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4. regulation to provide the healthy snacks like fruits in schools.
5. involving food and drink industry and hotel and restaurant associations to reduce energy
density and fat content, and portion size of food and drink.
6. statutory food labeling with simple and understandable displays of the composition and
energy density in all eating establishments, including in the menus.
iii. improving physical activities of the urbanizing population:
1. Legislation to provide and maintaining walking and biking paths by municipalities.
2. Legislation to provide adequate facilities for securing bicycles in cities and public areas by
municipalities and private and public offices.
3. Developing regular public transport strategies to promote use of public transport and walking
maximally.
4. Legislations to keep at least one standard indoor swimming pool in shopping malls flourishing
in urban areas and public swimming, games and sports, and dance and music facilities in
each ward by Municipalities.
5. Change in school curriculum to encourage children to participate in sports and physical, and
dance and musical activities
6. Legislation to keep parks in every municipality area
iV. improving nutritional status of girls and women of childbearing age in rural areas:
1. Campaigning about improvement of nutritional status of girls and women of childbearing
age in rural areas.
2. Government programmes for nutritional supplementation with balanced diet in school,
workplace and community for girls and women of childbearing age in rural and poorer
sectors of society
3. Legislation and programmes to guide and involve national and international non-governmental
organizations in such programmes.
V. Maintaining optimum pre-pregnancy body weight in urban areas
1. Massive campaign to the people and professionals about the need to maintain optimum prepregnancy
body weight of middle of the recommended body mass index.
2. involving professional, public, non-governmental and private organizations involved in
women’s and maternal health.
3. Developing guidelines to follow during antenatal and postnatal visits of women
4. education and discussion about the culture of excessive feeding to women after delivery or
abortion.
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