Nutrition policies in Germany: a systematic assessment with the Food Environment Policy Index.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To systematically assess Germany's nutrition policies, to benchmark them against international best practices and to identify priority policy actions to improve population-level nutrition in Germany.

Design

We applied the Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI), a methodological framework developed by the International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable Diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS) network. Qualitative content analysis of laws, directives and other documents formed the basis of a multistaged, structured consultation process.

Setting

Germany.

Participants

The expert consultation process included fifty-five experts from academia, public administration and civil society.

Results

Germany lags behind intern

SUBMITTER: von Philipsborn P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991688 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature