UN food agency (FAO) and World Health
Organization (WHO) urged political leaders from around the world to up their
game in the fight to wipe out malnutrition, a global scourge which afflicts
poor and rich alike.
Speaking at the Second International
Conference on Nutrition in Rome, Margaret Chan, head of the World Health
Organization said "The world food system is broken, with its reliance of
the industrialised production of ever cheaper highly processed and unhealthy
food".
The delegates adopted a "Rome Declaration on Nutrition" and "Framework for Action", which the FAO said were based on a consensus reached by over 200 national governments after consultations with civil society organisations and the private sector.
The delegates adopted a "Rome Declaration on Nutrition" and "Framework for Action", which the FAO said were based on a consensus reached by over 200 national governments after consultations with civil society organisations and the private sector.
The action framework which accompanies
the Rome Declaration presents 60 recommendations, including developing and
implementing national plans and policies to better nutrition, as well as
boosting related investments.
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