Message of the Mayor
Municipal Nutrition Action Plan CY 2022
In 1966, Bayambang was
the chosen site of the pioneering Applied Nutrition Project by the UNESCO at
the then Pangasinan Normal School (now Pangasinan State University-Bayambang
Campus). This means our town is no stranger to serious institutional nutrition
studies. This also means it is always a great burden on our conscience if there
is even just a few Bayambangueño children who are malnourished, because we know
that we had scientific studies at our own disposal right in our neighborhood.
We might call it
idealistic, but it is this illustrious historical background and reputation of
being a pilot town that we must keep in mind when it comes to nutrition (or any
aspect at all of community development). That is why this updated Local
Nutrition Action Plan for Calendar Year 2022 is of utmost necessity, in keeping
with our being a model town with a high pioneering spirit among its founders, movers,
and shakers.
With Bayambang being a
home of innovation, we take pride in what we have achieved so far, but we will
not rest until we reach the ideal of eliminating malnutrition in our beloved
town by 2028, as stated in our antipoverty bible, Bayambang Poverty Reduction
Plan 2018-2028.
I, therefore, thank each
and every member of the Municipal Nutrition Council for taking part in this
plan, for owning it with a high sense of responsibility and as a matter of
pride, in keeping with our forebears’ lofty aims and achievements as spearheads
and trailblazers in applied nutrition.
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