Nutrition and Food Safety
The Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) Department is addressing the burden of disease from physical, chemical and microbial hazards in food and unhealthy diets, maternal and child malnutrition, overweight and obesity.
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Food Systems Community of Practice

WHO’s Food Systems Community of Practice (COP) is a peer-to-peer online forum for global professionals working on food systems issues who share a concern and interest in safer and healthier foods and food environments, and who seek to deepen their knowledge and expertise in this area, exchange information and discuss ideas by interacting on an ongoing basis. 

The COP’s goal is to expand learning potential, share diverse experiences and knowledge, encourage an understanding of new perspectives and stimulate individual and collective learning. This functional and active community of practitioners serves to streamline and expand quality technical information over time.

The Community of Practice serves to:

  • share, exchange and develop knowledge and improve the practice;
  • learn first-hand from experts at regular events;
  • access updates on WHO resources and new publications;
  • share lessons learned and knowledge based on collective reflection of its members.            

 

How to join

By joining, you will find an active community of practitioners and experts from all over the world, receive access to regular webinars, monthly updates and resources. You will also be able to submit your resources, event announcements and other content on food systems to be shared with other members of the Community of Practice.  

Not a member of the Food Systems Community of Practice?

For more information please contact:

foodsystems@who.int

Publications

Countdown to 2023: WHO 5-year milestone report on global trans fat elimination 2023

This fifth milestone report summarizes the progress from 2018-2023 towards the global elimination of industrially produced trans-fatty acids (TFA), highlighting...

Fiscal policies to promote healthy diets: WHO guideline

In current food environments, energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods are readily available, heavily marketed and relatively cheap. Consumers are challenged...

Policies to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing: WHO guideline

Children continue to be exposed to powerful food marketing, which predominantly promotes foods high in saturated fatty acids, trans-fatty acids, free sugars...

WHO global report on sodium intake reduction

The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed this report to monitor progress and identify areas for action in the implementation of sodium reduction...

WHO global strategy for food safety 2022-2030: towards stronger food safety systems and global cooperation

The vision of the WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety 2022-2030 is to ensure that all people, everywhere, consume safe and healthy food so as to reduce...

Food systems for health: information brief

WHO is promoting the implementation of a package of game changing food systems actions, that complement each other and focus on improving the nutritional...

Food systems delivering better health: executive summary

Today, our food systems are making us ill, driving climatic change and undermining the health of ecosystems. This new “Food Systems Delivering Better...

Fact sheets