Pilot test of the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) to increase government actions for creating healthy food environments.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Effective government policies are essential to increase the healthiness of food environments. The International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases (NCDs) Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS) has developed a monitoring tool (the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI)) and process to rate government policies to create healthy food environments against international best practice. The aims of this study were to pilot test the Food-EPI, and revise the tool and process for international implementation.

Setting

New Zealand.

Participants

Thirty-nine informed, independent public health experts and non-governmental organisation (NGO) representatives.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Evidence on the extent of g

SUBMITTER: Vandevijvere S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4289721 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature