Prevention of childhood obesity and food policies in Latin America: from research to practice

R Pérez‐Escamilla, CK Lutter… - Obesity …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… To understand how scientific knowledge has supported the decisions to design and implement
evidence‐based healthy lifestyles policies in Latin America, we examined and identified …

The promise and challenges of food sovereignty policies in Latin America

S Araujo - Yale Hum. Rts. & Dev. LJ, 2010 - HeinOnline
… are inspiring a new wave of food policies in Latin America. Some of these development …
local programs of food sovereignty. One example of such grassroots-driven policy initiatives is …

Agricultural and food policy for cardiovascular health in Latin America

C Hawkes - Prevention and Control, 2006 - Elsevier
… Changes in agricultural production and policies can therefore … in Latin America could use
agricultural and food policies to … and the food-consuming industries to produce a food supply …

The challenge of improving food and nutrition in Latin America

R Uauy, CA Monteiro - Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Latin American Region has exhibited a marked increase in the consumption of high-energy-density
foods … that food should be subject to these policies, but at the very least we can make …

Public policies and food systems in Latin America

JF Le Coq, C Grisa, S Guéneau, P Niederle - 2022 - library.oapen.org
… regard to food policies in Latin America, attempting to answer the following questions: What
are the processes of construction and institutionalization of food policies in Latin America? …

[HTML][HTML] Structural responses to the obesity epidemic in Latin America: what are the next steps for food and physical activity policies?

G Melo, N Aguilar-Farias, EL Barrera… - … Health–Americas, 2023 - thelancet.com
… challenges, particularly in Latin America, where obesity rates … Many countries have proposed
or enacted comprehensive policies … -based food interventions, including taxes on junk food, …

Food security governance in Latin America: Principles and the way forward

R Pérez-Escamilla, T Shamah-Levy, J Candel - Global Food Security, 2017 - Elsevier
… We focus on Latin America because even though the region has the world's largest … [Workshop
on food and nutrition security monitoring to support public policies in Latin America and …

Obesity and the food system transformation in Latin America

BM Popkin, T Reardon - Obesity Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… We then conclude with policy implications and agenda for the debate. … Sugar is a major
element in all Latin American foods and beverages, particularly coffee, pastries, packaged foods

[HTML][HTML] Global and local agendas: the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact and innovative sustainable food policies in Euro-Latin American cities

D Martín, R de la Fuente - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
… Specifically, it analyzes the framework of sustainable food policy building at … Food Policy
Pact, and its influence on the development of local and global sustainable food-related policies

The food environment in Latin America: a systematic review with a focus on environments relevant to obesity and related chronic diseases

C Pérez-Ferrer, AH Auchincloss… - Public health …, 2019 - cambridge.org
… Objective: Food environments may be … Latin American (LA) countries. The present study
reviews literature from LA that (i) describes the food environment and policies targeting the food