Towards a children's food and nutrition policy

This chapter examines several themes which relate to the
development of children's food and nutrition policies. Although
many of the examples described focus on Australian settings,
the themes explored can be applied to settings and sectors in
many countries. The chapter briefly reviews children's food
and nutrition issues, poses the need for government or
community led policies, proposes a food policy knowledge
management process, provides some examples of the sorts of
information that can be garnered from population monitoring,
and ends with an attempt to flesh out some of the elements of
a children's food and nutrition policy.