Dear FSN Forum members
I am writing to alert you to World Cancer Research Fund International’s NOURISHING food policy database.
The NOURISHING policy database currently contains more than 260 policies across over 100 countries. The policy database is updated 3-4 times a year. Starting with the next update this summer, we will include evaluations in the policy database, as well as a country search function.
The policy database is based on our innovative NOURISHING which formalises a comprehensive package of policies to promote healthy diets and reduce overweight/obesity and non-communicable diseases. Each letter in the word NOURISHING represents one of ten areas where governments need to take action. The ten areas take place across three domains which are each important in influencing what we eat: the food environment, the food system and behaviour change.
N = Nutrition label standards and regulations on the use of claims and implied claims on foods
O = Offer healthy foods and set standards in public institutions and other specific settings
U = Use economic tools to address food affordability & purchase incentives
R = Restrict food advertising and other forms of commercial promotion
I = Improve nutritional quality of the whole food supply
S = Set incentives and rules to create a healthy retail and food service environment
H = Harness food supply chain & actions across sectors to ensure coherence with health
I = Inform people about food & nutrition through public awareness
N = Nutrition advice and counselling in health care settings
G = Give nutrition education and skills
For more information, you can consult our Q&A online, or reach out to me if you have any queries about NOURISHING or World Cancer Research Fund International.
Best wishes
Simone Bösch
Policy & Public Affairs Manager
World Cancer Research Fund International
In official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2016
Second Floor, 22 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3HH
Cancer Prevention Together We Can
World Cancer Research Fund International is holding a conference jointly with World Obesity Federation on 1-2 September 2016, London, UK. The theme is Life Course Influences and Mechanisms: Obesity, Physical Activity and Cancer. Find out more details including the conference programme here.
Simone Bösch