International moves to strengthen food policies.
The present paper considers the need to move from a 'health education' approach to dietary health to an approach that focuses on food and nutrition policies at the population level, and especially those policies that avoid widening the inequalities in health between different socio-economic groups and those policies that promote healthy diets among children. Recent moves at the international level include measures to protect children from promotional marketing of fatty and sugary foods and the funding of free fruit for schoolchildren. By improving child health, improvements can be expected in the health of future generations.
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International Association for the Study of Obesity, London, UK. tlobstein@iaso.org
D000293:Adolescent; D000329:Advertising; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats; D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007391:International Cooperation; D008297:Male; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014944:World Health Organization
D004041:Dietary Fats; D019422:Dietary Sucrose