AUSTRIAN NUTRITION ACTION PLAN (NAP.e)
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HISTORY NAP.e
 Since 2002 several political initiatives by the european health
ministers to improve the nutritional situation in Europe
 Many countries had implemented national nutrition strategies
Austria followed 2010
 Many good projects, but:
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no networking
no coordinated planning and controlling
no evaluation of the effectiveness
no overview of „best-practice“ examples
no evidence-based effect- and action-catalog
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NUTRITION FACTS
1. Balanced diet = keystone for health and wellbeing
2. Nutritional status among the population in Austria is still
inadequate
(Data from the Austrian Nutrition Report 2012)
 Increase of overweight and obesity among school-children
and adults
 Increase of underweight among elderly people (17%)
 Inadequate nutrition behaviour among all age groups
 ↓ Carbohydrates, fiber, vegetables, fruits, dairy products
 ↑ Meat & meat products, sweeties, snacks
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WHY NAP.e?
!Measures to improve nutrition can not be ordered top down!
 Federal organisations within health-, education- and caresystems
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ACCORDED STRATEGIES!
 Nutrition = intersectoral issue – relevance in different policy
fields
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CONSULTATION, PARTICIPATION, TRANSPARENCY
HEALTH IN ALL POLICIES...
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Austria Health Targets (Goal 7 Nutrition)
National Nutrition Commission (NEK)
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MAIN GOALS OF NAP.e
Till 2020:
Visible improvement in the prevalence of diet-related diseases
and/or corresponding determinants and at least establishing a
hold of the rising figures for overweight and obesity.
Nutrition Goals:
Adequate energy intake; Optimization of fat quality & fluid intake
Intake of TFA & SFA, salt & sugar
Intake of fruits & vegetables, complex carbohydrates & fiber
MAKE THE HEALTHIER CHOICE THE EASIER ONE !
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NAP.e INITIATIVES I
Preventive actions on situational level
 Legal provisions
 Austrian trans fatty acids regulation
 Voluntary agreements
 Austrian salt initiative (cooperation with the bakery industry)
 Widespread nutrition strategies
 Austrian Prevention Strategy
 EU-co-financed activities
 School fruit program
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NAP.e INITIATIVES II
Preventive actions on behavioural level
 Food based dietary guidelines
 Austrian food pyramid for children, adults & pregnant women
 Media campaigns
 Leaflets and brochures
 Special projects
 “Healthy eating from the start”
 Consumer information websites
 Food Check (Coop with a Consumer Organization)
 Nutrition Page of the Federal Ministry of Health
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WHAT`s THE CLUE?
Mix of measures, which are implemented
in a culture and gender specific and
setting oriented way
and embedded in broad cooperations
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NATIONAL NUTRITION COMMISSION (NEK)
 Interdisciplinary advisory body for the minister of health
 Platform for networking for stakeholders in the nutrition sector
 Broad composition (29 institutions)
for example...
 other ministries
 universities & nutrition specific institutions
 professional associations
 social partners
 3 workings groups & 3 task forces
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NAP.e-Logo as quality- and identification label
for all initiatives of the NAP.e
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