| Targeted location (aggregate) |
National - The Dietary Guidelines are oriented to cover the majority of the national population. Considering the homogeneity in the nutritional problems … |
|---|---|
| Verification status | Verified Find out more |
Commitment description
Improve food strategies in Costa Rica to promote healthy diets and nutrition in order to address malnutrition in all its forms by 2030.
Commitment goals
By 2023, food guides will be developed, focusing on sustainable and healthy food strategies for people over 2 years old with multi-level recommendations and messages to companies and people involved …
- Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Research monitoring and data
- Goal SMARTness index: High
By 2025, the Costa Rican Food Foundation will have formed a working group led by a network of at least 10 grass-roots/volunteer associations to promote initiatives aimed at promoting healthy …
- Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Leadership and governance
- Goal SMARTness index: High
By 2030, initiatives for the prevention and treatment of malnutrition in children under five years of age will be intensified across all health authorities within Costa Rica
- Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Nutrition care services
- Goal SMARTness index: High
Create a network of cross-institution communicators to spread messages and develop a communication strategy to promote healthy eating
- Nutrition Action Classification: Enabling > Leadership and governance
- Goal SMARTness index: High
By 2030, controls will be tightened over unhealthy food available in student catering in the public education system.
- Nutrition Action Classification: Policy > Food environment
- Goal SMARTness index: High
Global Nutrition Targets
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Under-5 overweight
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 | Funding comes mostly from goverment budget |
|---|---|
| Funding mechanism | Mostly public |
| Cost secured | Not applicable |
| Total costs estimated | Not been estimated / unknown |
