Nutrition-related health problems in children are increasingly significant causes of disability and premature death worldwide. While undernutrition continues to be a major problem in many developing countries, the problem of overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions globally, and both developed and developing countries are seriously affected. In some countries, the epidemic of obesity sits alongside continuing problems of undernutrition, creating a double-burden of nutrition-related ill health among the population, including children.
Based on the principle that effectively addressing the increasing global public health problem of the double-burden of nutrition-related ill-health requires common policy options, the Nutrition-Friendly Schools Initiative (NFSI) was developed as follow-up to the WHO Expert Meeting on Childhood Obesity (Kobe, 20-24 June 2005).
The main aim of the NFSI is to provide a framework for ensuring integrated school-based programmes which address the double-burden of nutrition-related ill health, building on and inter-connecting the on-going work of various agencies and partners. These include the FRESH Initiative, Essential Package (UNICEF/WFP), Child-Friendly Schools (UNICEF), Health Promoting Schools (WHO), School Food and Nutrition Education programmes (FAO) to mention just a few. NFSI applies the concept and principles of the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), where schools that meet a set of essential criteria will be accredited as "Nutrition Friendly Schools"..
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