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    Action group 4 : enabling environment
    (2021-02-25) Laar, Amos; Smorenburg, Herbert
    The presentation breaks down components of a healthy food environment that could help improve policy and practice. It provides descriptions of factors that can influence dietary transition, with implications for policy. The MEALS4NCDs project (Providing Measurement, Evaluation Accountability & Leadership Support for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention) current focus is to support public sector actions that create healthy food environments for Ghanaian children, for instance, restricting unhealthy food marketing to children and improving school nutrition environments.
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    Building consumer confidence in the current, and the future food system we desire
    (2021) Laar, Amos
    This speech advocates for the engagement of young people in changing food systems. If Governments introduce policy measures that serve to restrict the promotion of unhealthy foods (for example, foods high in added sugars/sugar sweetened beverages, salt, saturated fats, trans fatty acids) to consumers/children; then production, processing, importation, marketing, or promotion of these unhealthy foods will be reduced making them less available. Food systems must inspire public confidence; they must prevent undernutrition and work with principles in mind: People; Planet; Prosperity.
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    Communique issued at the end of a one-day national multi-stakeholder nutrition forum, January 20th, 2020, Accra, Ghana
    (2020) Conveners of the First National Nutrition Forum
    The forum created an opportunity to validate findings of the Stories of Change research initiative from the School of Public Health (University of Ghana) and to disseminate nutrition and food environment research and advocacy initiatives. Key research findings of studies shared at the Forum have contributed to increased evidence on stunting and anaemia and the food environment in Ghana, and a commitment towards change that will address food policy at the national level.
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    Concept note : Ghana national dialogue on the current challenges and the future of Ghana’s food systems
    (2021) THE MEALS4NCDS PROJECT
    The food security and nutritional status of vulnerable population groups is likely to deteriorate further due to the health and socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Undernutrition coupled with the effects of climate change affects food production and consumption patterns, as well as overall development. In response to calls for partnership and collaboratively delivered solutions, the Food Systems Summit (September, 2021) has been convened. The Summit will articulate actionable, integrated plans for food systems transformation. This working paper provides an overview of the summit.
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    Ghanaian [urban] food environment : an introduction
    (2020-10-01) Laar, Amos
    Analysis covering the period 1980–2015, reveals >500% increase in prevalence of adult obesity in Ghana. The presentation reviews background information and statistics, countermeasures and activities, such as government policies (including ‘policy inertia’), research capacity building, implementation (and non-implementation) of recommended best practices, and current efforts at reducing promotion of unhealthy foods.
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    Heavy marketing of energy-dense nutrient-poor foods around public basic schools in greater Accra region, Ghana
    (2021) Amevinya, Gideon S.; Quarpong, Wilhemina; Aryeetey, Richmond; Tandoh, Akua
    The one- page abstract provided here relates to a study which examined the extent and nature of marketing of foods, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages nearby selected schools in Ghana’s most urbanized region, Greater Accra. Policies and actions are needed to protect pupils from marketing practices as found in this study.
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    How healthy are our supermarkets? availability of healthy and unhealthy, ultra-processed foods in supermarkets of selected districts of greater Accra region, Ghana
    (2021) Adjei, Akosua Pokua; Amevinya, Gideon; Quarpong, Wilhemina; Tandoh, Akua; Aryeetey, Richmond
    The conference paper reports on a study that demonstrates extensive availability of unhealthy/ ultra-processed foods in supermarkets found within selected districts. For every healthy food, there were nine unhealthy ones. Towards a healthier supermarket food environment, the Food and Drugs Authority in partnership with other stakeholders needs to institute measures that improve availability of healthy foods within supermarkets.
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    Improving nutrition, unlocking potential, and accelerating change in Africa : the role of measurement, evaluation, accountability, and leadership support (MEALS)
    (2021) Laar, Amos
    This is a one-page outline of key points from a presenter at the International Congress of Dietetics (ICD), September 2021, in Cape Town South Africa. It reviews efforts to improve healthiness of the Ghanaian food environment, and policies required to account for people’s lived environments that encompass regulatory, legislative, and fiscal measures.
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    Providing measurement, evaluation, accountability, and leadership support for NCDs prevention in Ghana : adapting the INFORMAS approach
    (Research Square, 2021) Laar, Amos; Holdsworth, Michelle; Quarpong, Wilhemina; Aryeetey, Richmond; Kelly, Bridget
    This paper describes the rationale, adaptation and final protocol of a project developed to address the Measurement, Evaluation, Accountability, and Leadership Support for non-communicable diseases (NCD), the MEALS4NCDs project. MEALS4NCDs evaluates and supports public sector actions that create healthy food marketing, retail and provisioning environments for Ghanaian children, using adapted methods from International Network for Food and Obesity/NCDs Research Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS). The study establishes a standardised approach to providing implementation evidence for NCDs prevention in Ghana. Ghana is at an advanced stage of “nutrition transition” through rapid urbanization, with increasing overweight/obesity and diet-related NCDs.
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    Providing measurements, evaluation, accountability & leadership support (MEALS) for NCDs prevention : lessons from Ghana
    (2020) Laar, Amos
    Analysis covering the period 1980–2015 reveals a 500% increase in prevalence of adult obesity in Ghana. The presentation provides statistics regarding obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCD), as well as a review of studies towards better food and health policy actions. The Measurement, Evaluation, Accountability & Leadership Support (MEALS4NCD) prevention project measures and supports public sector actions that create healthy food marketing, retail and provisioning environments along with better food policy.