45. Long-term care provisions should include interventions promoting behavioural and lifestyle changes to delay the onset of health problems, such as healthy nutritional practices and an active lifestyle, and affordable access to health-care services, including screening for and treatment of diseases, in particular those most prevalent among older women. Health policies must also ensure that health care provided to older women, including those with disabilities, is based on the free and informed consent of the person concerned.
| Year | 2010 |
| Topic | Food policy |
| Document Type | General Recommendations |
| Country | N/A |
| Policy Area | Physical activity |
| Human Rights Comiteee | CEDAW |
| Human Rights | Right to adequate food and nutrition Right to information |
| Groups Affected | Women and/or girls |
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General recommendation No. 27 on older women and protection of their human rights, CEDAW/C/GC/27, (2010). Par. 45. Available at: https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CEDAW/C/GC/27&Lang=en
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