Food-based dietary guidelines

Europe

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This section provides information about food-based dietary guidelines and food guides from the European region.

As of 2020, over 30 countries in the region have national dietary guidelines for the general public, and a considerable number have also developed paediatric guidelines and educational materials for other age groups.

This section has been prepared in collaboration with the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe.

We invite governments to send us their new or revised dietary guidelines and to notify updates on the information pertaining to their countries.

Institutional contacts

Albania

Ministry of Health

Austria

Ministry of Health

Belgium

Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Institute of Public Health of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 

Bulgaria

Ministry of Health

Croatia

Ministry of Health 

Cyprus

Ministry of Health 

Denmark

Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark

Estonia

National Institute for Health Development

Finland

National Nutrition Council

France

Ministry of Health

Georgia

National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health

Germany

German Nutrition Society

Greece

Institute for Preventive Environmental And Occupational Medicine, Prolepsis

Hungary

National Institute for Food and Nutrition Science

Iceland

The Directorate of Health 

Ireland

Department of Health

Israel

Ministry of Health

Italy

CREA Food and Nutrition Research Centre

Latvia

Ministry of Health 

Malta

The Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Directorate, Parliamentary Secretariat for Health 

Netherlands

Netherlands Nutrition Centre 

Norway

Directorate of Health

Poland

National Food and Nutrition Institute  

Portugal

Faculty of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Porto University

Romania

National Food and Nutrition Committee, Ministry of Health

Slovenia

National Institute of Public Health

Spain

Spanish Agency For Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition

Switzerland

Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office
Swiss Society for Nutrition  

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Institute of Public Health

Turkey

Ministry of Health

United Kingdom 

National Health Service