O13 Are Food-Based Dietary Guidelines an Nutrition Education Tool in Africa?

Food-based dietary guidelines in circumpolar regions.

Food-based dietary guidelines--the Austrian perspective.

Presently, no national dietary guidelines--neither food- nor nutrient-based--exist for Austria. Usually, the recommendations of the German Society of Nutrition are used instead. The determination of national characteristics of nutritional behaviour and food consumption can reveal starting-points for the improvement of nutritional status in Austria. Seven-day weighed records (children and adoles...

Improving Food and Nutrition Security through Food for Education Programs in Africa

Basic education is one of the most effective investments in improving economies and creating literate, self-reliant and healthy societies. Yet, more than 46 million children are out of school in Africa. They represent more than 40% of the world’s out-of-school children (UNESCO, 2002). Girls are particularly at a disadvantage — more than 24 million of them are not in school. In April 2000, 164 c...

Food based dietary guidelines in Vietnam: progress and lessons learned.

The food based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) is a crucial tool for nutrition education and communication in Vietnam. Together with the changes of socio-economic situation, Vietnam needs to deal with different nutritional problems including malnutrition, overweight and undiversified diets at the same time. From 1995 to the present, three versions of FBDGs have been developed and revised in a period...

Food based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) development and promotion in Thailand.

Dietary guidelines based on 5 food groups was used as a main nutrition education tool until 1996 when food based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) were promoted after 2 years of formulation and development. These FBDGs for the general population were designed to promote desirable and culturally acceptable eating behavior. The nine qualitative guidelines of Thai FBDGs include: 1. eat a variety of foods...