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FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, 1-2 December 2016








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    Proceedings of the FAO/WHO International Symposium on sustainable food systems for healthy diets and improved nutrition
    1-2 December, 2016, Rome, Italy
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    In December 2016, FAO and WHO convened an International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition, gathering delegates from 90 UN Member States representatives of intergovernmental organizations, private-sector entities, civil society organizations, academia/research organizations and producer organizations/cooperatives. The symposium aimed to increase awareness of today’s urgent food and nutrition challenges, and to create a forum to discuss strategies for regulation and reform, in the aftermath of the ICN2 and under the umbrella of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016-2025. Nine parallel sessions comprising expert presentations and country case studies were complemented by a session on the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition, a student’s session, plenary and special events. These proceedings include summaries of the parallel sessions, summaries and transcriptions from the plenary and Decade of Action sessions, to contribute to better-informed, accelerated action at national, regional and global levels on the urgent need to improve the human and environmental health of food systems worldwide and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
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    International Symposium on sustainable food systems for healthy diets and improved nutrition 2017
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    These key messages are the culmination of three days of discussions, sharing of experience and reflection by over 600 people who participated in the International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition co-convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in December 2016. Participants included including delegates from 90 FAO Member States, and representatives of intergovernmental organizat ions, private-sector entities, civil society organizations, academia, research organizations and producer organizations. These key messages should now be used to formulate better-informed and accelerated specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely (SMART) policy actions for food-system reform at national, regional and global level.
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    Asia and the Pacific Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition
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    2017
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    Rapid developments in the Asia-Pacific region are presenting new challenges to provide healthy food environments for all that promote access to nutritious, safer and affordable diets. This changing environment has led to a growing and multi-faceted malnutrition crisis. Clearly, we are now at a tipping point where there is an urgent need to reshape our food systems if we are to stem these current negative trends.

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