National Nutrition Week 2015

9 - 15 October

In October every year South Africa celebrates National Nutrition Week. The focus of this year’s campaign is "Healthy eating in the workplace"- targeting public sector employees and food service providers for workplaces.

In line with Outcome 2: A long and Healthy life for all South Africans, The National Development Plan, Vision 2030, commits government to improving long-term health outcomes by prioritising, amongst other things, nutrition and physical activity.

Furthermore, the Department of Health and several government departments (education; sport and recreation; transport; cooperative governance and traditional affairs; trade and industry; and public service and administration) have committed to support and strengthen efforts to prevent and reduce the prevalence of obesity by 10% by 2020.  One of the ways this reduction will be attained is by strengthening settings-based interventions such as in schools and workplaces.

General guidelines for healthy eating are to eat:

  • at least three healthy meals, which consist of a variety of food every day
  • plenty of vegetables and fruit every day
  • fats and foods and drinks containing sugar sparingly.

 

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