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Report of the joint WHO/FAO expert consultation on diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases

The Joint WHO/FAO Expert Report, Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases (WHO TRS 916), was formally launched in Rome on April 23, 2003, by WHO Director General Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, and FAO Director General Jacques Diouf. Copies can be ordered through our Publications Office, and a PDF can be downloaded from the link below.

:: Final Report
Report of the Joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation on Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases

:: Scientific background papers
The background papers prepared for the joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation on diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases (Geneva, 28 January - 1 February 2002) have been published in Public Health Nutrition, volume 7, number 1(A), February 2004.

:: Executive Summary

• In English
• In French

:: Comments on the Draft Report
Submissions from interested parties on the Draft Report of the Joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation on Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases

:: Press release
3 March 2003 - WHO/FAO release independent Expert Report on diet and chronic disease
Less saturated fats, sugar and salt, more fruit and vegetables and physical exercise, needed to counter cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and obesity
Read English version | Read French version | Read Spanish version

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World Health Organization
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