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.h
Governments, intergovernmental organizations, private sector, civil society and nongovernmental organizations and other relevant stakeholders, including medical and health practitioners, should promote a range of activities such as social and behavior change communication (SBCC), food and nutrition education, interpersonal communication and community dialogues, and social marketing initiatives to promote breastfeeding, indigenous and traditional food cultures as a way to positively influence knowledge, attitudes and social norms, and coordinate messaging on nutrition and sustainable consumption and production across a variety of communication channels to reach multiple levels of society (e.g. mass media campaigns).
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.