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AUSTRIAN NUTRITION ACTION PLAN (NAP.e)

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HISTORY NAP.eSince 2002 several political initiatives by the european health

ministers to improve the nutritional situation in EuropeMany countries had implemented national nutrition strategies

Austria followed 2010Many good projects, but:

- no networking- no coordinated planning and controlling- no evaluation of the effectiveness- no overview of „best-practice“ examples- no evidence-based effect- and action-catalog

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NUTRITION FACTS

1. Balanced diet = keystone for health and wellbeing2. Nutritional status among the population in Austria is still

inadequate (Data from the Austrian Nutrition Report 2012)

Increase of overweight and obesity among school-children and adults

Increase of underweight among elderly people (17%) Inadequate nutrition behaviour among all age groups

- ↓ Carbohydrates, fiber, vegetables, fruits, dairy products- ↑ Meat & meat products, sweeties, snacks

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WHY NAP.e?!Measures to improve nutrition can not be ordered top down! Federal organisations within health-, education- and care-

systems– ACCORDED STRATEGIES!

Nutrition = intersectoral issue – relevance in different policy fields– CONSULTATION, PARTICIPATION, TRANSPARENCY

HEALTH IN ALL POLICIES... NAP.e Austria Health Targets (Goal 7 Nutrition) NAP.e National Nutrition Commission (NEK)

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MAIN GOALS OF NAP.eTill 2020:

Visible improvement in the prevalence of diet-related diseases and/or corresponding determinants and at least establishing a hold of the rising figures for overweight and obesity.

Nutrition Goals: Adequate energy intake; Optimization of fat quality & fluid intake Intake of TFA & SFA, salt & sugar Intake of fruits & vegetables, complex carbohydrates & fiber

MAKE THE HEALTHIER CHOICE THE EASIER ONE !

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NAP.e INITIATIVES IPreventive actions on situational level

Legal provisions- Austrian trans fatty acids regulation

Voluntary agreements- Austrian salt initiative (cooperation with the bakery industry)

Widespread nutrition strategies- Austrian Prevention Strategy

EU-co-financed activities- School fruit program

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NAP.e INITIATIVES IIPreventive actions on behavioural level

Food based dietary guidelines- Austrian food pyramid for children, adults & pregnant women

Media campaigns Leaflets and brochures Special projects

- “Healthy eating from the start” Consumer information websites

- Food Check (Coop with a Consumer Organization) - Nutrition Page of the Federal Ministry of Health

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WHAT`s THE CLUE?

Mix of measures, which are implemented in a culture and gender specific and

setting oriented way and embedded in broad cooperations

AUSTRIA NUTRITION ACTION PLAN!

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NATIONAL NUTRITION COMMISSION (NEK) Interdisciplinary advisory body for the minister of health Platform for networking for stakeholders in the nutrition sector Broad composition (29 institutions) for example...

- other ministries - universities & nutrition specific institutions- professional associations- social partners

3 workings groups & 3 task forces

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NAP.e-Logo as quality- and identification labelfor all initiatives of the NAP.e