Public health obesity prevention experts have recently emphasized a policy systems and environmental change approach. Absent, however, are studies describing how practitioners transition from policy adoption to implementation. In the realm of food policy, financing programs to incentivize healthy food retail development in communities classified as "underserved" are underway at the local, state...

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...

International experience of Policy Councils on food and nutrition has developed over recent decades but they have not received the attention that is due to them. The 1992 International Conference on Nutrition recommended that governments create Food Policy Councils but few have been created. There has been more experience in local and sub-national policy councils, particularly in North America....

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:  identify two types of policy briefs (advocacy and objective);  describe the characteristics of a policy brief;  describe the structure and contents of a policy brief; and  conceptualize a policy brief about a food security issue. Introduction In this lesson we will take a close look at policy briefs and learn how to produce them. A policy bri...

This paper reviews the evolution of Thai food and nutrition label policies and Thailand's international role relating to food product safety and standards. The historical record has been interpreted to identify future trends and challenges related to food labelling. These challenges are arising in Thailand and many similar emerging economies. Thailand has a good reputation in world food markets...

Several pieces of legislation passed in Cleveland, Ohio, from 2007 to 2011, focused on improving the city's food environment through urban agriculture initiatives. We used qualitative, case study methods, including interviews with 7 key informants, to examine the policy development process and investigate the role of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Food Policy Coalition in developing and implemen...

> Seed systems are crucial for sustainable food system outcomes: agricultural sustainability, food security and healthy diets. > Production and distribution, innovation and regulation are the key functions of seed systems, which make a difference to sustainable food systems. > Currently used methods to measure the performance of seed systems concentrate narrowly on their contribution to agricul...

OBJECTIVE Palm oil is a cheap and versatile edible oil in widespread use as a food ingredient that has been linked to negative health and environmental outcomes. The current study aimed to understand the prospects for future health-focused policy development to limit food use of palm oil and promote a greater diversity of oils in Thailand's food system. DESIGN Eighteen semi-structured intervi...

Food price volatility is a major threat for welfare, economic prosperity and political stability. The monetary authority generally viewed in the literature as only institution responsible stability, however this approach overlooks importance of food stabilization policies using fiscal instruments. We develop estimate Bayesian DSGE model that incorporates policy tailored to India, replicating de...

IMPORTANCE Given the importance of developing healthy eating patterns during early childhood, policies to improve the elementary school food and beverage environments are critical. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between district and state policy and/or law requirements regarding competitive food and beverages and public elementary school availability of foods and beverages high in fats,...