<![CDATA[Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are one of the public health problems that continue to increase and are influenced by lifestyle factors, unhealthy diets, lack of early detection, and low public understanding of disease prevention. Farmer groups are at risk of developing NCDs such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and cardiovascular disease even though they have high physical activity, especially if they are not balanced with a healthy diet and regular health check-ups. This community service activity aims to empower farmers through local food-based health promotion as an effort to prevent non-communicable diseases in Aribang Pasiang Village, Matakali District, Polewali Mandar Regency. The method of implementing activities uses a participatory health promotion approach through counseling, group discussions, CERDIK behavioral education, introduction to the concept of Isi Piringku, demonstration of healthy local food processing, healthy menu preparation, simple health screening, and mentoring. The target of the activity was farmer groups and farmer families with a total of 20 participants. The activity is expected to be able to increase farmers' knowledge, awareness, and skills in recognizing risk factors for NCDs, utilizing local food as a source of healthy food, and implementing healthy living behaviors in a sustainable manner. The outputs of activities are in the form of increasing community knowledge, the formation of the commitment of the Aribang Healthy Farmers group, health education media, and local food-based health promotion models that can be applied in efforts to prevent non-communicable diseases in the community.]]>
