Pilot test of the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) to increase government actions for creating healthy food environments

S Vandevijvere, B Swinburn - BMJ open, 2015 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Effective government policies are essential to increase the healthiness of food
environments. The International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases …

Implementing healthy food environment policies in New Zealand: nine years of inaction

S Mackay, S Gerritsen, F Sing, S Vandevijvere… - Health Research Policy …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The INFORMAS [International Network for Food and Obesity/Non-
communicable Diseases (NCDs) Research, Monitoring and Action Support] Healthy Food …

Measuring and stimulating progress on implementing widely recommended food environment policies: the New Zealand case study

S Vandevijvere, S Mackay, B Swinburn - Health research policy and …, 2018 - Springer
Background Monitoring the degree of implementation of widely recommended food
environment policies by national governments is an important part of stimulating progress …

[PDF][PDF] The healthy food environment policy index: findings of an expert panel in New Zealand

S Vandevijvere, C Dominick, A Devi… - Bulletin of the World …, 2015 - SciELO Public Health
AbstractObjective To assess government actions to improve the healthiness of food
environments in New Zealand, based on the healthy food environment policy index …

Policies to create healthier food environments in Canada: experts' evaluation and prioritized actions using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI)

L Vanderlee, S Goorang, K Karbasy… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Food environment policies play a critical role in shaping food choices, diets, and health
outcomes. This study endeavored to characterize and evaluate the current food environment …

Policy implementation and recommended actions to create healthy food environments using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI): a comparative …

E Pineda, P Atanasova, NT Wellappuli… - The Lancet Regional …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background The increasing prevalence of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
in South Asia is concerning, with type 2 diabetes projected to rise to 68%, compared to the …

[PDF][PDF] Benchmarking food environments 2023: Progress by the New Zealand Government on implementing recommended food environment policies & priority …

S Mackay, H Percival, LT Morenga, B Swinburn - 2023 - auckland.figshare.com
Summary The fourth New Zealand Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) was
conducted in May 2023 by an Expert Panel of over 60 independent and government public …

Policy implementation and priorities to create healthy food environments using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI): A pooled level analysis across …

E Pineda, MP Poelman, A Aaspõllu, M Bica… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Food environments have been recognised as highly influential on population
diets. Government policies have great potential to create healthy food environments to …

Identifying implementation gaps and priorities for the Singapore government to improve food environment policies: perspectives from a local expert panel

Z Tay, C Whitton, RM van Dam, KS Chia… - Public Health …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Objective: Singapore, an urbanised, developed nation, with a high reliance on food
importation and a high prevalence of eating out is facing rising rates of obesity and diabetes …

Priority actions for addressing the obesity epidemic in England

F Watson, A Taylor, M Rayner, T Lobstein… - Public Health …, 2018 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveTo prioritise policy actions for government to improve the food environment and
contribute to reduced obesity and related diseases. DesignCross-sectional study applying …