Commitment
Establish a national nutrition education programme
Description
We will popularize 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 schoools;
developp the nutrient profile of food consumed by primary and nursery children and implement a food restriction policy in primary and nursery
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Reduce children's overweight and obesity
Description
reduce prevalence of overweight and obesity in children under 5years of age from 11% in 2018 to less than 5% in 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 five |
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| Measurement plan | Use data collected by others |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 11% | 2018 |
| Target | 5% |
