NCR Rncres No1 s2013
NCR Rncres No1 s2013
NCR Rncres No1 s2013
KAGAWARAN NG KALUSUGAN
PAMBANSANG SANGGUNIAN SA NUTRISYON
(NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL)
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
WHEREAS, the World Health Organization developed an international growth reference for
screening, surveillance, and monitoring of school-aged children and adolescents;
WHEREAS, in 2007, the Philippines agreed to adopt the 2007 World Health Organization-Child
Growth Standards (WHO-CGS) in the assessment of Filipino school children;
WHEREAS, the Department of Education (DepEd) in its Memorandum No.165, Series of 2010
entitled “Adoption of the 2007 WHO-CGS” ordered all Regional Directors, Schools
Division/City Superintendents, Heads, Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools to
use the WHO-CGS in determining the nutritional status of Filipino school children age 5-19
years old;
WHEREAS, in the same memorandum, school heads are responsible in the provision of the
beam balance scale with height scale as tools for height and weight-taking;
RESOLVED LASTLY, that the NNC-NCR Regional Office being the Secretariat of the RNC
to furnish the NNC Central Office, all regional members of the RNC and all school division
offices in the region a copy of this resolution.
Republika ng Pilipinas
KAGAWARAN NG KALUSUGAN
PAMBANSANG SANGGUNIAN SA NUTRISYON
(NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL)
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY AND ADOPTED, this 15th day of February 2013 during the
first quarter meeting of the Regional Nutrition Committee of NCR at the Center for Health
Development-NCR, Mandaluyong City.
Approved:
Attested by: