Health economics evidence for food system policy: a systematic review of reviews.

ABSTRACT: Food system interventions are needed for improving public health and to address health inequalities. Economics evidence enables an understanding of the costs associated with these interventions when offset against the gains to society. Here, we define economic analysis as studies of the effect of an intervention on prices, profits or balance sheets. By mapping this evidence, we gain an understanding of whether interventions target the production (supply-side) or consumption (demand-side) aspects of the system. This is helpful for identifying which "cluster" of policies have been more readily investigated in the academic literature, what the evidence says, and where there are gaps in evidence. The aims of this review were to synthesise the economics evidence on food system interventions des

SUBMITTER: Fu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12742207 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature