“Sa pagkaing tama at sapat, wastong timbang ni Baby ang katapat”

“Sa pagkaing tama at sapat, wastong timbang ni Baby ang katapat”


The theme “Sa pagkaing tama at sapat, wastong timbang ni Baby ang katapat” Proper and sufficient food to ensure Baby’s proper weight , the celebration will focus on the importance of complementary feeding as a strategy to prevent under-nutrition among young children.Complementary feeding is giving other foods and liquids to infants when they reach 6 months while continuing breastfeeding, as additional foods and liquids are not meant to replace breast milk and are not sufficient on their own. Data from the Seventh National Nutrition Survey conducted in 2008 reveal that malnutrition levels are three to four times higher among children who are at least eight months old due to insufficient quantity and inadequate quality of complementary foods, poor child-feeding practices, and high rates of infection. Complementary feeding is deemed as one of the effective means to address undernourishment among children.
Among the suggested activities that can be undertaken by concerned individuals and groups are: Making available nutritionally adequate and low-cost infant supplementary mixes to economically disadvantaged families; organizing training for health workers in implementing policies and guidelines on infant and child feeding; establishing infant feeding and care support groups where mothers can be referred to; and adopting a nutritionally depressed barangay for the implementation of nutrition and related projects and activities.Such initiatives will help in ensuring the health of today’s children in whose hands the future of our country lies.