Measuring and stimulating progress on implementing widely recommended food environment policies: the New Zealand case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Monitoring the degree of implementation of widely recommended food environment policies by national governments is an important part of stimulating progress towards better population nutritional health.

Methods

The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) was applied for the second time in New Zealand in 2017 (initially applied in 2014) to measure progress on implementation of widely recommended food environment policies. A national panel of 71 independent (n = 48) and government (n = 23) public health experts rated the extent of implementation of 47 policy and infrastructure support good practice indicators by the Government against international best practice, using an extensive evidence document verified by government officials. Experts proposed and pri

SUBMITTER: Vandevijvere S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5785861 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature