The National Nutrition Institute (Cairo Egypt) is a Governmental Public enterprise established since 1955. It is one of the 18 Organizations affiliated to the General Organization of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes (GOTHI) which is affiliated to the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) having HE the Ministry of Health as the Chairman of the GOTHI.

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The policy of the National Nutrition Institute

            Senior managers of the Institute and all workers Pledge to adopt the policy of "Healthy and Safe Food for Everyone" to work on upgrading the health and nutritional status of citizens and to reduce the rates of malnutrition and  diet-related chronic diseases.

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Strengthening the municipal bread flour with iron

           Adding iron to flour is being implemented effectively and successfully in more than 60 countries in the world including the United States, Canada and European countries such as Britain, Sweden and Denmark for more than sixty years, particularly since the forties and fifties, as well as all countries of South America (America), and was therefore effective in reducing the impact iron deficiency anemia rates to less than 5%.

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Central obesity and the seriousness of exposure to chronic diseases

         There are two known types for obesity,  Apple- shaped (Central obesity), where fat is concentrated in the waist and pear- shaped obesity (Prepheral Obesity), where fat is concentrated in the thigh and Buttocks. Central obesity is considered one of the most important risk factors for the suspected exposure of future health problems.

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Balanced diet and the food guide pyramid

          The newly developed system of the food guide pyramid, is one way for people to understand how to eat healthy. A balanced diet is one that includes all the food groups. In other words, have foods from every color, every day. The food pyramid can help to choose from a variety of foods to get the needed nutrients , and the suggested serving sizes can help to control the amount of calories, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sugar or sodium in the diet.

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Body mass index

           Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height that is commonly used to classify underweight, overweight and obesity . It is defined as the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in metres (kg/m²).

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