US to overhaul nutrition policy after 53 years

By: Trademagazin editor Date: 2022. 08. 25. 12:13

The US task force on hunger, nutrition and health has submitted a consensus report with recommendations to the White House on how to improve nutrition, end food insecurity and reduce diet-related diseases across the country. Policy proposals include increased resources to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), tax incentives to industry and improved nutrition education.

It is time to change

The report aims to rebuild the US food and nutrition policy since the original White House report in 1969. It has been compiled by a team of experts ahead of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.

“It is clear that the challenges of food insecurity, diet-related diseases and health inequities intersect with and exacerbate each other and that radical systemic changes across multiple sectors are needed to adequately address them. Achieving the 2022 White House Conference goals of ending hunger, improving nutrition and reducing diet-related diseases in the US calls for a modern, multi-sector, coordinated national strategy,” the report says.

The policy recommendations are centered around four pillars: improving food access and affordability, integrating nutrition and health, empowering consumers to make and have access to healthy choices, enhancing nutrition and food security research.

“In September 2022, federal agencies and other diverse stakeholders will convene for a second White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health to face some of the country’s most prominent food and nutrition challenges – persistent food insecurity, increasing prevalence of diet-related diseases and widening health disparities,” the report adds.

Andria Kades / Nutrition Insight