This document discusses several legal mandates related to nutrition and diet therapy in the Philippines. It describes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Act of 2009 which created the FDA under the Department of Health to be headed by a Director General. The major aims of the FDA Act are to protect and promote the right to health of Filipinos and establish a regulatory system for health products. It also discusses the National Nutrition Council Governing Board which approved a policy statement discouraging "fad diets" and instead recommending a balanced, nutritious diet and active lifestyle for weight loss and obesity prevention.
This document discusses several legal mandates related to nutrition and diet therapy in the Philippines. It describes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Act of 2009 which created the FDA under the Department of Health to be headed by a Director General. The major aims of the FDA Act are to protect and promote the right to health of Filipinos and establish a regulatory system for health products. It also discusses the National Nutrition Council Governing Board which approved a policy statement discouraging "fad diets" and instead recommending a balanced, nutritious diet and active lifestyle for weight loss and obesity prevention.
This document discusses several legal mandates related to nutrition and diet therapy in the Philippines. It describes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Act of 2009 which created the FDA under the Department of Health to be headed by a Director General. The major aims of the FDA Act are to protect and promote the right to health of Filipinos and establish a regulatory system for health products. It also discusses the National Nutrition Council Governing Board which approved a policy statement discouraging "fad diets" and instead recommending a balanced, nutritious diet and active lifestyle for weight loss and obesity prevention.
Act of 2009”.The FDA Act of 2009 created the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the Department of Health(DOH) to be headed by a Director General with the rank of Undersecretary of Health.
MAJOR AIMS OF THE FDA ACT
-To protect and promote the right to
health of the Filipino people
-To establish and maintain health products regulatory system -Important Definition in the FDA Act The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule intended to address potential threats to patient privacy posed by the computerization and standardisation of medical records, provides a new poor level of federal protection for health information.
The Privacy Rule limits the circumstances under
which Covered Encodes can use or disclose protected health information (PHI),requiring, with some exception, authorization from the patent to permit uses and disclosures of PHI for research.
The definition of PHI excludes individually
indefinable health information contained in certain educational or employment records. The Privacy Rule regulates the use and disclosure of PHI by Covered Encodes. Covered Encodes are health plans (eg, health insurers), healthcare clearinghouses (encodes that receive healthcare transactions from providers or others, translate the data into a form acceptable to the pay or, and forward the processed transaction to payors and clearinghouses), and healthcare providers (eg, hospitals and physicians that transmit health information in connection with a specified transaction). THE NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL GOVERNING BOARD (NNC GB)
chaired by Health Secretary and Chairperson
Francisco T. Duque III approved during its meeting on 21 June 2018 the Policy Statement on Fad Diets, as explained in the NNC Governing Board Resolution No. 4 Series of 2018.
This is to address the issue of the proliferation of
fad diets which is growing in popularity among Filipinos interested in losing weight. The policy declares that the NNC does not recommend the use of fad diets for weight loss as it may pose potential health risk and dangers. Instead, the NNC recommends the adherence to a holistic, sustainable, adequate, and nutrionally-balanced diet, complemented by an active lifestyle and lifelongbehavioral modifications. Moreover, to prevent further increase of overweight and obesity prevalence in the Philippines, the NNC Governing Board also asserts that population- based interventions, particularly through the promotion of healthier food environments and systems, as well as public awareness through behavioural change, should complement individual efforts to combat overweight and obesity
Doctors Are Prohibited From Commercially Indorsing A Commercial Product As Provided For Section 8 of The Code of Ethics of The Philippine Medical Association