The new programme of WHO named Nutrition Friendly School Initiative (NFSI) is presented in our review. There is discussed its relation to similar activities at both international and national levels. The aim of the new initiative is to provide a friendly and enabling environment for schools in close cooperation with parents and other keepholders to educate children to adopt the overall healthy lifestyle and thus to prevent an ever more frequent incidence of obesity and nutrition-related diseases and ill health. The efficiency of this initiative will be ensured by tools such as the accreditation of schools and consequent periodical evaluations.