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Are there any successful policies and programmes to fight overweight and obesity?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

02 Jan 2019

Are there any successful policies and programmes to fight overweight and obesity?

This document summarizes the online discussion Are there any successful policies and programmes to fight overweight and obesity? which was held on FAO’s Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum). 

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Report Health system strengthening, including governance and financingNutrition and food safetySocial determinants of health Unhealthy diets

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