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What are healthy diets?

Joint statement by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 22 p.

Author FAO; WHO;

Publisher WHO ; FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-139083-2

Synopsis (short abstract) The critical role of diets for the prevention of all forms of malnutrition, for disease prevention and health promotion, as well as the interconnections between food production, diets and the environment, have never been more evident.Heads have turned to the agrifood system and the ways in which it can and must be transformed to contribute to the commitments of ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition, elevating levels of human health, and protecting and restoring the environment. But lack of consensus of what constitutes healthy diets can undermine progress and continuity of efforts to achieve them.To accelerate progress towards the achievement of these interconnected commitments, FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO) have formulated principles of what constitutes healthy diets.

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FAO and WHO. 2024. What are healthy diets? Joint statement by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization. Geneva.


https://doi.org/10.4060/cd2223en

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