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The National
Nutrition Council
Department of
Food Science
and Nutrition the country’s highest policy-
making and coordinating body
College of Home Economics on nutrition
University of the Philippines Diliman
PD 491
FN 170 Nutrition Act of the Philippines
Program Management in Nutrition
• June 25, 1974
Lecture 03 • declares nutrition as a priority of the
government
The National Nutrition Council &
• creates the National Nutrition Council
Key Legislature in Nutrition and Health
• designated July as Nutrition Month for
Airon Andrew D. Bonifacio, R.N.D. the purpose of creating awareness on
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
College of Home Economics, UP Diliman
the importance of nutrition
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PD 491
Learning Objectives Nutrition Act of the Philippines
• The Chairman-Coordinator, National Food and Agriculture Council
• The Secretary, Department of Education and Culture
After the lecture, the FN 170 students will be able to:
• The Secretary, Department of Health
1. enumerate the members and composition of the • The Chairman, National Science Development Board
National Nutrition Council • The Secretary, Department of Social Welfare
2. describe the duties of each member in relation • The Secretary, Department of Local Government and Community
to national nutrition policy and programs • Development
3. relate the role and importance of some key • The Chairman of the Nutrition Foundation of the Philippines
legislature in nutrition program management • President, Philippine Medical Association
• One other representative of the private sector to be appointed by the President of the
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Private sector
NNC
representatives to the Board Executive
Secretariat Director
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Letter of Instruction
(LOI) 441 of 1976
AO 88
PD 1569 EO 51
Barangay Nutrition Scholar Program Milk Code
• October 20, 1986
• June 11, 1978 • adopting a national code of marketing
of breastmilk substitutes, breastmilk
• strengthening the barangay nutrition
supplements and related products,
program by providing for at least one
penalizing violations thereof, and for
(1) barangay nutrition scholar in every
other purposes
barangay
• regulates marketing of breast milk
substitute
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EO 234 EO 51
Reorganization Act of the NNC Milk Code
• July 22, 1987
• promotes training of health and
• DSWD was named the chair of the
nutrition workers on infant nutrition
NNC Governing Board (from DA)
• reaffirming the need for an inter- • promotes, protects and supports
sectoral national policy and breastfeeding
coordinating body on nutrition • ensures that health care system is
• expanded membership to DOLE, DTI, not used in promoting infant formula
DBM and NEDA
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RA 7160 RA 7600
The Local Government Code The Rooming-in and Breastfeeding Act of 1992
“Rooming-in – the practice of placing the newborn in the same room
• Oct. 10, 1991 as the mother right after delivery up to discharge to facilitate mother-
infant bonding and to initiate breastfeeding. The infant may either share
• provides more power, authority,
the mother’s bed or be placed in a crib beside the mother.
resources, and responsibilities to
the Local Government Units to Lactation stations – private, clean, sanitary, and well-ventilated rooms
deliver basic services including or areas in the workplace or public places where nursing mothers can
nutrition wash up, breastfeed or express their milk comfortably and store this
afterward.”
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RA 7394 RA 8172
An Act Promoting Salt Iodization Nationwide and
The Consumer Act of the Philippines for Related Purposes (ASIN Law)
• April 13, 1992 • December 20, 1995
• supports the policy of the State to • require all salt producers/
protect the interests of the consumer, manufacturers of food-grade salt to
promote his general welfare and to iodize the salt that they produce,
manufacture, import and trade or
establish standards of conduct for
distribute
business and industry
• includes provision for monitoring sales
• implemented by the DOH, DA and DTI and promotion of use of iodized salt
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RA 7600 RA 8435
The Rooming-in and Breastfeeding Act of 1992 Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997
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RA 8976 RA 9288
Philippine Food Fortification Act of 2000 Newborn Screening Act of 2004
• November 7, 2000 “Newborn screening shall be performed after twenty-
four (24) hours of life but not later than three (3) days
• an act establishing the Food from complete delivery of the newborn…
Fortification Program and for other
purposes …a parent or legal guardian may refuse testing on the
grounds of religious beliefs, but shall acknowledge in
• Sangkap Pinoy Seal - mandatory and writing their understanding that refusal for testing
voluntary fortification of staple foods places their newborn at risk for undiagnosed heritable
conditions.”
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RA 8980 RA 9288
Early Childcare and Child Development Act Newborn Screening Act of 2004
• December 05, 2000 The disorders tested for newborn screening are:
• an act promulgating a comprehensive policy • 1) Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH)
and a national system for early childhood • (2) Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
care and development, providing funds • (3) Galactosemia (GAL)
thereof and for other purposes • (4) Phenylketonuria (PKU)
• states that the Nutrition Action Officer be • (5) Glucose-6-Phosphate-Dehydrogenase Deficiency
a member of the Municipal/City ECCD (G6PD Def.)
Coordinating Committee • (6) Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD)
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RA 9288
Newborn Screening Act of 2004 EO 472
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RA 10028 Acknowledgements
Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009
• March 16, 2010 This lecture REFERENCES