Thread by @WHO

Unhealthy diets cause 11 million deaths per year.

#FoodSystems for Health save lives by:
↘️nutritious foods costs
↗️ availability & affordability of healthy diets
✅Ensuring fair prices that reflect the true costs on environment, health & livelihoods

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6⃣ action areas of #FoodSystems for Health:

1⃣ Consumer behavior can be shifted towards healthy diets using fiscal policies like:
✅ Taxing of unhealthy diets
🍏 Subsidies for healthy options

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6⃣ action areas of #FoodSystems for Health:

2⃣ Fortify food 🍞🍚 with extra vitamins and minerals to make it more nutritious.

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6⃣ action areas of #FoodSystems for Health:

3⃣ Healthier meal options in schools 🏫 and hospitals 🏥 are needed. Governments should purchase more nutritious public food options.

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6⃣ action areas of #FoodSystems for Health:

4⃣ Promote healthy diets by regulating the marketing of unhealthy food options to children.

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6⃣ action areas of #FoodSystems for Health:

5⃣ Food can be reformulated to contain:
↘️Less salt 🧂
↘️Less sugars 🍩
↘️Less unhealthy fats 🧈

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