nutrition
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Protect breastfeeding. Simple in principle, harder in practice, essential for all.
03rd August 2021
To mark World Breastfeeding Week (1 to 7 August 2021), Lucy Westerman, Policy and Campaigns Manager at NCD Alliance, reflects on infant formula industry interference during the pandemic.
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Mexico to move forward towards elimination of industrially produced trans fatty acids (iTFA)
07th June 2021
To reduce global consumption of TFAs, the WHO recommends that all countries eliminate industrially-produced TFA (iTFAs) from their national food supply.
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Healthy Food Systems: For people, planet, and prosperity
02nd June 2021
On Friday 4 June 2021, 1 - 3 p.m. CEST the World Health Organization (WHO), EAT and the Global Alliance for the Future of Food will host 'Healthy Food Systems: For people, planet, and prosperity, an Independent Food Systems Summit Dialogue'. Register now to learn and explore how health and food systems can be used to stimulate action and drive decision-makers towards making commitments that deliver on better health outcomes for all.
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Dismantling remaining barriers to be trans fat free by 2023
18th November 2020
In collaboration with Resolve to Save Lives, the NCD Alliance presented a high-level virtual event on 17 November 2020 on strategies to eliminate industrially-produced trans fatty acids (iTFA) from the global food supply.
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What's in our food? – launch of media campaign in Jamaica
20th February 2020
Since World Diabetes Day on 14 November 2019, the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the National Consumers’ League, has been leading a new mass media campaign to encourage Jamaicans to make healthier choices.