Many of us struggle with unhealthy eating habits. Even if we are motivated to eat healthy foods such as fruits, many of us do it for a few days and quit.
We humans are generally lazy and tend to reach for the food that is most easily accessible. We often keep unhealthy snacks and soft drinks on kitchen shelves where they are within easy reach. However, this only reinforces our unhealthy habits. To subscribe please click tau.id/2iy6f and access our live channel.
A healthy diet helps to protect against malnutrition in all its forms, as well as a range of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and other conditions.
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However, increased production of processed foods, rapid urbanization and changing lifestyles have led to a shift in dietary patterns.
People are now consuming more foods high in energy, fats, free sugars and salt/sodium, and many people do not eat enough fruit, vegetables and wholegrains.
Diet can depend on an individual’s food choices, but also the availability and affordability of healthy foods and sociocultural factors.
Therefore, promoting a healthy food environment requires involvement across multiple sectors and stakeholders, including government, the public and the private sector.
Health organizations are creating a healthy food environment that enables people to easily adopt and maintain healthy dietary practices.
WHO Member States have also agreed to reduce the global population’s intake of salt by 30% by 2025 and to halt the rise in diabetes and obesity in adults and adolescents as well as in childhood overweight.
It called on governments, WHO, international partners, the private sector and civil society to take action at global, regional and local levels to support healthy diets and physical activity.
