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National Nutrition Council, abbreviated as NNC, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Health responsible for creating a conducive policy environment for national and local nutrition planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and surveillance using state-of the art technology and approaches.
According to the Rules of the Senate, [1] the committee handles all matters relating to: Public health in general; Medical, hospital and quarantine services; Population issues, concerns, policies and programs affecting individuals and their families, and their effects on national, social and economic conditions
As of September 2020, the Philippines has a population of nearly 110 million and a population density of 368 per square kilometer. 32% of the population of the Philippines is under 15 years old, and only 22.2% is over 60. In the Philippines, 16.6% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2018. [8] [9]
In 1948, the survey, led by Dr. Juan Salcedo, Jr. and a team including Dr. M. D. Bamba and three other medical officers, aimed to assess beriberi in the Philippines. They surveyed approximately 22% of the population in the experimental zone and 2 out of 5 control municipality in Bataan, examining 1,000 to 2,500 individuals per municipality.
The National Food Authority was created by President Ferdinand Marcos through Presidential Decree No. 4 dated September 26, 1972, under the name National Grains Authority (NGA) with the mission of promoting the integrated growth and development of the grains industry covering rice, corn, feed grains and other grains like sorghum, mung beans, and peanuts. [1]
Nutriskwela Community Radio Network is a network of low-powered community radio stations around the Philippines.The network and its radio stations are owned by the National Nutrition Council (an attached agency of the Department of Health), in partnership with various local government units and educational institutions, and are licensed as non-commercial stations, with programming focused on ...
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The Philippine Statistics Authority (Filipino: Pangasiwaan ng Estadistika ng Pilipinas; PSA) is the central statistical authority of the Philippine government that collects, compiles, analyzes, and publishes statistical information on economic, social, demographic, political affairs, and general affairs of the people of the Philippines, as well as enforcing the civil registration functions in ...