Hyderabad’s ICMR-NIN unveils policy roadmap for healthier diets among children

Hyderabad : The Indian Council of Medical Research–National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-NIN)-led Let’s Fix Our Food (LFOF) Consortium on Wednesday released a set of policy priorities aimed at promoting healthier diets and improving food environments for children and adolescents across India. Policy roadmap targets healthier food environments The document, Priority Policy Actions to Promote Healthier [...]<![CDATA[ Hyderabad : The Indian Council of Medical Research–National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-NIN)-led Let's Fix Our Food (LFOF) Consortium on Wednesday released a set of policy priorities aimed at promoting healthier diets and improving food environments for children and adolescents across India. Policy roadmap targets healthier food environments The document, Priority Policy Actions to Promote Healthier Diets and Food Environments for Children and Adolescents in India, was launched by Dr M. Srinivas, Member (Health), NITI Aayog, during the LFOF Dissemination and Consultation Workshop at the India Habitat Centre. The event was attended by Dr Bharati Kulkarni, Director, ICMR-NIN, Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, Founder President of the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), senior officials from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), UNICEF India, Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL), researchers, development partners and youth representatives. The consortium, led by ICMR-NIN, includes national and international organisations such as UNICEF India, World Health Organization (WHO), Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), World Food Programme (WFP), Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Deakin University and several others. Recommendations based on three years of research The publication brings together findings from nearly three years of multidisciplinary research, stakeholder consultations and policy discussions. It recommends evidence-based measures covering healthy school food environments, nutrition literacy, front-of-pack nutrition labelling, regulation of marketing unhealthy foods to children, taxation of foods high in fat, salt...