[HTML][HTML] Implementation of healthy food environment policies to prevent nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in Ghana: national experts' assessment of …

A Laar, A Barnes, R Aryeetey, A Tandoh, K Bash… - Food Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Nutrition-related non-communicable diseases (NR-NCDs) are a global health problem,
increasingly recognised as driven by unhealthy food environments. Yet little is known about …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: Food environment research priorities for Africa—Lessons from the Africa food environment research network

AK Laar, P Addo, R Aryeetey, C Agyemang, F Zotor… - Advances in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the last 2 decades, many African countries have undergone dietary and nutrition
transitions fueled by globalization, rapid urbanization, and development. These changes …

Development, implementation and outcome of standards to restrict fatty meat in the food supply and prevent NCDs: learning from an innovative trade/food policy in …

AM Thow, R Annan, L Mensah, SN Chowdhury - BMC public health, 2014 - Springer
Background Diet-related noncommunicable diseases represent a major global public health
challenge, and require a multisectoral policy response. However, the use of trade policy in …

Diet-related non-communicable diseases in South Africa: determinants and policy responses

M Spires, P Delobelle, D Sanders, T Puoane… - South African Health …, 2016 - journals.co.za
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death globally and they are
on the rise both in low-and middle-income countries, with South Africa being no exception …

Monitoring and benchmarking government policies and actions to improve the healthiness of food environments: a proposed G overnment H ealthy F ood E …

B Swinburn, S Vandevijvere, V Kraak, G Sacks… - Obesity …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Government action is essential to increase the healthiness of food environments and reduce
obesity, diet‐related non‐communicable diseases (NCD s), and their related inequalities …

Effects of food policy actions on Indigenous Peoples' nutrition-related outcomes: a systematic review

J Browne, M Lock, T Walker, M Egan, K Backholer - BMJ Global Health, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Indigenous Peoples worldwide endure unacceptable health disparities with
undernutrition and food insecurity often coexisting with obesity and chronic diseases. Policy …

Non-communicable disease prevention policy process in five African countries authors

PA Juma, SF Mohamed, BL Matanje Mwagomba… - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in sub-Saharan
Africa is causing further burden to the health care systems that are least equipped to deal …

The African urban food environment framework for creating healthy nutrition policy and interventions in urban Africa

HA Osei-Kwasi, A Laar, F Zotor, R Pradeilles… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
This study developed, validated, and evaluated a framework of factors influencing dietary
behaviours in urban African food environments, to inform research prioritisation and …

Prevention and control of foodborne diseases in Middle-East North African countries: Review of national control systems

D Faour-Klingbeil, E CD Todd - International Journal of Environmental …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Foodborne diseases continue to be a global public health problem with an estimated 600
million people falling ill annually. In return, international standards are becoming stricter …

[图书][B] Ensuring food and nutrition security in rural Nigeria: an assessment of the challenges, information needs, and analytical capacity

IO Akinyele - 2009 - Citeseer
The Nigeria Strategy Support Program (NSSP) of the International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI) aims to strengthen evidence-based policymaking in Nigeria in the areas of …