Nutritional Guideline in Bangladesh

Current Food Based Dietary Guidelines

•Eat a variety of foods everyday.

•Promote the advantages and importance of breastfeeding

•Ensure food intake to maintain desirable body weight

•Eat clean and safe foods

•Eat moderate amounts of foods and oils

Source: FAO

Current Food Based Dietary Guidelines (Cont……)

• Consumption of fresh spices, lemon and sour fruits.

• More consumption of whole grains foods than processed foods.

• Less consumption of fats, proteins.

•Increase frequency of use of leafy and yellow-orange vegetables

and fresh fruits.

• Increase household production of green vegetables and fresh fruits.

Source: FAO

Strength of the current Guidelines

• Addressing the importance of breastfeeding

•Hygiene of food

•Complementary foods

•Using Iodized salt

•Mental health

•Drinking safe water

• Increase of cereal products

FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization)

FAO.org

Food Pyramid in Bangladesh

Weakness of the Dietary Guidelines

• Didn’t mention about the amount of water/day

• Because of low literacy, the nutrition knowledge don’t reach

to everybody.

• Not much discussion about diary products consumption.

• Increase of food adulteration .

• Bread, other cereals and potatoes - select something from this

group at every meal.

•Meat, fish and alternatives - select something from this group twice

per day.

• Fruit and vegetables - select five portions every day including fruit

juice as possible.

• Milk and dairy products - eat one pint milk/day or equivalent in

milk products.

•Food containing fats and sugar should be eaten in moderation

unless one is trying to increase the energy intake.

• Drinks - 8 to 10 cups of fluid/day or as advised by doctor

Nutrition & REOPA Project: UNDP Bangladesh

Nutrition Action Organization

•FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization.

•Project Task Force (PTF)

•Capacity Strengthening Team (CST) & District

Offices

• Upazila REOPA Committee

•UP – Project Management Committees

•NGOs

Recommendations to improve Dietary Guidelines

• Spreading of knowledge should start from primary school

level.

• Media can advertise nutritional food consumption.

• Family holder should be care about maintaining healthy diet of

their family members.

• Government and NGOs can arrange more campaigns and

workshops.

http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/wfs-home/csdb/en/

www.sciencepages.co.uk/.../foodpyramid.jpg

http://www.undp.org.bd/projects/prodocs/REOPA/Nutrition

%20%20REOPA.pdf

http://www.blogs.com.bd/2009/01/using-food-pyramid-for-

balanced-diet-value/

http://www.fao.org/ag/humannutrition/nutritioneducation/fb

dg/49850/en/bgd/

http://www.coloradoadulted.org/Webquests/EDUQuests/nutri

tion.htm

References