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The NAOS Pyramid and its equivalences tables

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:17:24 +0000

In many countries, the system of healthy eating pyramid is used in order to present the food groups according to what should be eaten on a daily basis and in which quantity.

Food groups are divided by horizontal lines in the graphic and thus suggesting the percentage of food for a daily diet.

There are several sorts of pyramid, according to the national specificities but generally, here are the main food groups presented:

Cereals and grains
Vegetables and fruit
Dairy products
Meat, fish, poultry, eggs
Fats (unsaturated)
Sweets and saturated fats

The FOOD partner AESAN goes further in a guide which proposes a pyramid and several tables of food equivalences per geographic regions. It enables to adapt balanced diet, including when eating foreign food.

Spanish food pyramid (equivalences) on FOOD Website

“A healthy diet for all!”

Meetings in Madrid – another milestone of the project December 14th 2009

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:56:14 +0000

The Inventory of the exiting programmes carried out in the first stage of the FOOD project raised an important point about the efficiency of the initiatives collected:

There is no strong project without a strong evaluation.

In effect, an evaluation plan forces the partners to concentrate on impact indictors and to follow a strict methodology. The purpose is to obtain good results as well as a solid process quality.

It has been proved that general meetings are often more efficient when it comes to a general concern. This is why the coordinator has decided to invite all associated partners to take part in the 2nd Steering Committee meeting in Madrid which agenda focused on the evaluation plan.
A first plan was submitted in Paris in July but this meeting has been the opportunity to discuss concrete actions and to go deeply into the details of implementation and responsibilities.
The evaluator took notes about the constraints of time and budget in order to find solutions which would not hamper the quality of the actions.

After long debates, a clear structure has been identified which will lead the Work package leaders and all partners’ work.

FOOD on facebook

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:53:03 +0000

After the website, now FOOD will be on Facebook.

Join the community, today already 90 fans follow our current events on Facebook…

Discover the page now : http://www.facebook.com/pages/FOOD

Launching of the FOOD Website

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:58:50 +0000

The official website of the European FOOD project – Fighting Obesity through Offer and Demand – coordinated by Accor Services.

All the information concerning the implementation of the project, the presentation of the partners, as well as a detailed diary of the international meetings and conferences on the balanced food subject is henceforth open to the public.

Discover it from now :

http://www.food-programme.eu/

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