Д-р. Elena Carrillo-Alvarez
Food insecurity and diet quality
Food insecurity and diet quality
Dear Drafting Team,
The European Federation of the Associations of Dietitians (EFAD)1 specialist Public Health group recognizes the huge amount of work of the HLPE FSN team for the draft Report on Reducing inequalities for Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) and welcome the opportunity to participate in this consultation.
We offer the following comments and suggestions, which we hope will contribute to an even stronger version of the report.
The European Federation of the Associations of Dietitians (EFAD) specialist Public Health group reasserts the recognition to the drafting team and wants to express its willingness and availability to be further involved in this activity.
1 Elena Carrillo (Spain), Amanda Avery, (United Kingdom), Teresa Rodrigues (Portugal), Zeynep Begüm Kalyoncu (Turkey) Zoi Toumpakari (United Kingdom), Bernadette Kiss-Toth (Hungary) and Manuel Moñino (Spain). http://www.efad.org/en-us/specialists-networks/public-health/
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Д-р. Elena Carrillo-Alvarez
20th June 2023
Call for inputs on the realization of the Human Right to Adequate Food.
Response of the European Specialist Dietetic Network (ESDN) for Public Health of the European Federation of the Associations of Dietitians (EFAD).
EFAD represents 35000 dietitians and 9000 students in 28 European Countries since 1978. Today, we celebrate the landmark of the 20th anniversary of the Right to Food Guidelines and welcome the opportunity to participate in this consultation.
In what follows we provide reflections on topics 2 -Identify any gaps, constraints and challenges encountered in realizing the right to food or in implementing the Right to Food Guidelines, and 3 -Share any lessons learned and suggest recommendations for improvement in realizing the right to adequate food, hoping they will help inform on efforts made to realize the right to adequate food at local, national, regional or global level, and provide an important stock taking opportunity for countries and their people.
As last remark, we present the argument that in the slightly shifting the title of the RtFG to “Right to culturally appropriate, sustainable and healthy food choices for everyone” would contribute to spread the notion that it is not only food that needs to be guaranteed, but food that protects health, culture and environment.
The European Specialist Dietetic Network (ESDN) for Public Health of the European Federation of the Associations of Dietitians (EFAD) reasserts the relevance of the Right to Food Guidelines and wants to express its willingness and availability to be further involved in this activity. EFAD has a wide reach to the dietetic organizations of WHO Europe Region and could be a more active actor with FAO on this matter.
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