Nutrition - recommendations from the Directorate of Health
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A healthy and varied diet is essential for health and well-being. The dietary recommendations focus on increasing the consumption of vegetables, fruit, fish, and whole grain products and reducing the consumption of sugar, saturated fat, salt, and highly processed products.
Education, recommendation, and research in the field of nutrition
Education material on nutrition is published for all age groups: pregnant women, infants, children, adolescents and young people, adults, and older people. This material is for use in schools, healthcare facilities, businesses, and the general public.
Materials for use in education and teaching
Recommendations - poster (Icelandic)
The plate (Icelandic)
Five a day (Icelandic)
Whole grains at least twice a day (Icelandic)
The choice is yours (Icelandic)
A healthier option (Icelandic)
National dietary surveys are conducted, and dietary monitoring is carried out with other Nordic countries. The determinants of health, including diet, are monitored monthly. Furthermore, statistics on the consumption of food products in Iceland are collected (food supply).
We work with domestic and foreign research institutes, universities, and health institutions on research in the fields of nutrition and health.
The Directorate of Health is a professional advisor to the government on nutrition and publishes dietary recommendations and recommended daily doses of nutrients in collaboration with the leading experts in the field of nutrition. The Directorate of Health also collaborates with schools, institutions, and non-governmental organisations on health promotion in the field of nutrition.
Service provider
Directorate of Health