Other content with the tag "Food Policy".

December 13, 2024

This study assesses knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding salt and sugar intake among Fijian adults.

December 12, 2024

This study, initiated by the WHO, synthesizes expert perspectives on defining sustainable, healthy diets and the policies required to implement the

November 5, 2024

This protocol, authored by Jacqui Webster and colleagues, outlines a five-year project aimed at addressing the non-communicable disease (NCD) crisi

November 5, 2024

Authored by Farah Naja, this study evaluates the environmental footprints (EFPs) of food consumption patterns among Lebanese adults.

September 11, 2024

This chapter highlights millets' potential in combating malnutrition and enhancing food security amidst climate change.

December 8, 2023

This article presents a systematic review of the literature on policy options to improve food security and nutrition in developing countries, and a

December 6, 2023

This article presents a systematic review of the literature on policy options to improve food security and nutrition in developing countries, and a

December 1, 2023

The question addressed in this brief concerns how can governments pursue food systems transformation in the face of severe financial constraints, f

November 22, 2023

The food environment in which people exercise food choices significantly impacts their dietary patterns.

November 10, 2023

The adoption of a harmonised front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FoPNL) scheme has significant advantages from at least four perspectives.

November 10, 2023

For over 20 years, the EU has struggled to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing even though food marketing has been identifie

November 3, 2023

Global diets need to become more sustainable if we are to tackle the climate crisis.

October 26, 2023

Being informed about the composition and harms of products intended for personal consumption should be a straightforward request.

August 23, 2023

Reformulation, a change to a food or beverage's processing or composition, can reduce potentially harmful ingredients such as salt, added sugar, an

August 8, 2023

To articulate what it means to take a food systems approach and support policymakers around the world to do so, R4D and City, University of London

June 26, 2023

There is broad consensus on the need for bold action to improve the performance of 

June 26, 2023

Planetary health brings together intrinsically linked issues of human health and natural systems.

May 22, 2023

Current food systems fail to recognise the diversity of aquatic foods and their potential to contribute to sustainable healthy diets and their pote

May 9, 2023

Achieving food and nutrition security and ending hunger is a complex and multi-faceted global challenge, which requires urgent attention, particula

May 9, 2023

Globally, gender inequalities constrain food security, with women often disproportionately affected.

May 5, 2023

The mitigation of greenhouse gases in the agri-food sector depends on production and consumption patterns.

May 5, 2023

A call to governments to enact a strategy for a sustainable food system is high on the global agenda.

April 14, 2023

Ultraprocessed products (UPPs), associated with obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs), are becoming predominant on the global market and a t

April 13, 2023

This brief examines estimates produced by several recent model simulations and frameworks that focus on the cost of ending hunger as well as progre

April 11, 2023

This book explains how True Cost Accounting is an effective tool we can use to address the pervasive imbalance in our food system.

April 4, 2023

Although the issue of nutrition was long underrepresented in the global health agenda, it regained international attention with the introduction of

March 23, 2023

There is broad scientific consensus that current food systems are neither sustainable nor resilient: many agricultural practices are very resource-

March 23, 2023

Four categories of foods are proposed in the NOVA food classification, which seeks to relate food processing as the primary driver of diet quality.

March 9, 2023

To overcome pressing food system challenges, academics and civil society actors have called for the development of integrated food policies.

February 13, 2023

Unhealthy diets are a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases and negatively impact environmental sustainability.

ADAPT: Policy innovations to unlock climate finance for resilient food systems in Africa
February 13, 2023

For African countries to improve their preparedness, adapt to climate change, and build resilient food systems, they will require significant inves

How Perspectives on Food Safety of Vendors and Consumers Translate into Food-Choice Behaviors in 6 African and Asian Countries
January 18, 2023

Consumption of unsafe foods increases morbidity and mortality and is currently an issue, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

Finland Food Policies
January 17, 2023

The need to create more sustainable food systems calls for careful attention to justice in making the transition.

January 6, 2023

This volume – a critical product of the Scientific Group of the UN Food Systems Summit

November 27, 2022

The humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains the worst in the world.

November 27, 2022

The initiative “Nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food systems for Ghanaian SMEs: leveraging small and medium enterprises to improve nutrition” i

November 27, 2022

Globally, levels of hunger remain alarmingly high.

November 27, 2022

This is the one of four case studies in this special section of FEX to highlight the importance of a strong contextual analysis to guide the approp

November 27, 2022

This is a special section of Field Exchange (FEX) focusing on complementary feeding programming in fragile and emergency contexts.

November 24, 2022

Food reformulation is the process of altering the processing or composition of a food or beverage product, to improve its nutritional profile or to

November 24, 2022

India is facing a rapidly escalating public health crisis of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) with millions suffering from diabetes, cancer, and ca

November 23, 2022

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 has been prepared by the FAO Agrifood Economics Divi

November 23, 2022

The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, commissioned this Foresight report in 2015 to t

Driven to Waste: Global Food Loss on Farms
September 20, 2022

Driven to Waste: Global Food Loss on Farms, a report from WWF and Tesco, reveals an estimated 2.5 billion tonnes of food goes unea

September 5, 2022

The mindset of food leaders the world over has changed as a result of the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) of 2021.