Healthy and Sustainable Diets Round Table | 07.03.2019 | European Parliament, Brussels

We are delighted to bring your attention to an event co-hosted by MEP Gentile (IT, S&D) and the Healthgrain Forum (HGF) - the Nutrition and Health Task Force associated with ICC entitled
Embracing Healthy and Sustainable Dietary Switches for You and the Planet’s Health!”, which will take place on: 
 

Thursday 7 March 2019, 11:00-12:30, at the European Parliament, Brussels  - room ASP 3H1. 


Aims of the Meeting

1.Raise awareness of the simple, realistic and sustainable dietary switches everyone can make to their diets for better health and for the planet’s well-being, highlighting the important role wholegrain plays in this dietary model.  

2 Build up a constructive dialogue between consumers, policy-makers, food industry and retailers on how to best motivate and create enabling environments to nudge consumers into adopting small, yet impactful low environmental impact dietary changes, for a healthy life for present and future generations.

3. Spotlight on Italy: how to increase wholegrain consumption in markets consuming lowest amount of whole grain to improve public health– elucidating the importance of the local context, culinary traditions and habits.

The event will draw on the recent EAT-Lancet Commission report

 

English and Italian interpretation will be provided. 

 

The event will be followed by a networking reception. 

 

In case you want to attend this meeting, please confirm your participation by registering hereno later than Tuesday 26 February.