Promoting International Exchange on Healthy Diets for the Elderly and Sharing Achievements and Experiences Toward a Global Age-Friendly Environment

Healthy eating is one of the key issues for the elderly. In response, Health Promotion Administration of Ministry of Health and Welfare in collaboration with APEC, hosted an international conference today, focusing on three main themes: nutrition policies, empirical research, and AI applications. The conference provided a platform for exchanging experiences on promoting healthy diets and age-friendly environments for the elderly. Taiwan shared its blueprint for nutrition promotion policies and achievements in promoting healthy diets for the elderly, working together with other economies to create an age-friendly healthy eating environment. APEC economies join hands to address the aging trend in the Asia-Pacific region With the accelerating aging population, changing demographic structure and rising morbidity in Asia-Pacific region, the health of the elderly has become one of the key public health issues today. To promote the development of policies on health diet for the elderly, the “APEC Conference on Policies and Technologies to Promote Healthy Aging with Healthy Diet” was held by the Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare on March 26, 2025, at the Ch...