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The INFORMAS healthy food environment policy index in Brazil: Benchmarking, current policies, and determining priorities for the future.
Recine, Elisabetta; de Castro Junior, Paulo Cesar Pereira; Sugai, Andrea; Gentil, Patricia Chaves; Feldenheimer da Silva, Ana Carolina.
Afiliação
  • Recine E; Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasilia (UnB), Brasília, Brazil.
  • de Castro Junior PCP; Department of Social and Applied Nutrition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Sugai A; Faculty of Nutrition, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
  • Gentil PC; Brazilian Institute for Consumers Defense (IDEC), São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Feldenheimer da Silva AC; Department of Social Nutrition, University of State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Obes Rev ; 25(4): e13681, 2024 Apr.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38123471
ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION:

Obesity and non-communicable diseases are the most important cause of death and inability in Brazil and worldwide. Public policies are an important strategy to prevent obesity. This study analysed the scope of Brazilian public policies for preventing and controlling obesity using the INFORMAS/Food-EPI protocol.

METHODS:

The public policies evaluation was conducted based on the INFORMAS/Food-EPI protocol. Experts from academia, civil society, and government assessed the level of implementation of food policies compared with international best practices and proposed new actions to be developed nationally. The protocol consisted of five phases (1) A comprehensive review of the implementation of food environment-related public policies; (2) validation with experts; (3) comparison of the national actions with the international best practice and due to the level of implementation; (4) list a set of actions to improve the current policies; and (5) evaluation of the actions due to their importance and achievability.

RESULTS:

Brazilian actions were focused on monitoring, leadership, governance, and resources and financing domains.

CONCLUSION:

The results will provide elements to support and improve the national policies that aim at the promotion of a healthy food environment and obesity prevention.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Saúde Pública / Promoção da Saúde Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Obes Rev Assunto da revista: METABOLISMO Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Saúde Pública / Promoção da Saúde Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Obes Rev Assunto da revista: METABOLISMO Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Reino Unido