Commitment
Establish a national nutrition education programme
Description
We will popularise the Food and Nutrition Guide for families, develop protocols for therapeutic diets in nutrition for children, organise periodic overweight/obesity screening campaigns in schools and communities and activities to promote physical activity and sports practice in primary and nursery schools, develop the nutrient profile of food consumed by primary and nursery children and implement a food restriction policy in primary and nursery schools.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Reduce children's overweight and obesity
Description
Reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children under 5 years of age from 11% in 2018 to less than 5% by 2030.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Unverified
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| SMARTness index |
Upper moderate
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Details
| Target population characteristic |
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Childhood overweight
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Policy >
Consumer knowledge
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Prevalence of overweight or obese children under 5 years of age |
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| Measurement plan | Use data collected by others |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 11% | 2018 |
| Target | 5% | December 2030 |
