Development of Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for the Western Pacific Region: The Shift from Nutrients and Food Groups to Food Availability, Traditiona

by WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Introduces the concept of food-based dietary guidelines as a powerful new tool for addressing the changing nutrition needs of Western Pacific countries. Food-based dietary guidelines, which emphasize specific foods dishes and local cuisines rather than nutrients or food groups, are considered an especially promising tool for the development of culturally sensitive dietary advice easily understood by consumers. The book which gives particular attention...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9290611294
• ISBN13: 9789290611295
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: World Health Organization
• Length: 68 Pages