Goal

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 in the food system, from producers to consumers

FROM Commitment: Healthy Food Systems

Government / Costa Rica

Ministerio de Salud

Partner organisations:
Civil society organisation (CSO) or non-governmental organisation (NGO): Fundación Costarricense de Gastronomía (FUCOGA)
Academic or non-academic research institution: Escuela de Nutrición de la Universidad de Costa Rica
Country government at any administrative level: Ministerio de Salud y Drección de CEN-CINAI, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social
Date made: 02 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Verification status Verified Find out more
NAF SMARTness index High Find out more
Targeted location National - The Dietary Guidelines are oriented to cover the majority of the national population. Considering the homogeneity in the nutritional problems that are currently presented, the guidelines will seek to guide the diet of a population in which more than half …
Targeted population Overall population (all ages, both sexes)
Population coverage 5,024,097.0
Primary indicator Number of Food Based Dietary Guidelines documents, including technical documents, advertising campaigns, intervention strategies and policies that incorporate these guidelines.
Primary indicator baseline 0
Primary indicator target There are at least six national documents outlining what the Food-Based Dietary Guidelines should do to steer the actions of the country in order to achieve nutrition-sensitive food systems
Duration January, 2022 - December, 2023

Goal action plan

Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (Guías Alimentarias Basadas en Alimentos - GABAs) will be developed under the leadership of the Ministry of Health and the Intersectoral Commission for Food Guidelines, through the work organized with the relevant parties at national level. Also on board will be experts in food and nutrition and food systems, along with joint work sessions and the approval of all products that incorporate the Food-Based Dietary Guidelines package.The guidelines will be developed using the methodology set out by FAO headquarters in Rome and approved by the Inter-sectoral Commission for Food Guidelines. The package of products includes multilevel technical recommendations aimed at steering the policies, programs and initiatives undertaken by the various parties involved throughout the food system to address the nutritional issues earmarked as a priority by the country. It also includes the Technical Paper needed for evidence-based decision-making, a policy brief with the most relevant information for advocacy among the various parties and populations involved, and a communication package to distribute priority messages to the target audience.

Nutrition Action Classification

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

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