PAFN and MoE working to develop school canteens – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait English Daily

PAFN and MoE working to develop school canteens – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait English Daily

‘Budget formed regarding food provided to students’

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 12: A nutritionist from Department of Awareness and Promotion of Community Health and Nutrition in the Public Authority for Food and Nutrition (PAFN) Nawal Al-Jazzaf announced that the authority, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Education, is currently working on developing school canteens, reports Al-Anba daily. In a statement issued on the sidelines on an event held to mark the International Children’s Day during which PAFN held several activities with the cooperation of Yarmouk Health Zone, Al-Jazzaf said such a development is based on the data obtained from the studies approved by the Ministry of Health, which showed that the phenomenon of obesity begins in children at the school age.