INFORMAS (I nternational N etwork for F ood and O besity/non‐communicable diseases R esearch, M onitoring and A ction S upport): overview and key principles

B Swinburn, G Sacks, S Vandevijvere… - Obesity …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐communicable diseases (NCD s) dominate disease burdens globally and poor
nutrition increasingly contributes to this global burden. Comprehensive monitoring of food …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Food environment typology: advancing an expanded definition, framework, and methodological approach for improved characterization of wild, cultivated, and …

SM Downs, S Ahmed, J Fanzo, A Herforth - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
The food environment is a critical place in the food system to implement interventions to
support sustainable diets and address the global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and …

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 contributing to the rapid increase in obesity occurring
in most Latin American (LA) countries. The present study reviews literature from LA that (i) …

Monitoring the impacts of trade agreements on food environments

S Friel, L Hattersley, W Snowdon, AM Thow… - obesity …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The liberalization of international trade and foreign direct investment through multilateral,
regional and bilateral agreements has had profound implications for the structure and nature …

Monitoring food and non‐alcoholic beverage promotions to children

B Kelly, L King, L Baur, M Rayner, T Lobstein… - Obesity …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Food and non‐alcoholic beverage marketing is recognized as an important factor
influencing food choices related to non‐communicable diseases. The monitoring of …

Monitoring the health‐related labelling of foods and non‐alcoholic beverages in retail settings

M Rayner, A Wood, M Lawrence, CN Mhurchu… - obesity …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Food labelling on food packaging has the potential to have both positive and negative
effects on diets. Monitoring different aspects of food labelling would help to identify priority …

Assessing factors influencing adolescents' dietary behaviours in urban Ethiopia using participatory photography

U Trübswasser, K Baye, M Holdsworth… - Public health …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Objective: To assess factors influencing dietary behaviours of adolescents in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. Design: Using the qualitative participatory method Photovoice, participants …

[HTML][HTML] WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative: school nutrition environment and body mass index in primary schools

TMA Wijnhoven, JMA Van Raaij, A Sjöberg… - International journal of …, 2014 - mdpi.com
Background: Schools are important settings for the promotion of a healthy diet and sufficient
physical activity and thus overweight prevention. Objective: To assess differences in school …

Food environments in and around post-primary schools in Ireland: associations with youth dietary habits

C Kelly, M Callaghan, M Molcho, SN Gabhainn… - Appetite, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The food environment within and surrounding schools may influence children's
diets. This study explored if the internal and external school food environments were …