Strength of EU-level food environment policies and priority recommendations to create healthy food environments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food environments impact on diets, obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Government policies are essential to create healthy food environments. This study aimed to assess the strength of European Union (EU)-level policies, and identify and prioritize actions for the EU to create healthy food environments.

Methods

The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) was applied. The Food-EPI included 26 policy and 24 infrastructure support indicators. Independent experts (n = 31) rated the strength of EU-level policies and infrastructure support for each of these indicators (on a 5-point scale, from very weak to very strong) and identified and prioritized actions to improve food environments.

Results

For 65% of the 26 policy indicators, EU-level poli

SUBMITTER: Djojosoeparto SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9159309 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature