Mission: To make health a top priority for everyone in Northern Ireland.

Good nutrition plays a vital role in promoting and protecting health. It helps prevent heart disease and some cancers as well as other health problems common in Northern Ireland, such as obesity and oral disease. The overall aim of the Health Promotion Agency's nutrition programme is to contribute to the development of environments that enable the people of Northern Ireland to make healthier food choices through improved public awareness, easier accessibility and increased availability and affordability of healthy food choices.

This will be achieved through work in the Agency's four business areas:

• policy development and advice;
• research and evaluation;
• public and professional information;
• training and professional development.