CDH INPATIENTS BENEFIT FROM NUTRITION COUNSELLING
By: Marlon C. Runas, GPC-CDH | Photo By: Edgar Soler Jr., GPC-CDH | Date: July 5, 2019
HEALTH IS WEALTH. Caba District Hospital (CDH) Nutritionist Dietician Vladimir Piñon conducts a nutrition counseling to admitted patients on July 5, 2019 at CDH, Poblacion Sur, Caba, La Union. A total of 17 inpatients were counseled and given Information, Education and Communication materials. The said event was in line with the celebration of Nutrition Month 2019 with the theme: Kumain Nang Wasto at Maging Aktibo, Push Natin To!
In line with the celebration of Nutrition Month 2019 with the theme: “Kumain Nang Wasto at Maging Aktibo, Push Natin To,” Caba District Hospital (CDH) conducted a nutrition counselling Session to admitted patients at the hospital wards on July 5, 2019 at CDH, Poblacion Sur, Caba, La Union.
A total of 17 patients were given Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials, counselled and assessed in terms of dietary intake which was conducted by Nutritionist Dietician, Vladimir Piñon.
Other activities lined up for the celebration include nutrition counseling to inpatients, information dissemination campaign tackling various nutrition topics such as “pingang pinoy;” nutrition of the first 100 days ni baby; nutrition of diabetic patients; and diabetes management.
A free cholesterol determination was also conducted on July 15, 2019. The highlight of the month long activities will be the Cook Fest 2019 on July 31, 2019 wherein the activity will be participated in by CDH personnel. Three groups namely Nursing, Administrative and Ancillary Teams will be battling for three categories: Appetizer, Main Course and Dessert using the main ingredient which is Banana Blossom.
Nutrition Month is celebrated every July by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 491 signed on June 25, 1974, by then President Ferdinand Marcos. The said celebration aims to create greater awareness among people on the importance of nutrition.
