Smorgasbord or symphony? Assessing public health nutrition policies across 30 European countries using a novel framework.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Countries across Europe have introduced a wide variety of policies to improve nutrition. However, the sheer diversity of interventions represents a potentially bewildering smorgasbord. We aimed to map existing public health nutrition policies, and examine their perceived effectiveness, in order to inform future evidence-based diet strategies.

Methods

We created a public health nutrition policy database for 30 European countries. National nutrition policies were classified and assigned using the marketing "4 Ps" approach Product (reformulation, elimination, new healthier products); Price (taxes, subsidies); Promotion (advertising, food labelling, health education) and Place (schools, workplaces, etc.). We interviewed 71 senior policy-makers, public health nutrition

SUBMITTER: Lloyd-Williams F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4251675 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature