PCMC Nutrition and Dietetics

The NDD adheres to the principles of Republic Act No. 10862 or also known as the Nutrition and Dietetics Law of 2016.

The NUTRITION AND DIETETICS DIVISION (NDD) adopts comprehensive, integrated and coordinated care as its approach in the treatment of an individual aim at more effective means of maintaining good health, its restoration and rehabilitation. This was enacted to regulate and standardize the practice of nutrition and dietetics in the Philippines. The Act defines the followings; Dietetics refers to the

science and art of applying the principles of nutrition to the planning and preparation of foods, and the regulation of the diet in relation to both health and disease. It also refers to the promotion, preventive, therapeutic, and administrative aspects of the delivery of nutritional services in hospitals, food service institutions and other health care institutions/facilities. While, Nutrition refers to the science of dealing with foods, nutrient composition, eating habits, nutritional status, and health and diseases of individuals and populations. Nutrition also covers the social, economic, environmental, cultural, political, and psychological implications of food and eating. And lastly, Nutritionist-Dietitian refers to a registered and licensed person who holds a valid certificate of registration and a valid professional identification card issued by the Board and the Commission pursuant to this Act. This covers the following phases of Hospital Nutrition and Dietetics practice:

• Administrative phase includes planning, purchasing, preparing and serving of food to patients and personnel within budget allowances; supervising the handling and storage of food supplies and equipment; directing the maintenance of proper sanitary measures within the department; and the training of personnel.

• Clinical Dietetics phase focuses on the medical nutrition therapy working closely with the health care team to give a holistic approach in the nutrition care process.

• Nutrition Counseling at the Nutrition Clinic is part of the Out-Patient Department/Ambulatory service which handle referred client for nutrition intervention through proper nutrition assessment and evaluation.

• Nutrition Education, Research and Training phase is a continuous development for the division which looks after the best practices that we can adopt for implementation. And also to create and lead in the specialty field of Paediatrics Nutrition.

• Therapeutic phase is an applied nutrition of scientific knowledge presented by various diseases through food and food service component. It is aimed at providing and promoting high quality nutritional care. The Division is responsible in providing quality meals to patients, hospital personnel and other clients at reasonable cost. It shall also fulfill its commitment to the nutrition education of the patients, hospital personnel, students and paramedic groups through and to the continual research and development in the food service management and nutrition.

28/05/2025

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

Dear followers,

We are moving to a new page starting July 1, 2025! 🚀🎉

This current page will be discontinued, so we invite you to follow our new official page: PCMC Nutrition and Dietetics Division, for the latest updates, nutrition tips, and clinic announcements.

🔗 Follow us here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572906426949

Thank you for your continued support! Stay connected with us for more nutrition updates. 💚🥦

03/08/2023

Hey, everyone! Now check out our 2nd Place winner for our Healthy and Affordable Meal Cooking Video Contest!❤️

Sinigang na Bangus sa Kamias and Camote Tops Juice by Marie Cristal Altes✨

02/08/2023

Check out our 3rd Place winner for our Healthy and Affordable Meal Cooking Video Contest! ❤️

Chicken Sotanghon Guisado by Cielo Marasigan ✨
(Bespren Baste)

Photos from PCMC Nutrition and Dietetics's post

31/07/2023

𝐌𝐠𝐚 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐥𝐥!🥗

To our fellow employees and patient guardians, thank you for pressing the play button for healthy and affordable meals cooking demonstration! You're awesome for being a part of this activity and extending your efforts.🥳🍽️

𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩! 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙞𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙁𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙮 𝙣𝙖 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙩-𝙠𝙖𝙮𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡! 👏🎊

We'll be posting the videos in the hub so you can check out our winner's healthy meal creation. So stay tuned!▶️▶️

27/07/2023

Good news! You can still join/ register til today!

Click this link to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLtCujb91zeQQaMVmDDIDUvJ5MZAgpm9LgpeReHs5EYa10Nw/viewform?usp=sharing

Then send your entry/video here in our Messenger!

23/07/2023

Hi, everyone!

COOKING VIDEO CONTEST: HEALTHY AND AFFORDABLE MEALS
Nutrition Month Theme: HEALTHY DIET GAWING AFFORDABLE FOR ALL!

Also open to PCMC Employees! WITH PRIZES! ✨✨✨
Deadline of Submission is moved to July 27, 2023 THURSDAY
Announcing of Winners is on July 31, 2023 MONDAY

Click the link or scan the QR Code in the poster/comment to register! 😍✨ Be sure to register so we can take note of your submissions! 🫰
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLtCujb91zeQQaMVmDDIDUvJ5MZAgpm9LgpeReHs5EYa10Nw/viewform?usp=sharing

Prepare a meal for your family, then just submit the video to us! As simple as that 😉✨

Prize awaits you! Register now! 🫶

11/07/2023

Hi, everyone!

COOKING VIDEO CONTEST: HEALTHY AND AFFORDABLE MEALS

Nutrition Month Theme: HEALTHY DIET GAWING AFFORDABLE FOR ALL!

Click the link or scan the QR Code in the poster/comment to register! 😍✨ Be sure to register so we can take note of your submissions! 🫰

Prepare a meal for your family, then just submit the video to us! As simple as that 😉✨

Prize awaits you! Register now! 🫶

Good day, everyone! ✨

In line with this year's Nutrition Month Theme "HEALTHY DIET GAWING AFFORDABLE FOR ALL!" PCMC Nutrition and Dietetics will be having a COOKING VIDEO CONTEST! WITH PRIZES! 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳🥘✨

Open for all the relatives or companion of our in-patients and out-patients!

Record a video not more than 15 minutes cooking healthy and affordable meals. Include the total cost of the meal and for how many servings it is good for. And send it here in our Messenger! 📷🎥📱

There is a prize 🏆 for 3 winners! Kindly check the poster for more details!

Please register here to join: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLtCujb91zeQQaMVmDDIDUvJ5MZAgpm9LgpeReHs5EYa10Nw/viewform?usp=sharing

Thank you!

07/07/2023

Happy Nutrition Month, everyone! 🍉🥗✨

The celebration never stops as we bring to you healthy and affordable fresh produce from our very own farmers 👩‍🌾🧑‍🌾, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture!

See you on July 19-21 (Wed-Fri) at the PCMC Globe Atrium. Open every 8am to 5pm!

See you there! Low prices await you! See poster for more details! ☺️🫶

04/07/2023

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