Commitment

Dietary guideline & food comp. revised

Government / Sudan

Federal Ministry of Health of Sudan

Partner organisations:
Country government at any administrative level: Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forests , Humanitarian Aid Commission
Commitment made: 07 Nov 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - Nationwide

Verification status Find out more

Commitment description

Sudan will update its national dietary guideline and food composition table to promote and scale consumption of healthy and endogenous foods, outlaw marketing of BMS and ultra-processed foods with unhealthy sugar, salt, and fats level by 2025

Global Nutrition Targets

Anaemia
Under-5 stunting
Under-5 wasting
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Under-5 overweight
Low birthweight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Salt/sodium intake

Nutrition Action Classification across all goals

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

N4G themes covered by goals

  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Total funding and costs across all goals

Funders Government of Sudan, UN Agencies, donors, INGOs, and other development partners
Funding mechanism Public
Cost secured Funds are partially secured
Total costs estimated Not been estimated / unknown

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