US EditionWHO Releases a New Global Guideline to Create Healthy School Food Environments
WHO guidance targets 188 million children with obesity by promoting healthier school meals and restricting unhealthy food marketing in 104 countries, aiming to curb diet-related diseases.
- World Health Organization issued its first global guideline on healthy school food, providing evidence-based recommendations for nutritious food in schools and school-food environments worldwide.
- Last year, about one in 10 school-aged children and adolescents—188 million—lived with obesity, as schools face a double burden of rising overweight and persistent undernutrition.
- WHO recommends limiting free sugars, saturated fats and sodium while increasing whole grains, fruits, nuts and pulses, and endorses nudging interventions developed by multidisciplinary international experts convened by WHO.
- Member States will receive WHO support through technical assistance and knowledge-sharing to implement guidelines as 466 million children receive school meals, with 104 Member States having healthy food policies and 48 countries restricting unhealthy food marketing.
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said school food environments can affect learning and lifelong health, linking this guidance to WHO acceleration plan to stop obesity and diabetes affecting over 800 million people globally.
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WHO releases a new global guideline to create healthy school food environments
Healthy food in schools can help children develop healthy dietary habits for life, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which released a new global guideline on evidence-based policies and interventions to create healthy school food environments.
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Healthy food in schools can help children develop healthy dietary habits for life, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which released a new global guideline on evidence-based policies and interventions to create healthy school food environments. For the first time, WHO is advising countries to adopt a whole-school approach that ensures food and beverages provided in schools and available throughout the broader school food environme…
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Healthy food in schools can help children develop healthy dietary habits for life, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which released a new global guideline on evidence-based policies and interventions to create healthy school food environments.
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