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Obesity & public health
The Irish food and drink industry is fully committed to playing its role in helping to tackle obesity and other relevant public health issues.
This has been demonstrated in recent years through a range of voluntary initiatives, some of which are indicated below:
Participation on the National Taskforce on Obesity (2003-2004)
Establishment of the
Nutrition & Health Foundation
(2005-Date)
Active collaboration with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland in their '
Salt & Health
' initiative (2003-Date)
Targeted reduction of key nutrients of concern in existing food and drink products, including salt, fat, trans fat, saturated fat, sugar etc
New product development to expand the range of 'better for you' options available to consumers
Provision of better nutrition information to consumer through
Guideline Daily Amount
food labelling
Promotion of physical activity through targeted sponsorships- no other sector does more to encourage physical activity
Related Topics
For more information about the NHF and its activities, click on the above link
› Nutrition & Health Foundation
For practical informaiton on how to read GDA labels
› Visit www.GDAguide.ie
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