The European Food Regulatory Environment Index: a tool to monitor progress in implementing food environment policies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence based health policy, such as that put forward in the European Food and Nutrition Action Plan 2015-2020 and the WHO Global Action Plan on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases, has a role in curbing the consumption of unhealthful foods and drink. We ask how countries are performing in the adoption of these policies and how the comprehensiveness of their food environment policies explains variations in consumption of unhealthful products across Europe.

Methods

In order to assess the state of policy adoption, we developed a composite indicator-the Food Regulatory Environment Index (FREI) for which we calculated unweighted and weighted formulations according to the strength of the evidence base. We used linear regression models to explain var

SUBMITTER: Madureira Lima J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8975533 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature