Download or read book Regional Action Framework on Protecting Children from the Harmful Impact of Food Marketing in the Western Pacific written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many countries in the Western Pacific Region have experienced rapid economic growth that has brought both great benefits and challenges. Economic growth and globalization have changed the food system and reshaped the way people in many countries produce and consume food. Traditional foods and diets are being replaced with inexpensive, highly processed, energy-dense and nutrient-poor food products, which have become more popular and widely available and consumed. Marketing plays a major role in the popularity and increased consumption of BMS and food high in saturated fats, transfatty acids, free sugars or salt. Food marketing most commonly promotes food high in saturated fats, trans-fatty acids, free sugars or salt, and negatively influences the food environment and children's dietary patterns. There is a recognized link between the marketing of these foods and childhood obesity, and restricting marketing of food high in saturated fats, trans-fatty acids, free sugars or salt is identified as a critical component in childhood obesity prevention. Concerned that harmful effects of marketing of food high in saturated fats, trans-fatty acids, free sugars or salt on the diet and health of children continue to be widespread in the Region, despite Member States' efforts, the Regional Committee for the Western Pacific endorsed resolution calling for the development of a regional action plan to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing.
Download or read book Taking action to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2023-07-07 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Policies to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children continue to be exposed to powerful food marketing in settings where they gather (e.g. schools, sports clubs), during children’s typical television viewing times or on children’s television channels, on digital spaces popular with young people, and in magazines targeting children and adolescents. Such food marketing predominantly promotes foods that are high in saturated fatty acids, trans-fatty acids, free sugars and/or sodium (HFSS), and uses a wide variety of marketing strategies that are likely to appeal to children, including celebrity/sports endorsements, promotional characters, product claims, promotion, gifts/incentives, tie-ins, competitions and games. Food marketing has a harmful impact on children’s food choice and their dietary intake. It affects their purchase requests to adults for marketed foods and influences the development of children’s norms about food consumption. This WHO guideline provides Member States with recommendations and implementation considerations on policies to protect all children from the harmful impact of food marketing, based on evidence specific to children and to the context of food marketing.
Download or read book Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2020 written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2020 report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the Asia and Pacific region, provides an update on progress towards the 2030 targets (SDGs and WHA) at the regional and country level. Selected indicators look at undernourishment, food insecurity, childhood stunting, wasting and overweight, adult overweight, child minimum acceptable diet, exclusive and continued breastfeeding, and anaemia in women and children. While the region continues to work towards ending all forms of malnutrition and achieving Zero Hunger, progress on food security and nutrition has slowed, and the Asia and Pacific region is not on track to achieving 2030 targets. About 350.6 million people in the Asia and Pacific region are estimated to have been undernourished in 2019, about 51 percent of the global total. An estimated 74.5 million children under five years of age were stunted and a total of 31.5 million were wasted in the Asia and Pacific region. The majority of these children in the region live in Southern Asia with 55.9 million stunted and 25.2 million wasted children. Estimates predict a 14.3 percent increase in the prevalence of moderate or severe wasting among children under 5 years of age, equal to an additional 6.7 million children, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With basic food prices and disposable incomes influencing household decisions on food and dietary intake, they are critical to improve food security and nutrition in the region. However, in the Asia and Pacific region, 1.9 billion people are unable to afford a healthy diet, driven by high prices of fruits, vegetables and dairy products, making it impossible for the poor to achieve healthy diets.In Part 2, the 2020 report promotes a systems approach to healthy maternal and child diets, involving and coordinating institutions and actors in the Food, Water and Sanitation, Health, Social Protection and Education systems, to collectively create the enabling environment for healthy diets. Integration of healthy diets and nutrition-focused Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) mainstreamed throughout these systems will lead to greater uptake and sustainability of healthy behaviours and caregiver’s knowledge.
Download or read book Regional Framework for Action on Food Safety in the Western Pacific written by WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Western Pacific Regional Food Safety Strategy 2011-2015 has contributed to good progress in food safety across the Western Pacific Region. However more than 125 million people fall ill and more than 50 000 die annually from unsafe food in the Region. Food safety is a highly complex health issue involving multiple domestic and international stakeholders. Over recent years new developments including the introduction of new technologies increasing internationalization of the food chain and demographic changes have affected food safety in the Region. The changing context of food safety affects food safety risk management as well as trust in the safety of the food supply. Food safety trust is a multifaceted issue and an outcome of effective food safety systems. At the same time it serves as an enabler for strengthening food safety systems to manage food safety risks and respond to food safety incidents and emergencies. The Regional Framework for Action on Food Safety in the Western Pacific builds on the achievement and lessons learnt from the 2011-2015 Strategy. It acknowledges the changing context of food safety and revisits the approach for strengthening national food safety systems. This includes a stronger focus on building trust and confidence in food safety systems and implementing strategic actions that create leadership partnerships competency and resources that are the necessary enablers for advancing food safety systems. The Framework provides guidance on strategic action and a stepwise approach to strengthen food safety systems to better manage food safety risks and respond to food safety incidents and emergencies. It is intended to guide national food safety authorities in implementation of strategic action to strengthen national food safety systems as well as to obtain and advocate for high-level political support to enhance food safety. It is also intended to facilitate regional cooperation among food safety authorities.
Download or read book Pacific Economic Monitor December 2021 written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of the Pacific Economic Monitor explores how the region can reopen and rebuild. Besides safely resuming travel and protecting health, a resilient recovery will depend on promoting fiscal sustainability and strengthening economic management, including regional cooperation to revitalize tourism.
Download or read book WHO global report on sodium intake reduction written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2023-03-09 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed this report to monitor progress and identify areas for action in the implementation of sodium reduction policies and other measures within Member States and across WHO regions and World Bank income groups. For the first time, a Sodium Country Score from 1 (the lowest level) to 4 (the highest level) is allocated to each Member State based on the level of implementation of sodium reduction policies and other measures. The Sodium Country Score is used to estimate the impact of policy progress on population dietary sodium intake and cardiovascular disease.
Download or read book Protecting children from the harmful impact of food marketing written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Regional Framework for Action on Food Safety in the Western Pacific written by World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Western Pacific and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Regional Framework for Action on Food Safety in the Western Pacific builds on the achievement and lessons learnt from the 2011-2015 Strategy. It acknowledges the changing context of food safety and revisits the approach for strengthening national food safety systems. This includes a stronger focus on building trust and confidence in food safety systems and implementing strategic actions that create leadership, partnerships, competency and resources that are the necessary enablers for advancing food safety systems.
Download or read book Regional Framework for Action on Food Safety in the Western Pacific written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Taking Action to Protect Children from the Harmful Impact of Food Marketing a Child Rights Based Approach written by and published by . This book was released on 2023-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Food Safety written by WHO Regional Office For the Western Pacific Staff and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The costs of the contamination of food for consumers, producers and processors can be high, in terms of health and exports. The issues of food safety have been highlighted in recent years, with the worldwide focus on mad cow disease and the associated development of vCJD in humans. This document identifies the WHO strategy for enhancing food safety in the Western Pacific. The strategy was endorsed and adopted by the Region's Member States at the fifty-second session of the Regional Committee in 2001. The strategy comprises 10 key components based upon risk assessment, risk management and risk communication.
Download or read book Western Pacific Regional Framework for Action on Health and Environment on a Changing Planet written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental determinants of health are responsible for more than a quarter of the burden of disease in the Western Pacific Region. Communicable and noncommunicable disease, disability and death result from a lack of safe water and sanitation, indoor and outdoor air pollution, hazardous chemicals, occupational hazards and climate-related disasters. The Western Pacific Regional Framework for Action on Health and Environment on a Changing Planet intends to relaunch the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Health and the Environment programme and fulfil its mandate in the area of environmental health. It proposes to leverage the health sector focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) process, providing guidance for prioritizing the work of WHO in support of Member States improving health outcomes through action on environmental determinants. It articulates entry points for health and environment priority actions in WHO country cooperation strategies, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and other mechanisms for international collaboration, and notably with the United Nations Environment Programme and ministries of environment. The framework also sets a course for the health sector to advocate adaptive measures, policies and action to protect health and well-being as a co-benefit of interventions in energy, agriculture, transport, housing and other spheres.
Download or read book Regional Framework for Action on Access to Essential Medicines in the Western Pacific 2011 2016 written by WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-17 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To ensure continuation of the strategies and actions outlined in the Regional Strategy (2005-2010) and to include new issues and areas that need reinforcement the Regional Framework for Action on Access to Essential Medicines in the Western Pacific (2011-2016) hereafter referred to as the Framework for Action was developed. The issues that emerged after the introduction of the Regional Strategy and the continuing challenges met by countries which this new Framework for Action seeks to address include the following: (1) essential medicines as a core building block of health systems strengthening for renewed primary health care; (2) essential medicines benefits as part of health insurance and social protection; (3) rights-based approach to improving access to essential medicines; (4) better medicines for children; (5) intercountry information sharing to promote regional collaboration; and (6) transparency and good governance.
Download or read book Challenges and Opportunities for Change in Food Marketing to Children and Youth written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The childhood obesity epidemic is an urgent public health problem. The most recent data available show that nearly 19 percent of boys and about 15 percent of girls aged 2-19 are obese, and almost a third of U.S. children and adolescents are overweight or obese (Ogden et al., 2012). The obesity epidemic will continue to take a substantial toll on the health of Americans. In the midst of this epidemic, children are exposed to an enormous amount of commercial advertising and marketing for food. In 2009, children aged 2-11 saw an average of more than 10 television food ads per day (Powell et al., 2011). Children see and hear advertising and marketing messages for food through many other channels as well, including radio, movies, billboards, and print media. Most notably, many new digital media venues and vehicles for food marketing have emerged in recent years, including Internet-based advergames, couponing on cell phones, and marketing on social networks, and much of this advertising is invisible to parents. The marketing of high-calorie, low-nutrient foods and beverages is linked to overweight and obesity. A major 2006 report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) documents evidence that television advertising influences the food and beverage preferences, requests, and short-term consumption of children aged 2-11 (IOM, 2006). Challenges and Opportunities for Change in Food Marketing to Children and Youth also documents a body of evidence showing an association of television advertising with the adiposity of children and adolescents aged 2-18. The report notes the prevailing pattern that food and beverage products marketed to children and youth are often high in calories, fat, sugar, and sodium; are of low nutritional value; and tend to be from food groups Americans are already overconsuming. Furthermore, marketing messages that promote nutrition, healthful foods, or physical activity are scarce (IOM, 2006). To review progress and explore opportunities for action on food and beverage marketing that targets children and youth, the IOM's Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention held a workshop in Washington, DC, on November 5, 2012, titled "New Challenges and Opportunities in Food Marketing to Children and Youth."
Download or read book Protecting Children from Unhealthy Food and Beverage Marketing written by Kelsey Menehan and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research has shown that m arketing has a powerful influence on children's diets and obesity levels, and most parents are unaware of the degree to which their children are reached and affected by such marketing. Growing evidence suggests that those who are at grea test risk for childhood obesity -- lower i ncome and racial/ethnic minorities -- are also at greatest risk for being exposed to marketing of unhealthy foods. As this evidence has made its way into the hands of advocates and popular media channels, a number of food and beverage companies have voluntarily pledged to change the ways in which they market their products to young people. But these pledges contain major loopholes, and there has been little systematic monitoring and evaluation, public reporting, or accountability.
Download or read book The Health Aspects of Food and Nutrition written by World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Western Pacific and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
