The responsibility for promoting healthy diets and increasing levels of physical activity must involve the active participation of many groups including governments, health professionals, the food industry, the media and consumers. There is a shared responsibility to help promote healthy diets that are low in fat, high in complex carbohydrates and that contain large amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables, along with regular amounts of physical activity
Ultimately, it is consumers who choose which foods to eat and
their choices are influenced by a large number of factors such as quality,
price, taste, custom, availability, and convenience. Consumer education, the
development and implementation of food based dietary guidelines, nutrition
labelling, nutrition education in schools and increased opportunities for
physical activity can all help to improve the nutritional well-being of people.
