en Nutrition Nutrition Commentary <a name="_Hlk43558964">While world is fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an infodemic of misinformation occurs that needs urgent attentions. </a><a name="_Hlk74579064">This commentary underscores importance of media food and nutrition literacy (MFNL) and appropriate policies to improve MFNL and nutrition education as integral parts of the public health response to COVID-19 emergency as well as long-term investments during post COVID-19 era.</a> food and nutrition literacy, COVID-19, media food and nutrition literacy 1 3 http://nfsr.sbmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-592-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ayoub Al Jawaldeh aljawaldeha@who.int 10031947532846005369 10031947532846005369 No WHO Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean Region, Cairo 11371, Egypt. Sareh Edalati saraedalati@yahoo.com 10031947532846005370 10031947532846005370 No Department of Community Nutrition, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute and Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Nasrin Omidvar omidvar.nasrin@gmail.com 10031947532846005371 10031947532846005371 Yes Department of Community Nutrition, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute and Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.