Food environment in Burkina Faso: priority actions recommended to the government using Food-EPI tool.

ABSTRACT: The food environment is an important factor in the efforts of countries worldwide to achieve a transition to sustainable food systems. The objective of this study is to formulate and prioritize actions to be addressed to the government of Burkina Faso for the creation of a healthy food environment, which will contribute to reducing malnutrition in all its forms and non-communicable diseases. National experts were brought together to identify and prioritize actions to fill the gaps identified through a multi-step assessment process following the methodology of the Healthy Food and Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI). Up to 20 priority policy actions were recommended to the Burkina Faso government. Actions in the policy component focused mainly on regulation of food promotion and marketing,

SUBMITTER: Tapsoba VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11293057 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature