PromoKids webinar 2, 2021

Sustainable and healthy food environments for children – current challenges 

Date: Wednesday, 24th of November 2021

Time:     
10:00 to 13:50 (Icelandic time)
11:00 to 14:50 (Swedish, Norwegian and Danish time)
12:00 to 15:50 (Finnish time)

Place:     Webinar via Teams application. 

Please register by 19th of November 2021.
The Teams link to the webinar will be sent to participants who have registered for the webinar  

Program 

Moderators Sirpa Sarlio, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland and Heli Kuusipalo, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare THL

12:00-12:05     
Opening of the webinar, Sirpa Sarlio, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland

12:05-12.25    
Greetings from the Food System Summit, Jyri Ollila, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland

Session 1: Sustainable food system for children and youth 

12:25-12:40    
UN School Meal Coalition - Environmental sustainability and healthy school meals, Heli Kuusipalo THL, Finland 

12:40-13:00    
OPTIMAT, healthy and sustainable school meals, Patricia Eustachio Colombo, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

13:00-13:20    
Food Jungle - Exploring and playing with healthy and sustainable food,
Kathrine Marthinsen, Folkelig and Ingrid Leversen, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway

13:20-13:40    
Danish recommendations for creating a supportive and enabling environment to ensure a positive culture around meals in schools, Karin Smedegaard, Department of Sustainable Diet & Health, The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Denmark.

13:40-14:00    
Getting to know the origin, production and use of foods – increasing food skills for future consumers. Examples from a collection of studies among youth in Iceland.  Anna S Olafsdottir, Faculty of health promotion sport and leisure studies, University of Iceland and Kolbrun Sveinsdottir,  Matis and  Faculty of foods science and nutrition, University of Iceland.

14.00–14.10     
Discussion 

14.10–14.30     
Break

Session 2. Home environment and trends on families’ everyday lives

14.30-14.50    
Associations between social and physical home environmental factors and dietary habits among preschool-aged children in Finland, Eva Roos, Uppsala University, Sweden and Folkhälsan, Finland 

14:50-15:10     
Eating habits and meal patterns – post corona,  Judith Kyst,
The Food Culture organisation of Denmark

15.10–15.20     
Discussion 

15.20-15:50     
Wrap up and closing of the webinar, Kremlin Wickramasinghe, WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of NCDs