Nutrition Foundation of the Philippines

The NFP was founded on December 28, 1959, registered at the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 18, 1960, and officially began operations on July 15, 1960.

This is one of the major activities of the Foundation that focus on the development of the family members to be responsible for the betterment of their health and ultimately improving the quality of their lives through: conscious recognition of each and everyone's responsibility to themselves, family and community; providing opportunities and support to augment regular income through learning of some income generating activities, improved health and nutrition condition of their families through the implementation of some direct nutrition intervention activities; and developing skills in the implementation and management of community nutrition project and related activities.

Some of its components include the following: NFP promotes activities that help individuals realize his value and potentials towards the development of the communities where he lived.

It is the main goal of this program to make people realize a very important role he is to play for the success of their plans for the benefit of the community.

NFP helps organize the communities and facilitates group dynamics, teambuilding activities and programs designed to promote camaraderie, teamwork, and cooperation among the people.

Another way of ensuring effectiveness in the use of scarce resources is by networking and coordinating with the different agencies that aim and work with a common objective.

For a number of years, NFP has been the Philippines Adhering Body of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS).