Abstract

QUEIROZ, Ana; MOTA, Inês  and  CARDOSO, Sofia. The Right to Healthy Food in Food Policy Context. Acta Port Nutr [online]. 2015, n.2, pp.34-37. ISSN 2183-5985.

Food is a fundamental human right recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is a basic requirement for the promotion and protection of health. The Right to Adequate Food is based on the right of all individuals to strategies and laws that can ensure the access to adequate food and it compromises three dimensions: availability, adequacy and accessibility. This review aims to highlight the importance to respect, protect and fulfil the human food as an human right and the relevance of the nutritionist work in the scheduling and execution of actions in order to guarantee the right to food in any place in the world, as well as possible health professionals interventions in this area. Among the different nutrition interventional areas, community nutrition and public health are those that allow better to ensure equity in the implementation of the right to food at all society levels.

Keywords : Right to food; Nutritionist; Nutritional policies; Portugal.

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