Nutrition Public Health: The World Health Organization (WHO)

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The only basic key to survival is eating, but this analogy is a double-edged sword due to the several risks involved with what we eat. Careless eating may lead to death and observe a proper nutritional diet may lead to a long and healthy life. Unhealthy eating contributes to chronic diseases and obesity which happens to be among the causes of death in the United States of America. Although most people may not think that monitoring what we eat is a food safety issue, it is a crucial factor in the whole concerns of food safety. What we eat may hurt or help us thus making it a safety concern. If we want to live longer, we need to accept the fact that among the top ten causes of deaths in America, some of them are related to food.
Healthy People 2020's nutrition and weight's general objective is to promote health and reduce the risks of chronic diseases which is taking American lives by encouraging people to eat healthy foods and maintain their body weights. America being a country where most deaths are caused by chronic diseases and obesity, Healthy People 2020's nutrition and weight's objectives sets a roadmap for the country to address this issue. What we consume is triggered by our eating behaviors. Having a bad eating behavior make people not to watch what they eat. These objectives are aimed at shaping and encouraging a good eating culture. They help the decision and policy makers in implementing the best policies and strategies that change individual eating behaviors in so many settings such as schools and the community at large. Children are the ones that are affected by bad...