Focus Area 3.5 People-centered nutrition knowledge, education and information
Sub-focus Area 3.5.1 Utilizing policies and tools to provide education and information on healthy diets and sustainable food systems
Recommendation Number: 3.5.1.a
Governments, in cooperation with scientific institutions, should support and develop, where appropriate, evidence-based food-based dietary guidelines for different age groups and people with special dietary requirements that define context-specific healthy diets by taking into account social, cultural, ancestral, scientific, economic, traditional, ecological, geographical and environmental drivers. It is also important to invest, where appropriate, in public health nutrition tools to improve nutrition education and promote healthy diets and sustainable food systems.
The identified documents have been grouped into four categories: UN evidence-informed documents, UN normative guidance documents, UN operational/technical guidance documents and other documents that have been published by non-UN bodies.