Nutrition the Nordic Way

The Nordic Council of Ministers participates at the UN’s Second International Conference on Nutrition, (ICN2) in Rome, November 19-21.

As part of the conference, a new website presents a Nordic take on the planning of national or regional efforts to document and improve health and nutrition in the general population.

The site, www.nordicnutrition.org, is an inspirational toolbox combining the expertise on nutrition from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, as well as Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Åland Islands.

Nutrition and health challenges

Nutrition the Nordic Way highlights the work done by the Nordic Council of Ministers to create a coherent and holistic method to tackle the nutrition and health challenges of the 21st century.

It is presented at an ICN2 side event: Adressing Overweight and Obesity – held in collaboration with the delegations of Brazil, Germany and Norway on November 20th at the FAO headquarters in Rome.

A holistic approach

The site asks the question where we want to go in terms of nutrition and health as well as looking at how far the Nordic countries have come on a number of issues. It also explores what we should eat and what are the healthy choices.

Thus, it covers the work right from the “Nordic Plan of Action on better health and quality of life through diet and physical activity” over monitoring on a regional scale, to the extensive effort put into the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations as well as the Nordic food label “The Keyhole”, which indicates the most healthy choice within a given type of food or product.

Additional activities

The Nordic Council of Ministers has also funded a number of other research projects on a healthy, sustainable diet as well as additional nutrition related activities, notably associated with the concept of New Nordic Food or dealing with food waste.

For more information see www.nordicnutrition.org