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NUTRITIONCHALLENGES INEUROPE AND THEPOLICY RESPONSEFrancesco BrancaRegional Adviser

Nutrition and Food Security


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Source: WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2006.

Overweight in women (2000-2006)

25%

26-34.9%35-44.9%

45-54.9%

55-64.9%

65%

No data

Measured


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Trends of overweightamong school children

Source: WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2006.

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005

Survey year

Prevalence

ofoverweight(in

cludingobesity)

(%)

bothgende

rs

Denmark, 6-8 years

Denmark, 14-16 years

France, 5-12 years

France, 5-6 years

Germany, 5-10 years

Germany, 11-14 years

Germany, 5-6 years

Iceland, 9 yearsNetherlands, 9 years

Spain, 6-7 years

Spain, 13-14 years

Sweden, 6-11 years

Sweden, 9-11 years

Switzerland, 6-12 years

UK, 5-10 years

UK, 4-11 years

UK, 11-12 years


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Double burden of child malnutrition

Source: Adapted from CattaneoA et al. Child nutrition in CEE and CIS countries: report of a situation analysis. Geneva,

UNICEF, 2007.

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

Bela

rus

Cro

atia

Bulgaria

Georgia

TFYR

ofMaced

onia

Serbia

Ukraine

Kyrgyz

stan

Armenia

BosniaandHerzego

vina

Kazakh

stan

Russian

Federa

tion

Uzbeki

stan

Montene

gro

Romania

Albania

Azerbaijan

Tajikistan

Percentage

(%)

Underweight Overweight


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Anaemia in Preschool Children

Normal (


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Food safety problems Microbiological, including zoonoses and

antibiotic resistance Chemical

Radioactive isotopes

Risks from new production, packagingand processing technologies


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Positive developments, butstill far from targets


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Childhood obesity epidemiclevelling off in Sweden since 2000? Gteborg : OW decreased in girls

Stockholm : OW + OB decreased in

girls and OB decreased in boys Karlstad, Ume, Vsters Ystad : OB

decreased in boys and girls

Source : Lissner et al., IJO 2007


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Intake of saturated fatty acids ishigher than recommended

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

IsraelItaly

Portugal

Serbia

S

pain

Croatia

Norway

Bulgaria

Po

land

Kazakhstan

Greece

Georgia

UnitedKing

dom

Lithuania

Fin

land

Germany

Hun

gary

Slovenia

Iceland

Denmark

Sweden

France

Belarus

Belgium

Au

stria

%Energy


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Supply of fruit and vegetables is belowthe recommendations in many countries

>600g/person/day


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Food safety : uneven progress

Improved situation in many EU

countries due to rigid regulation

Major food safety challenges in the

Balkan and CIS region Foodborne diseases incompletely

reported New threats will occur


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The modern food system Globalisation of food trade

Longer and more centralised foodchain

Concentration of food retail

Urban food deserts

Increased consumption of industrially

processed foods Increased consumption of foods out-of-

home

Di t i i fl d b f t f


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Agricultural policies

Trade and fiscal policies

Social policies

Urban planning policies

Consumer protection policies

Educational policies

Food production,processing and retaildistribution

SUPPLY DEMAND

Individualchoices

Price

Availability

Quality

Safety

Knowledge,attitudes,

practices

Income

Diet is influenced by features of

supply and demand


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The Revised Action Plan forFood and Nutrition Policy


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Why a Revised Action Plan? The 2000 Action Plan

promoted the development ofnutrition policies

Nutrition policies are not fully

implemented New challenges

New policy developments

FOO D AND NUTRITION

ACTION P LANS IN THE WHO

EUROPEAN REGION

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

1994/95 1998/99 2005

Yes No


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What is new in the Food andNutrition Action Plan 2007 ? Common goals

Detailed action areas to influencesupply of food and consumers

behaviours International dimension and national

specificities

Implementation steps : actors,partnerships, priorities


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Goals Nutrition : saturated fat, trans fatty acids,

free sugars, fruit and vegetables, salt

Food safety :risk based and tailored(salmonella, campylobacter, brucellosis)

Food security : reduce hunger (MDG)


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2007

Oct Nov Jun Sep

MemberSt

atesConsultation,

Copenhagen

Ministe

rialConference,Istanbul

Coun

terpartsm

eeting,Paris

2 Writtenconsultations

57thReg

ionalCommittee,Belgrade

Outline 2 drafts Final draft20062005

Comments ofdrafting group

The development of the Action Plan


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ACTION AREAS

1. Supporting a healthy start2. Ensuring safe, healthy and

sustainable food supply

3. Providing comprehensiveinformation and educationto consumers

4. Implementing integrated actions

5. Strengthening nutrition andfood safety in the health sector6. Monitoring and evaluation

HEALTHCHALLENGES

Diet relatednoncommunicablediseases

Obesity in childrenand adolescents

Micronutrient

deficiencies

Foodbornediseases

Challenges and action areas


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Ensuring safe, healthyand sustainable food supply

1. Improve the availability of fruitand vegetables

2. Promote the reformulation ofmainstream food products

3. Promote appropriatemicronutrient fortification ofstaple food items and developcomplementary foods withadequate micronutrient content

4. Improve food supply and foodsafety in public institutions


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Ensuring safe, healthyand sustainable food supply

5. Ensure that the commercial offer of food

products is aligned to food-based dietaryguidelines

6. Explore the use of economic tools (taxes,

subsidies)

7. Establish targeted programmes for the

protection of vulnerable groups

8. Establish intersectoral food safety systemswith a farm to fork approach


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Providing comprehensive informationand education to consumers

1. Develop food-based dietary

guidelines and food safetyguidelines, complementedby physical activityguidelines

2. Conduct public campaignsaimed at informingconsumers

3. Ensure appropriatemarketing practices

4. Promote adequate labellingof food products


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The actors

Governments

Civil society and professional networks

Economic operators

International actors


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Role of WHO Promoting political commitment

Providing technical and policy support

Supporting and building capacity

Performing policy analysis Generating evidence

Assessing trends in nutrition and foodsafety

Reporting on implementation


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For more information Nutrizione e sicurezza

alimentarewww.euro.who.int/nutrition

Obesit in Europawww.euro.who.int/obesity

HEPA Europewww.euro.who.int/hepa

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