Develop, update and implement the national food based dietary guidelines with the approach of life course and food systems
Description
Establish an updated National committee for the food based dietary guidelines and working groups across different sectors (Ministries of Health, Agriculture, Education, academy, food industry) to develop a road map in order to define the actions and timeline for the implementation of the project, following a new methodology with the food system approach.
Publish the updated guideline, integrating all the involved sectors aiming to ensure the implementation according to an action plan agreed, following the road map.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Develop Sustainable healthy diet policy
Description
The Dominican republic is committed to develop and implement sustainable healthy diet policies in order to provide to the population and sectors related to nutrition and food systems, a regulatory frame work to improve the nutritional status of the population and achieve the national and global nutrition targets.
The Dominican Republic commits to:
Develop, update and implement the national food based dietary guidelines with the approach of life course and food systems by 2024
Develop and implement technical regulations and guidelines in order to improve the accesibility to healthy diet at schools by 2024
Develop and implement Front-of-package warning labeling regulation by 2024
GNR assessment
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Unverified
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| SMARTness index |
High
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Details
| Global nutrition target(s) |
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Raised blood pressure
Salt/sodium intake
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Policy >
Consumer knowledge
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Publication of the updated National food based dietary guidelines with the approach of life course and food systems |
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| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | No | 2021 |
| Target | Yes |
