DFA Conducts Seminar on Proper Diet and Nutrition

22 August 2017 — The Human Resources Management Office, in partnership with the National Nutrition Council (NNC), conducted a seminar on proper diet and nutrition at the Bulwagang Elpidio Quirino. The seminar aimed to raise awareness on proper diet and nutrition to help reduce DFA personnel’s vulnerability to lifestyle diseases.

The resource speaker, Ms. Lalaine M. Carlos of the NNC, spoke on the importance of maintaining healthy diet and proper nutrition and distinguishing healthy from unhealthy foods for better food choices by presenting the daily nutritional guide pyramid, “10 Kumainments”, “Pinggang Pinoy”, and sample menus.

Ms. Carlos also promoted healthy diet in the workplace and other settings such as home, school, community, food service establishments, recreational facilities, and institutional care facilities. An update of the government’s current efforts in promoting nutrition was also provided. END