What is World Nutrition Day?

Today is National Student Nutrition Day.

1989, the China Student Nutrition Promotion Association, under the auspices of nutritionist Yu Ruomu, combined with the strategic goal of health care for all by the year 2000 of the World Health Organization, formulated a ten-year student nutrition work plan from 199 1 to the year 2000. This plan was named "Nursery System Project", and May 20th of each year was designated as China Student Nutrition Day.

Its purpose is to publicize the importance of nutrition in students' period and popularize nutrition knowledge. In may of 20001year, the Ministry of education and the Ministry of health jointly issued a document (who CDC no. 200 1 120) legalized "China Student Nutrition Day".

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Set background:

The nutritional status of Chinese students is not optimistic. Although the dietary calorie supply is basically up to standard, the supply in protein is low, the proportion of high-quality protein is small, and nutrients such as calcium, zinc, iron and vitamin A are obviously insufficient. Because of the high living standard of urban students, students' partial eclipse is serious, eating more high-calorie chocolate, biscuits and other foods affects their physical development, and they lack physical exercise, while rural children are not picky eaters and have a large amount of activities, so the nutritional status of urban children is generally not as good as that of urban children.

In order to make teenagers grow sturdily, we should popularize students' nutrition knowledge and provide students with a reasonable diet structure. Primary and secondary schools and kindergartens should rationally distribute meals according to the nutritional components contained in different foods and the nutritional standards of students of different ages, so as to achieve balanced health.

Baidu Encyclopedia-National Student Nutrition Day