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Benchmarking policy goals and actions for healthy food environments in Ethiopia to prevent malnutrition in all its forms using document analysis

Unhealthy diets resulting in overweight and obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases are of increasing concern in Ethiopia, alongside persistent undernutrition, and have been linked to unhealthy food environments. Little is known about the policy response to unhealthy food nvironments in E...

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Main Authors: Trübswasser, Ursula, Candel, Jeroen, Genye, Tirsit, Bossuyt, Anne, Holdsworth, Michelle, Baye, Kaleab, Talsma, Elise F.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: BMJ 2022
Subjects:
diet
meal plans
malnutrition
policies
food access
food environment
government
government agencies
nutrition
nutrition policies
nutrition education
nutrition labelling
obesity
nutrition research
decision making
food quality
food environment domains
intentions
food retail
healthy diets
food provision
micronutrient deficiencies
meal patterns
state intervention
government departments
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127818
Summary:Unhealthy diets resulting in overweight and obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases are of increasing concern in Ethiopia, alongside persistent undernutrition, and have been linked to unhealthy food environments. Little is known about the policy response to unhealthy food nvironments in Ethiopia. The objective of this study was to assess how different food environment domains have been addressed in Ethiopian policy goals and action over time and how this compares with global good practice benchmarks.

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