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Public Health Institute (PHI)

How Communities Move Policy - Linking Locally, Regionally, Statewide, and Nationally to Create Change

Report

06 Dec 2018

This report explores how local changes to create healthy food and physical activity environments have the power to influence neighboring communities and regional, state, and federal policy.

ReportNutrition and food safetyPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Fruit and Vegetables for Health Initiative

Fact sheet

03 Dec 2018

Fact sheet on FAO and WHO collaboration in a global initiative to improve people's health - and farmers' income - by boosting the production, supply and consumption of fruit and vegetables.

Fact sheetNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

The future of food and agriculture: Trends and challenges

Report

28 Nov 2018

This report sheds some light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, and provides some insights as to what is at stake and what needs to be done.

ReportNutrition and food safety

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Expert meeting on population sodium reduction strategies for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in the South East Asian Region

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report presents the technical deliberations of the three-day meeting by participants of an Expert Meeting on Population Sodium Strategies for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in the South East Asian Region. The meeting focused on the development of regional strategies for salt reduction and measured population salt intake in the region.

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesNutrition and food safety+1

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

European food and nutrition action plan 2015–2020 (2014)

Report

12 Nov 2018

This action plan is intended to significantly reduce the burden of preventable diet-related noncommunicable diseases, obesity and all other forms of malnutrition still prevalent in the WHO European Region. It calls for countries to act, using a whole-of-government, health-in-all-policies approach. (Russian)

ReportNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Better food and nutrition in Europe: a progress report monitoring policy implementation in the WHO European Region

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report highlights progress achieved in the WHO European Region and Member States in implementing the European food and nutrition action plan 2015–2020 and presents selected epidemiological data on the nutritional status of populations throughout the Region and on implementation of policies recommended in regional and global frameworks to promote healthy nutrition and prevent obesity.

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Marketing of foods high in fat, salt and sugar to children: update 2012–2013

Report

12 Nov 2018

This publication provides information on the marketing of foods and beverages to children and the changes that have occurred in the last decade. It also examines the evolution of marketing methods and reviews some of the recent policy approaches by WHO European Member States to control such marketing to children.

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological Conditions+4

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Which national and subnational interventions and policies based on Mediterranean and Nordic diets are recommended or implemented in the WHO European Region, and is there evidence of effectiveness in reducing noncommunicable diseases? (2018)

Report

12 Nov 2018

This review focuses on national and subnational Mediterranean diet (MD) and Nordic diet (ND) interventions and policies in the WHO European Region to support decision-makers in shaping context-specific diet and nutrition policies.

ReportHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

What is known about the effectiveness of economic instruments to reduce consumption of foods high in saturated fats and other energy-dense foods for preventing and treating obesity?

Report

12 Nov 2018

This synthesis summarizes the available evidence concerning the effectiveness of economic instruments (including taxes, price policies and incentives) in containing or reducing food consumption, particularly of foods high in saturated fats and other energy-dense foods. (Russian)

ReportHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingNutrition and food safetySocial determinants of healthUnhealthy diets

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Mapping salt reduction initiatives in the WHO European Region

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report presents an up-to-date view of current initiatives to reduce salt intake in European countries, highlighting activities related to the action points of relevant global frameworks.

ReportNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Panorama of Food and Nutritional Security in Latin America and the Caribbean 2017

Report

17 Oct 2018

The Panorama of Food and Nutrition Security in Latin America and the Caribbean 2017, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), reports for the first time on the progress made by countries in the Region towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Pan American Health Organization Nutrient Profile Model

Guide

17 Oct 2018

The Nutrient Profile Model for the Pan American Health Organization – the PAHO NP Model – is designed to be used as a tool in the design and implementation of various regulatory strategies related to the prevention and control of obesity/overweight.

GuideNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets

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