryknoll SinoCruz Catacutan, a specialist in pediatrics and herself a Bayambangueña, graced the occasion as guest of honor and speaker.
A number of activities were thereafter held:
- July 13-16, 19-21: A lecture forum and demonstration for pregnant and post-partum mothers and mothers of severely-underweight and underweight pre-school children held in Barangays Wawa, Darawey, Pogo, Malioer, Buenlag I, Ataynan, Pangdel, Managos and Tatarac with the cooperation of DepEd PSU Nursing Department and Home Management Technology.
- July 16: Supplemental feeding for a total of identified severely-underweight and underweight pre-school children in Buenlag I and Ataynan with the cooperation of MSWD and Kabisig ng Lahi (NGO).
- July 13, 15, 16: Planting of fruit-bearing trees and seed distribution in Wawa, Pogo, Ataynan and Malioer with the help of the Department of Agriculture and LGU employees.
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