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Food and nutrition policies: what's being done in Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

Gülden Pekcan
Gülden Pekcan*
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Division of Community Nutrition, Hacettepe University, 06100 , Ankara, Turkey
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*Corresponding author: E-mail gpekcan@hacettepe.edu.tr
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Abstract

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Objective

The aim of the present paper is to describe the development of the National Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition (NPAFN) for Turkey.

Design

Access to a safe and healthy variety of food, a fundamental human right, was stressed by the International Conference on Nutrition and by the World Food Summit. In the International Conference on Nutrition in December 1992, one major commitment was the preparation of NPAFN. The NPAFN for Turkey was designed according to this commitment.

Setting

Turkey.

Results

To this end, under the coordination of the State Planning Organization, a Working Committee Report for National Food and Nutrition Strategy of Turkey was prepared and published, with the participation of different sectors. The goal of the prepared National Food and Nutrition Strategy for Turkey is to protect and promote health through and healthy nutrition and reduce the burden of diseases, while contributing to socio-economic development and a sustainable food security.

Conclusion

In Turkey the NPAFN was developed and implementation has initiated. Nearly for all the actions, related projects are being developed.

Keywords

Food and nutrition policyFood securityFood safetyNutritionTurkey
Type
Research Article
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 9 , Issue 1a , February 2006 , pp. 158 - 162
Copyright
Copyright © The Author 2006

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