Aimed at policy-makers, this booklet summarizes a larger forthcoming publication that discusses the components of food and nutrition policies and the evidence supporting them. It describes ill health related to food and nutrition and the associated costs, shows the need for action and describes the steps for policy-makers to take. The larger book and this summary highlight the urgent need for integrated, multisectoral food and nutrition policies to encourage the sustainable production of food, safe production and the provision of food of high nutritional quality .
