strategy
Advancing nutrition
Implementation:
The International Conference on Nutrition (ICN) was held in 1992. The 150 countries that participated in ICN committed themselves to developing plans with attainable goals and measurable targets in nutrition advancement. As a follow-up, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has helped more than 40 countries prepare national plans of action for nutrition.
The South Pacific Commission (SPC) advances nutrition in some 22 island nations. In 1993, for instance, SPC provided assistance to Western Samoa in finalizing the national food and nutrition policy for improving nutritional health in the whole country.
Claim:
Foods should be your medicine and medicine should be your food (Hippocrates).
Narrower:
Promoting healthy foodsTeaching good food habitsRegulating food standardsAdvancing food culture industryReviewing food processing industryDetermining indigenous food balanceUpgrading basic nutrition practicesArranging comprehensive food varietyClassifying dangerous food preparationAdvancing food production and processingReducing incidence of malnutrition Facilitates:
Eating natural foodsImproving human healthSupplying basic nutritional needsReducing meat consumption to conserve grainImplementing health, nutrition, education and poverty alleviation programmes for children Facilitated by:
Promoting productsFarming organicallySecuring food suppliesResearching food safetyInspecting food industryProviding dietary supplementsLabelling health food productsUpgrading local food productionStudying nutrition-based illnessReducing cost of nutritious foodStrengthening national food controlCorrecting vitamin deficiencies in dietPromoting cooperation in food processing industryConducting surveys on the health and nutrition of womenDistributing information about food Problems:
Child malnutritionDeficiency diseases
Excessive consumption of fats
Excessive consumption of vitamins
Excessive dieting
Inadequate dietary fibre
Inadequate nutrition education
Inappropriate infant feeding strategies
Insufficient consumption of vegetables and fruit
Malnutrition
Misinformed nutrition practices
Nutritional deficiencies
Obesity
Vitamin D deficiency
Underweight
Unhealthy diet
Vitamin B deficiencies
Vitamin deficiencies in diet
Values:
HealthMalnutritionUnhealthiness Organizations:
International Union of Nutritional Sciences International Pulse Trade and Industry Confederation Microalgae International Union European Federation of Associations of Health Product Manufacturers European Union of Health Food Stores Secretariat of the Pacific Community IUAES Commission on Food and Food Problems Codex Alimentarius Commission Joint FAO/WHO/OAU Regional Food and Nutrition Commission for Africa International Network of Food Data Systems Hipólito Unanue Agreement Subjects:
Amenities → FoodCommunication → Advertising
Communication → Promotion
Health Care → Health
Health Care → Nutrition
Industry → Foodstuffs
Industry → Industry
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
