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- Power outages: four tips to reduce food safety risks: for households (2024)
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A discussion paper on the scope of the problem, its drivers, and strategies for moving forward for policy, practice, and research
In many protracted emergencies, the prevalence rates of global acute malnutrition (GAM) regularly exceed the emergency threshold of > 15% of children with acute malnutri...
Children continue to be exposed to powerful food marketing, which predominantly promotes foods high in saturated fatty acids, trans-fatty acids, free sugars and/or sodium and uses a wide variety of marketing strategies that are likely to appeal to children. Food marketing has a harmful impact on chi...
This report is the annual global monitoring report documenting progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 targets 2.1 and 2.2. This year’s report explores the links between urbanization and changing food systems and how these changes are impacting the availability, affordability and des...
Diets are changing everywhere, and the burden of disease associated with unhealthy diets is a worldwide concern. Measurement and monitoring of diets across countries and population groups is critical. However, there are no harmonized metrics for tracking how the healthfulness of diets around the wor...
This guideline provides updated, evidence-informed guidance on the percentage of total fat in the diet to reduce the risk of unhealthy weight gain.
This guideline is intended for a wide audience involved in the development, design and implementation of policies and programmes in nutrition and pub...
This video shows the range of foods that provide the best nutrition for a healthy growing young child.
In 2019, following a request from the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH), the Codex Alimentarius Committee (CAC) approved new work at its 42nd Session on the development of guidelines for the control of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in leafy vegetables and in sprouts.
The obje...
Complementary feeding, defined as the process of providing foods in addition to milk when breast milk or milk formula alone are no longer adequate to meet nutritional requirements, generally starts at age 6 months and continues until 23 months of age. This is a developmental period when it is critic...
To address the health challenges brought about by the changing food environment and high salt intake, WHO China, jointly with the National Institute for Nutrition and Health of China CDC and Tsinghua University, conducted an innovative study that applied nudge-based interventions to promote lower sa...
This guideline provides updated, evidence-informed guidance on the percentage of total fat in the diet to reduce the risk of unhealthy weight gain.
This guideline is intended for a wide audience involved in the development, design and implementation of policies and programmes in nutrition and pub...
La forte augmentation des taux de surpoids et d’obésité1 constitue une menace pour la santé de milliards
de personnes dans le monde. En 2016, plus de 1,9 milliard d’adultes âgés de 18 ans ou plus étaient en surpoid
Las tasas cada vez mayores de sobrepeso y obesidad son una amenaza para la salud de miles de millones
de personas en todo el mundo. En 2016, más de 1900 millones de mayores de 18 años tenían sobrepeso , de los cuales más de 600 millones eran obesos. En 2020, más de 38 millones de menores de 5 ...
Sodium Benchmarks for Packaged Foods
Fires, explosions and volcanic eruptions can damage and contaminate food and water due to heat, smoke, fumes and chemicals. These flyers include tips to reduce food safety risks during a fire incident for households, food suppliers, vendors, food industry inspectors and workers.
After a flood, food that has been in contact with flood-water may have become unsafe for human consumption. These flyers include tips to reduce food safety risks in the event of a flood for households,
Natural disasters and emergencies frequently cause power outages that can compromise the quality and safety of food. These flyers include tips to reduce food safety risks during a power outage for households, food suppliers, vendors, food industry inspectors and workers.
Las escuelas juegan un papel fundamental a la hora de crear entornos seguros y enriquecedores que aseguren a los estudiantes los cimientos para desarrollarse, aprender y convertirse en ciudadanos sanos, instruidos y comprometidos
Food inspection is crucial for ensuring food safety, using risk-based approaches to target high-risk products and businesses. This guidance aids national authorities in designing and implementing risk-based systems, offering step-by-step instructions, examples, and tools for prioritization and inspe...
Marketing of breast-milk substitutes: national implementation of the International Code, status report 2024
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This report provides updated information on the status of implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (BMS) and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly (WHA) resolutions (collectively referred to as “the Code”) in countries. It presents the legal status of ...
