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UN Standing Committee on Nutrition
Published in : 1991
Available in : English
'Nutrition' has been used in the past to describe both an input (consumption of nutrients) as well as a set of outcomes. Some of the confusion about the scope of actions to improve nutrition may be cleared up by distinguishing causality and effect. Thus, if nutrition is to be seen as an input, then the focus will be primarily on food. If it is to be viewed as an outcome, on the other hand, then other factors, notably disease, need to be considered. In aiming to reduce problems of nutritional deprivation, it is argued here, the policy focus should be on achieving outcomes rather than pre-defining inputs. This leads logically to the concept of 'nutrition-relevant' actions - those that affect nutrition even if that is not the main objective - rather than the more restrictive definition of an explicit nutrition policy.
Documents :
Policy_paper_No_10.pdf (PDF, 691.49Kb)
Originally posted at : UNSCN - Publications
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Themes : Breastfeeding, general, Complementary feeding, general, Diet and lifestyle, general, Interventions, general, Micronutrients, general, Nutrition and human rights, general, Nutrition assessments and M&E, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Overnutrition, general, Undernutrition, general, Vulnerable groups, general, Behavior Change Communication, Civil and political rights, Diet related chronic disease, Dietary diversity, Economic, social, and cultural rights, Exclusive breastfeeding, Food and nutrition policies and strategies, Iodine / IDD, Iron / Anaemia, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Monitoring and evaluation, Monitoring and evaluation, Multi-sectoral, Nutrition information and education, Nutrition information and education, Programmes, Therapeutic feeding, RUF/RUTF, Therapeutic feeding, RUF/RUTF, Triple-A (Assessment, Analysis, Action), Underweight, Vitamin A / Night blindness, Women and girls
Life-cycle focus : Pregnancy, Lactation, Infancy, Pre-school age, School age
Resource types : Normative guidance: Norms, standards, policies, Peer reviewed journals or papers, Reports, Scientific/background documents
Locations : Botswana, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Indonesia
Working groups : Breastfeeding and complementary feeding, Capacity Development in Food and Nutrition, Household Food Security, Micronutrients, Nutrition of School-Age Children, Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights
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