Good afternoon, friends from the media! First, on behalf of the Promotion Committee Office of Healthy China Initiative, I’d like to express our thanks for your reports on the documents for “Healthy China initiative”. Many friends studied those documents carefully to conduct in-depth interpretation of some hot spots and focus issues, which is very important in helping the public learn about the initiative. According to the plan, today we are going to have the second conference on the topic of “proper diet initiative”. We are very glad to invite Zhang Zhiqiang, the deputy director-general of the National Health Commission's food department, Ding Gangqiang, Director of the Nation Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Yang Yuexin, President of the Chinese Nutrition Society to join us.

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To help people safely consume various nutrients, nutritionists started to propose reference intakes for some nutrients in the early 20th century. Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) was once used as a dietary quality standard for food production, which played a significant role in protecting people’s health.

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The “four cornerstones” for one’s health are reasonable diet, moderate exercise, no smoking & limited alcohol consumption, and psychological balance, of which reasonable diet ranks the first. But according to the global burden of disease study 2016, the diet-induced burden of disease accounted for 15.9%, making it a major risk to people’s health. And the latest outcomes from the global burden of disease study 2017 focused on the impact of diet-related risks to health.

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There is Chinese saying, which goes like this: food is the paramount necessity of the people. If we can prevent diseases with our diet, that would be the easiest way. So today we’ll talk about dietary fiber, which plays a significant role in preventing and controlling colorectal cancer.

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If you want to know what diet helps delay vascular obstruction and prevent cardiovascular diseases, we would suggest you eat an apple each day. As mentioned in the Chinese Dietary Reference Intakes Quick Reference Guide, the recommended daily fruit consumption ranges from 200g to 350g, which means an apple a day would be helpful for cardiovascular health.

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