World Food Day 2020: Stakeholders Discuss Ways to Reduce Iron Deficiency in Ghana | Health

Stakeholders of the ‘Live Strong with Iron’ campaign celebrate World Food Day with a special forum to focus attention on the need to redouble efforts to reduce iron deficiency among all, especially women and children in Ghana. World Food Day, celebrated each year on October 16, creates global awareness of hunger and promotes healthy eating for all.

The 2020 theme “Grow, nurture, sustain together” highlights the importance of dietary diversity, adequate nutrition for future generations, environmental sustainability, partnership, and concerted efforts to address nutrition-related challenges.

The forum moderated by Professor Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, a leading nutrition expert and keynote speaker at the University of Ghana, and attended by government officials, academics, dietitians, nutritionists, community opinion leaders, civil society organizations, media Communications, among others, discussed ways in which different stakeholders can contribute to curbing iron deficiency and promoting iron-rich and iron-fortified diets in Ghana.

Using affordable ingredients every day, celebrity chef Elijah Amoo Addo and campaign ambassador Oheneyere Gifty Anti led the gathering for a cooking demonstration on how to make a bean stew with a twist of kontomire, ensuring that all essential nutrients are preserved to make the stew more nutritious https://www.facebook.com/nestle.cwar/videos/703923690330874/.

The ‘Live Strong with Iron’ campaign promoted by Nestlé Ghana focuses on raising awareness of iron deficiency, its negative consequences and available solutions.

Speaking on behalf of Nestlé Ghana, Deborah Kwablah, Manager of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, indicates that the principles of the Live Strong With Iron campaign are in line with Nestlé’s ambition to help 50 million children lead healthier lives. by 2030 and its purpose to “unlock the power of food to improve the quality of life for all today and for generations to come.” “As a Good Food Good Life company, we are delighted to be associated with a campaign that talks about affordable, accessible and nutritious food.”

Before the stakeholder forum, Oheneyere Gifty Anti and Naana Anane Adjei, a dietitian, discussed an in-depth interview on Adom TV on the topic: the state of iron deficiency in Ghana. The two also presented a basket of iron-rich foods to the presenter to showcase some common Ghanaian foods that are excellent sources of iron, such as beans, legume seeds, wheat, eggs, brown rice, among others. The Live Strong with Iron campaign supports efforts to accelerate the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 2 Zero Hunger and 3: Good Health and Well-being.