National Nutrition Policies

Integrating Environmental Sustainability Considerations into Food and Nutrition Policies: Insights from Australia’s National Food Plan

The environmental sustainability (ES) of food systems is a critical challenge for policy makers. This is a highly contested policy area with differing views among stakeholders. The aim of the study was to develop a better understanding of how ES considerations are addressed in Australian food and nutrition policies and the way that consultation processes affect final policy outcomes. A mixed-me...

[National policies and the field of Food and Nutrition in Collective Health: the current scenario].

It is presented a review of the guidelines implementation of the National Food and Nutrition Policy (PNAN) contextualizing the actions in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) scenario. At ten years of its publication, PNAN faces challenges both to expand and qualify the shares of food and nutrition on health. It is challenging to stand as interlocutor and legitimate representative of the a...

Methodologies for the Formulation of National Food and Nutrition Policies and Their Intersectoral

The participants decided to remain in one group during the Discussions. Several changes were introduced this year in the manner of conducting these Discussions. The consultants did not, as on previous occasions, make presentations on the theme prior to the Discussions, other than a brief introduction and review by the Technical Secretary of the working document previously distributed to governm...

Evaluation of compliance to national nutrition policies in summer day camps.

OBJECTIVE The National Afterschool Association (NAA) standards specify the role of summer day camps (SDC) in promoting healthy nutrition habits of the children attending, identifying foods and beverages to be provided to children and staff roles in promoting good nutrition habits. However, many SDC do not provide meals. Currently, national guidelines specifying what children are allowed to brin...

Evaluation of National Nutrition Programmes