The Ministry of Health issues and publishes the "Administrative Measures for Nutrition Improvement Work" (full text)

According to the Ministry of Health website, in order to further promote nutrition improvement and improve the health of residents, the Ministry of Health has organized the “Measures for the Management of Nutrition Improvement”. These Measures shall come into effect on September 1, 2010. The full text is as follows:

Nutrition improvement work management approach

Chapter 1 General Provisions

Article 1 These Measures are formulated to promote nutrition improvement and improve the nutritional quality and health of the residents.

Article 2 The term “nutrition improvement work” as mentioned in the present Measures refers to the prevention and control of nutritional deficiencies, nutritional deficiencies, and nutrition-related diseases that are carried out to improve the nutritional status of residents.

Article 3 The nutrition improvement work shall focus on balanced diet, reasonable nutrition, and moderate exercise, and implement the principles of scientific propaganda, professional guidance, individual voluntariness, and social participation.

Article 4 The health administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level shall incorporate the improvement of nutrition into the scope of public health, adopt comprehensive measures, popularize nutrition knowledge, advocate nutrition concepts, and improve nutritional status.

Article 5 The Ministry of Health shall formulate a national nutrition improvement work plan, nutrition standards and guidelines based on public health issues, nutritional status of the population and economic and social development levels, and regularly publish reports on the nutritional status of the Chinese residents.

Article 6 The health administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level shall, in accordance with the National Nutrition Improvement Work Plan, and in conjunction with the actual conditions in the administrative region, formulate relevant nutrition improvement work programs and organize the implementation thereof.

Article 7 The National Center for Nutrition and Food Safety of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention is responsible for the technical guidance of the national nutrition improvement work.

Local disease prevention and control institutions at all levels shall set up departments responsible for nutrition work, rationally allocate professional and technical personnel for nutrition, and be responsible for the technical guidance for the improvement of nutrition in the administrative region.

Hospitals should strengthen clinical nutrition work, and conditional clinics should establish clinical nutrition departments.

Chapter II Nutrition Monitoring

Article 8 The State shall establish a nutrition monitoring system to monitor the residents' dietary status, nutritional improvement effects, and nutrition-related diseases.

The Ministry of Health formulates and implements a national nutrition monitoring plan. The health administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, in accordance with the national nutrition monitoring plan, organize the formulation and implementation of nutrition monitoring programs in accordance with the specific conditions of the administrative region.

Article 9 Nutrition monitoring shall include the following contents:

(1) Food intake and dietary changes in different populations;

(b) The nutritional status of macronutrients and micronutrients;

(3) Protein-energy malnutrition, anemia, calcium deficiency, and vitamin A deficiency;

(4) Overweight, obesity and nutritional-related diseases;

(5) Other things that need to be monitored.

Article 10 The disease prevention and control institutions at or above the county level shall carry out nutrition monitoring work in accordance with nutrition monitoring plans and programs, collect, analyze and report nutrition monitoring information, and conduct relevant epidemiological surveys, on-site sampling, laboratory tests and evaluations.

Article 11 National and provincial disease prevention and control institutions are responsible for guiding and training disease prevention and control institutions and their staff to carry out nutrition monitoring.

Article 12 Maternal and child health care institutions, community health service agencies, township health centers and other medical and health institutions shall participate in nutrition monitoring and provide corresponding technical support in accordance with nutrition monitoring plans and programs.

Article 13 The disease prevention and control institutions and medical institutions shall report to the health administrative department of the local people's government in a timely manner on the nutritional problems of the discovered population.

Article 14: The health administrative department shall organize experts in medicine, food, nutrition, etc. to analyze, evaluate and study the nutritional problems of the existing population, and put forward corresponding opinions and suggestions to the public according to specific conditions.

For the nutritional problems that require the government to take measures to intervene, the health administrative department shall report to the people's government at the same level in a timely manner.

Chapter 3 Nutrition Education

Article 15 The public health administrative department shall regularly organize and carry out various forms of publicity and education on nutrition, promote the "Guidebook for Chinese Residents", help residents form eating habits and healthy lifestyles that meet nutritional requirements, and improve the ability to improve dietary nutrition.

The professional departments and personnel engaged in nutrition work in disease prevention and control institutions, medical institutions, universities, research institutes, nutrition societies and other units should provide scientific, practical, and easy-to-understand nutrition and health knowledge.

Article 16 Disease prevention and control institutions at all levels shall assist schools, enterprises, institutions, and agencies to carry out nutrition education and education.

Article 17 Medical institutions shall carry out nutrition information publicity and consultation activities in conjunction with the diagnosis and treatment work to answer patients' questions.

Article 18 Maternal and child health care institutions, maternity hospitals, and children's hospitals shall carry out targeted nutrition knowledge education for pregnant women and children.

Article 19 encourages press, publishing, culture, radio, film, television, and other media to carry out nutrition education.

