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First 1,000 days of a child is very important -- City Nutrition Office

Updated: Jul 26, 2022

Published on: July 19, 2022

By TCIO


TACLOBAN CITY -- The City Government of Tacloban continuously campaigns, through the City Nutrition Office, the importance of the “First 1,000 Days of Life” of the child after birth.



"During the first 1,000 days of a child, breast feeding plays a very important role until the child reaches two years of age,"

said City Nutrition Action Officer Ma. Lumen P. Tabao, adding that through this, the health of the child and the mother is guaranteed to be protected.


Tabao said that during their barangay visitation and lectures, they are encouraging conceiving mothers to aim for the optimum robustness of their bodies through eating healthy food as according to her, if the mother has a robust body, then the child she carries will likewise have a robust body until she gives birth to the said child.


This advocacy of the Tacloban City Government plays an important role, especially now that modern agriculture programs are being implemented in Tacloban North, such as the ‘Gulayan Sa Paaralan’ conducted in schools where the Department of Education, together with EcoFarm, through various Farmers Association where a lot of mothers are members, Tabao said.


The different kinds of vegetables planted by the mothers already plays a significant role in the production of healthy food necessary for a robust body. It is likewise important that the child gets accustomed to eating healthy vegetables. (TCIO).

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