French Public Health Code
In forceA national nutrition and health programme is drawn up every five years by the Government, in accordance with the guidelines set out in the national food, nutrition and climate strategy defined in III of article L. 1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.
This programme defines the objectives of the Government's nutrition policy and sets out the actions to be implemented in order to promote :
-educating, informing and guiding the population, in particular by means of nutritional recommendations, including those relating to physical activity ;
-the creation of an environment conducive to compliance with nutritional recommendations;
-the prevention, detection and management of nutritional disorders in the healthcare system;
-setting up a system for monitoring the nutritional status of the population and its determinants;
-Developing training and research in human nutrition;
-combating food insecurity.
The actions adopted in the field of food are also included in the national food programme defined in III of article L. 1 of the rural and maritime fishing code, in accordance with the guidelines determined by the national strategy for food, nutrition and climate.
