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[ PROCLAMATION NO. 236, January 25, 1951 ]
DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH OF EVERY YEAR AS NATIONAL NUTRITION WEEK
WHEREAS, malnutrition is one of the causes of the poor state of health of many of the people; and
WHEREAS, such cause may be eliminated, or at least minimized, by making the people realize the importance of nutrition;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the first week of March of every year as National Nutrition Week.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of. January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the independence of the Philippines, the fifth.
ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary