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A Case Study of Nutrition Situation inBrgy. Dila, Bay, Laguna
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Jose Elmo AzoresAna Clarisse BercelesTimothy MendozaLeticia MenesesMark Reblora ______________________
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements in HNF 151 to Prof. A.R. Bustos , 2 nd sem, AY 2010-2011 in Institute of Human Nutrition and Food this February 1, 2010. I. INTRODUCTIONDila is a Barangay situated in the center of Bay, Laguna. Having a flat plainsurface, the main means of livelihood in the location is through farming of rice,rootcrops, vegetable, and corn, with rice as the main crop. The barangay has its ownrice mill and national and communal irrigation. Another main source of livelihood arelivestock and poultry farming with swine as the main, ducks as the second, followed by chicken, and goat.As of the last census, Brgy. Dila has a total of 7 Puroks with a household number of 1,340 and a population of 5,610 of which 91 are zero to five months old infants, 44are pregnant women, and 52 are lactating women. The most common type of dwelling unit is wood followed by semi-concrete, barong-barong, concrete andnipa/bamboo houses. These families mostly get their water supply through artesianwells followed by waterworks system, deep wells, springs, and lastly open dug wells.Most households in the barangay have electricity (95%), 10 % of the household havetelephones in their house and 75% use cellphones.There are government and private schools in Brgy. Dila, these include pre-school(government and private), elementary (government and private), and high school(government). The health facilities in the barangay include Health/Nutrition Center (government) and Medical Clinic (private). In terms of toilet facilities, the mostcommon is the water sealed, but others have no toilet.The Brgy. Dila is along the National and Provincial Road, and near the