Nutrition education should be scientific and accurate, and it should be guided by the nutrition professional department.

It is forbidden to mislead and deceive the public with false and false nutritional information.

Article 20 The catering service units and the collective meal-feeding units shall, in conjunction with their business operations, strengthen the post-nutrition training for the personnel engaged in catering work, and conduct regular inspections and assessments.

Chapter IV Nutrition Guidance

Article 21 The disease prevention and control institutions at all levels shall, according to the major nutritional problems found in nutrition monitoring, determine the priorities for nutrition guidance and report them to the health administrative department at the same level for approval.

Article 22 The nutrition guidance work should be oriented to the public, with the goal of preventing nutrition-related diseases, and the focus is on those who lack nutrition and excess nutrition.

Article 23 Nutrition guidance work shall include the following contents:

(i) Consultation on nutrition knowledge;

(b) Evaluation of nutritional status;

(3) Suggestions for dietary collocation and intake;

(d) recommendations for strengthening the selection of food and nutrient supplements;

(e) Use of food nutrition labels;

(6) Social and media nutrition and health classes;

(7) Other nutritional guidance services.

Article 24 The disease prevention and control institution may carry out the pilot work of the nutritional improvement demonstration unit.

To carry out the pilot work of the demonstration units for nutrition improvement, there should be overall planning arrangements, specific target requirements, corresponding measures, and funding guarantees.

Article 25 The pilot work of the nutritional improvement demonstration unit may be either comprehensive nutrition improvement or single nutrition improvement.

Chapter V Nutrition Intervention

Article 26 The health administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level shall formulate a nutrition intervention plan based on the problems found in nutrition monitoring and report it to the people's government at the same level for approval.

Nutrition intervention should proceed from reality, combining funding, local resources, food supply and other conditions, adapting to local conditions, and step by step.

Article 27 The disease prevention and control institution shall strengthen the guidance of the student canteens and students' nutrition catering units in primary and secondary schools.

The student canteens and student nutrition catering units in primary and secondary schools should properly coordinate meals, guide students to develop proper dietary habits, and improve the growth and nutrition status of primary and middle school students. Encourage medical institutions, universities, research institutes, nutrition associations and other units to assist or participate in school nutrition promotion work.

Article 28 Medical institutions shall strengthen clinical nutrition work, improve patients' diet and nutrition, and play the role of nutritional interventions in promoting the adjuvant treatment and rehabilitation of patients.

Article 29 The health administrative department shall incorporate nutrition interventions into emergency plans for natural disasters and public health emergencies such as earthquakes, floods and droughts, provide professional and technical guidance for the supply and storage of nutritious foods, and prevent and reduce acute malnutrition. occur.

Article 30 Priority shall be given to children, maternal and elderly people, etc. for nutrition interventions for residents in disaster areas.

In combination with clinical needs, nutritional interventions were provided to the wounded and sick.

Article 31 Encourage social forces to subsidize primary and secondary schools in impoverished areas to improve the nutritional status of students.

Chapter 6 Rewards

Article 32 The health administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level shall give recognition and awards to units and individuals that have made outstanding contributions to the work of improving nutrition.

Article 33 When the China Nutrition Society assists the health administrative department in carrying out nutrition improvement work, it may award medals or certificates to advanced units in nutrition improvement work.

Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions

Article 34 The meaning of the following terms in these Measures:

Nutritional deficiency: also known as "nutrition" refers to the body's energy derived from food, nutrients can not meet the needs of the body, thereby affecting the growth, development or physiological function. Nutritional deficiency can be found through dietary surveys, physical measurements and the detection of related physiological and biochemical indicators.

Excess nutrition: also known as "nutrition." The body's energy and nutrients obtained from food exceed the body's needs, leading to overweight and obesity. Excess nutrition can be found through dietary surveys, physical measurements, and the detection of related physiological and biochemical indicators.

Macronutrients: The three most essential energy-producing nutrients for the diet, protein, fat, and carbohydrates. The daily needs of the human body range from tens of grams to hundreds of grams.

Micronutrients: In addition to macronutrients, other essential nutrients include minerals and vitamins. The human body needs less of these nutrients daily, usually in milligrams or micrograms.

Protein-energy malnutrition: Nutrition deficiency diseases that occur due to ingestion of protein and energy that do not meet the body's needs are more common in famine-prone or food-scarce regions. Children are particularly affected. Mainly manifested as growth retardation, underweight, severe weight loss or edema.

Overweight and Obesity: Weight exceeding the "healthy weight" standard is overweight; severe overweight, reaching the standard of obesity, obesity. Adults generally use the body mass index (BMI) as a criterion, BMI ≥24kg/m2 is overweight; BMI≥28kg/m2 is obesity. Overweight and obesity are unhealthy manifestations.

Article 35 The health administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government may formulate detailed rules for implementation in accordance with these Measures.

Article 36 These Measures shall come into force on September 1, 2010.