The President of Turkmenistan approved the State Nutrition Programme of Turkmenistan for 2013-2017 during a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers.
The programme is aimed at increasing the average lifetime and preventing diseases caused by unbalanced nutrition. The document envisages wide introduction of standards and principles of nutrition and development of practical recommendations.
According to the document the systematic measures on public education in the sphere of rational nutrition, popularizing healthy lifestyle and sports, providing informational, organizational and methodological support to this work, control over the quality and safety of food will take place in the country.
The main goal of the Programme is to promote development of food production in line with the ecological, sanitary and hygienic regulations, scientific researches to optimize the forms and methods of nutrition under the local climatic conditions and train relevant specialists.
The Programme is developed in compliance with the WHO recommendations and international standards. The Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan jointly with the WHO, UNICEF, UNDP and other international organisations as well as ministries and departments of our country will take the programme implementation under rigorous control.
The programme is aimed at increasing the average lifetime and preventing diseases caused by unbalanced nutrition. The document envisages wide introduction of standards and principles of nutrition and development of practical recommendations.
According to the document the systematic measures on public education in the sphere of rational nutrition, popularizing healthy lifestyle and sports, providing informational, organizational and methodological support to this work, control over the quality and safety of food will take place in the country.
The main goal of the Programme is to promote development of food production in line with the ecological, sanitary and hygienic regulations, scientific researches to optimize the forms and methods of nutrition under the local climatic conditions and train relevant specialists.
The Programme is developed in compliance with the WHO recommendations and international standards. The Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan jointly with the WHO, UNICEF, UNDP and other international organisations as well as ministries and departments of our country will take the programme implementation under rigorous control.
