IDF Forum – NutritionMary Anne Burkman

October 17, 2016

Rotterdam, NL

Source: International Food Policy Research Institute. 2016. Global Nutrition Report 2016: From Promise to Impact: Ending Malnutrition by 2030. Washington, DC.

Nutrition

• Assembling science-based evidence for the critical role of dairy to close the nutritional gap

• Proactively engaging with nutrition policy makers and key influencers

• Creating awareness among key IGOs and influencers of science-based evidence that supports the essential role of dairy and milk products as part of healthy eating patterns

IDF’S PURPOSE IN NUTRITION

Key Priorities 2016-20181. Promote the dairy matrix supporting optimal health: not only to the

individual nutrients and components in milk that convey health benefits, but the synergistic effects of the “package” of those components in the amounts/ratios represented in dairy foods

2. Engage in, explain and promote the interface between nutrition and sustainability (shared priority area with Sustainability)

3. Promote the important role of the dairy sector in reducing under-nutrition and micronutrient deficiency with a naturally nutrient-dense food.

Dairy matrix

Under-nutrition and micronutrient

deficiency

Nutrition and sustainability

ResponsiveProactive

Responding to Policy-Standards-Regulation Proposals

• Protein content in Follow-Up Formula• 6 to 12 months

• 12 to 36 months

• Front of Package Labeling

Policy-Standards-Regulatory Proposals

Contribution of School Milk Programs to the Nutrition of Children Worldwide

School Milk Programs

140 million children worldwide gain access to milk

Nutrition Initiative – Library of Education Programs

Examples: Japan, California

Thank you!

MBurkman@DairyCouncilofCA.org