Fig. 3

Adaption of the normative framework for good nutrition, where the ultimate goal is realisation of the right to good nutrition, and underlying conditions are substituted with human rights standards. The changes according to the basic conditions (from the framework for good nutrition) are that duty-bearers take a rights-based approach in all aspects of management and control under their job descriptions, including the way they allocate their potential resources. The underlying conditions are realisation of the right to adequate food, realisation of the right to care – where realisation of the right of the child to be heard is included (to be explained later in this chapter), and the realisation of the right to the highest attainable standard of health. Realisation of these rights will allow for an adequate food intake and prevention of disease of children within the resources available. While the normative framework for good nutrition recognises the immediate condition concerning health as “freedom from disease”, the right to the highest attainable standard of health does not equate to the right to be healthy. This current framework for the realisation of the right to good nutrition must be understood through the human rights language where children are entitled to access to healthcare and basic facilities and necessities that promotes good health and prevents disease, but where health and freedom of disease is not a human right itself