Healthy lifestyle strategy to be submitted to government
Armenia’s Ministry of Health has declared 2014 a year of healthy lifestyle. To introduce mechanisms for the promotion of healthy living, the Ministry is developing a strategy of healthy lifestyle and plans to submit it to the government for approval this year, head of the Public Health Unit of the Ministry of Health Lusine Kocharyan told reporters in Yerevan.
“The strategy will include legislative changes, program to combat alcohol abuse, programs concerning smoking restrictions and fast food, measures to ban the sale of fizzy drinks at schools,” she said.
“Educational and advisory materials will be published. A large part will be dedicated to the promotion of healthy living among schoolchildren,” Mrs Kocharyan added.