Implementation of INFORMAS in Latin America : measuring and benchmarking food environments and policies to effectively reduce obesity and non-communicable diseases.
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2018-12
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National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Mexico; and Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Abstract
The international network INFORMAS developed a monitoring framework called the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI), to assess the extent of implementation of government policies and actions for creating healthy food environments, compared to international best practices. This study was carried out in Chile and Mexico, two Latin American countries undergoing similar demographic, epidemiologic and nutrition transitions with particular differences in obesity and diet-related non-communicable disease (NCD) burdens. The INFORMAS instruments for the Food-Epi module were translated and adapted to the context of each participating country. The study provides a methodology that can be extended to other countries.
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RESEARCH NETWORKS, HEALTH POLICY, RESEARCH TO POLICY, NUTRITION, OBESITY, NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, DISEASE CONTROL, MONITORING, LATIN AMERICA, CHILE, MEXICO, SOUTH AMERICA
Citation
Barquera, Simón. (2018). Implementation of INFORMAS in Latin America: Measuring and benchmarking food environments and policies to effectively reduce obesity and non-communicable diseases.