THE Cagayan de Oro City Health Office (CHO) on Tuesday, July 4, launched its “Tinggang Pinoy” campaign in celebration of the 43rd Nutrition Month and as response to the rising cases of non-communicable diseases.
Acting City Nutritionist Nenita Rabe said with the campaign, they aim to lessen the alarming rise of cases of non-communicable diseases in the city, adding that some of the most common instances of these diseases include hypertension and diabetes.
“It is alarming actually, that even though our malnutrition rate in the city has gone down successfully, there is a rise of these kinds of sicknesses in the population. And it should also be noted that most are found among the youth,” Rabe said.
With the “Tinggang Pinoy” campaign, Rabe said they aim to illustrate to Kagayanons the right diet that should be included in their daily intake.
The “Tinggang Pinoy” campaign, she said, will be shown all over the city especially in public places.
Like the “Ten Kumainments” of last year, the “Tinggang Pinoy” poster will be an instructional material for everyone reminding them to eat the right amounts of Go, Grow, and Glow food every day.
Rabe said that the malnutrition rate in the city has gone down drastically for the past year. As compared to last few years, the malnutrition rate this year has gone down to 1.7 from 2.5 percent.
“But that is very good and promising. What we now have to focus on is how to defeat this ongoing rise of over nutrition or obesity especially among the youth,” she said.