Identifying implementation gaps and priorities for the Singapore government to improve food environment policies: perspectives from a local expert panel.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Singapore, an urbanised, developed nation, with a high reliance on food importation and a high prevalence of eating out is facing rising rates of obesity and diabetes. The objective of the current study was to characterise and evaluate the Singapore government's policies to improve the food environment and to identify and prioritise concrete actions.

Design

The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index tool and process were used. An expert panel rated the Singapore government's implementation of forty-seven indicators compared with international best practice in 2018. Indicators were prioritised, and specific recommendations were proposed by panel.

Setting

Singapore.

Participants

Twenty experts primarily from academia.

Results

As compared with inte

SUBMITTER: Tay Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11574831 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature