Procurement Summary
Country : Belize
Summary : Determine protective and risk factors of overweight and obesity among adolescents in Belize.
Deadline : 23 Feb 2020
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Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 40420646
Document Ref. No. : RFP 03/2020
Competition : ICB
Financier : United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
Purchaser Ownership : -
Tender Value : Refer Document
Purchaser's Detail
Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN`S EMERGENCY FUND (UNICEF)
Email: mbennsobers@unicef.org
First name: Melissa
Surname: Sobers
Telephone country code: Belize (+501)
Telephone number: 2233864
Telephone extension: 237
Fax country code: Belize (+501)
Fax number: 2233604
Belize
Email :mbennsobers@unicef.org
Tender Details
Tender are invited for Determine protective and risk factors of overweight and obesity among adolescents in Belize.
Deadline : 23-Feb-2020 21:50 (GMT -6.00)
Published : 07-Feb-2020
Type of Notice : Request for proposal
Beneficiary Country/Territory : Belize
Reference : RFP 03/2020
Description : DETERMINE PROTECTIVE AND RISK FACTORS OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS.
BACKGROUND
Data from the 2011 Global School-based Student Health Survey among 13-15-year-old adolescents in Belize showed that 32.3% of boys and 39.1% of girls are overweight; and 12.5% of boys and 12.6% of girls are obese.1 1
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children`s Fund (UNICEF) have developed strategies to prevent and reduce overweight and obesity among children and adolescents. Their strategies include influencing government policies and their implementation to protect children and adolescents from non-communicable diseases (NCD), engage children and adolescents, their families and their communities, 2 promote the intake of healthy foods, reduce unhealthy foods and sugar-sweetened beverages intake, promote sleep and physical activity, provide multicomponent support managing obesity, 3 among others.
Individual and community factors can expose adolescents to higher risks of overweight or obesity; nonetheless, promoting health habits at individual and community level in addition to implementing strong health and nutrition policies, act as protective factors against malnutrition.
OBJECTIVES
Addressing malnutrition among adolescents is a priority of the National Sustainable School Feeding Technical Committee (NSSFTC), a multi-sectoral and inter-ministerial body formed by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, and Ministry of Agricu...
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