Food Systems for Healthy Diets - Policy Guidance Note

Dear Colleagues,

This new guidance note supports the use of a comprehensive food systems
approach (rather than a sectoral approach) and gives guidance on how to
use food systems entry points to guide the delivery of healthy diets and
subsequently address all forms of malnutrition. However, particular focus
Is given to tackling overweight and obesity and preventing NCDs through
Healthier diets because of their increasing prevalence globally.

Read the note here http://www.fao.org/3/CA2797EN/ca2797en.pdf

Know more about the series: http://www.fao.org/publications/policy-guidance-series/en/

The food systems approach detailed in this guidance note encompasses the creation of enabling food environments alongside cross-government policy dialogue. It aims to support decision-makers and stakeholders in the food and agriculture sector by addressing the following questions:

1) How can each domain of the food system be coordinated to better
contribute to healthy diets in order to prevent all forms of malnutrition,
in particular overweight and obesity as well as diet-related NCDs?

2) What changes in the food system are needed?

3) What are the policy options that would positively impact people’s diets?

4) What is the best way to actually bring about policy change?

This policy guidance note examines the various policy and intervention
opportunities arising across the food system to support increased availability of and better access to affordable healthy diets. Through a stepwise approach, the guidance note supports decision-makers and stakeholders to better understand the interactions between the relevant policy instruments for reshaping food systems and creating enabling food environments in support of healthy diets, identify policy options and understand the political economy in order to facilitate policy change.

I hope you find this helpful,

Daniel Toro
FIRST Policy Assistance Facility
EU-FAO Partnership