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Nourishing Schools Foundation, Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) Food & Agriculture Centre of Excellence and Food Future Foundation today hosted an online Food Systems Dialogue to inform the first-ever UN Food Systems Summit, which will take place in New York in September. This milestone Summit is drawing on the input of people all over the world to identify sustainable solutions for the future of food.
The Dialogue was chaired by Vinita Bali, Chairperson, CII National Committee on Nutrition.
The Independent Dialogue brought together 27 eminent participants to develop ideas on how to make the local food system safer, stronger and more sustainable for delivering nutrition for children.
Pawan Agarwal, former CEO, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and co-convenor of the Dialogue said, “It is essential to transform food systems for creating a food secure, healthy and sustainable world. To further this objective, this dialogue helps us look at food systems from the lens of children’s nutrition and the various initiatives that need to be taken to create a lasting change in this space.”
Participants agreed on a number of ways that the food system for delivering nutrition for children can be strengthened. These included the following:
- Adopting a life-cycle approach for nutrition interventions that targets adolescents, in addition to pregnant women and children under 2 years
- Adding more content to the school curriculum on health and wellbeing, to build awareness and create behaviour change among children
- Using mass and digital communication such as online games, social media and television to raise awareness, educate and inform parents and children about better nutrition