Abstract

GRACA, Pedro  and  GREGORIO, Maria João. The Construction of the National Program for the Promotion of Healthy Eating: Conceptual Aspects, Strategic Guidelines and Initial Challenges. Nutrícias [online]. 2013, n.18, pp.06-09. ISSN 2182-7230.

Food based chronic diseases are already the leading cause of death and disease in Western societies. Portugal, with a million of adult obese and with a sharp increase in social and economic costs associated with this type of pathology, began in 2012 and for the first time, a national strategy in the field of food and nutrition which was called the “National Program for the Promotion of Healthy Eating”. The strategy is based on guidelines proposed by the World Health Organization, the European Commission and also those derived from experiences in countries such as Norway and Brazil and also the retrospective analysis of previous initiatives nationwide. The National Program for the Promotion of Healthy Eating is presented briefly and also some of the main challenges to their implementation.

Keywords : Food policy; Nutrition policy; National programs.

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