Haikou, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- It is planned to improve the quality of feeding, popularize nutrition education, promote physical activity, strengthen nutrition monitoring, and prevent and control overweight and obesity in ......many primary and secondary schools across the countryAt the 2023 International Symposium on School Feeding and Student Health held in Haikou City, Hainan Province a few days ago, the reporter learned that the second phase of the "Nutrition Campus" was officially launched as a demonstration action for the prevention and control of obesity among primary and secondary school students in China.
Ding Gangqiang, director of the Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the second phase of the "Nutrition Campus" will carry out various specific actions next spring, evaluate the effect in the summer and autumn of 2025, and accumulate experience through pilot work, and propose standardized measures and work plans.
Li Xiaocui, deputy director of the Department of Health and Immunization Planning of the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention, said that the health status of primary and secondary school students in China has been continuously improving, and the gap between urban and rural areas has gradually narrowed. All departments should strengthen coordination, give play to the role of policy leadership, strengthen professional guidance, strengthen publicity and education, and encourage broad social participation to further improve the health level of primary and secondary school students.
According to reports, the purpose of this seminar is to improve the impact of balanced diet, physical activity and other factors on the nutritional status, vision and mental health of children and adolescents in China, exchange relevant experience in school feeding, nutrition improvement, overweight and obesity prevention and control at home and abroad, and promote the scientific and reasonable development of children's nutrition improvement in China. In the future, China will continue to increase investment in nutrition and health, create a healthy living environment through scientific methods and means, and promote the all-round development of primary and secondary school students.