Food environments: Improving their healthfulness
The food environment is the setting in which people choose what to eat, where they buy those foods, and where, when, and how they eat. This chapter examines some of the key challenges and opportunities for food environments amid the rapid transitions occurring in low- and middle-income countries. It...
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| author | Fretes, Gabriela Marshall, Quinn Leroy, Jef L. |
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| description | The food environment is the setting in which people choose what to eat, where they buy those foods, and where, when, and how they eat. This chapter examines some of the key challenges and opportunities for food environments amid the rapid transitions occurring in low- and middle-income countries. It presents examples of evidence-based food environment policies and actions that are being implemented to promote diet quality in a diverse range of countries. The conclusions reflect on potential policies for improving diets through changes in food environments, and discuss actions needed to move forward in strengthening the healthfulness of food environments. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1418872025-12-11T21:17:44Z Food environments: Improving their healthfulness Fretes, Gabriela Marshall, Quinn Leroy, Jef L. food environment healthy diets ultraprocessed foods developing countries food safety digital technology food policies The food environment is the setting in which people choose what to eat, where they buy those foods, and where, when, and how they eat. This chapter examines some of the key challenges and opportunities for food environments amid the rapid transitions occurring in low- and middle-income countries. It presents examples of evidence-based food environment policies and actions that are being implemented to promote diet quality in a diverse range of countries. The conclusions reflect on potential policies for improving diets through changes in food environments, and discuss actions needed to move forward in strengthening the healthfulness of food environments. 2024-05-29 2024-05-17T14:35:46Z 2024-05-17T14:35:46Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141887 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141760 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Fretes, Gabriela; Marshall, Quinn; and Leroy, Jef L. 2024. Food environments: Improving their healthfulness. In Global food policy report 2024: Food systems for healthy diets and nutrition. Chapter 5, Pp. 46-52. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141887 |
| spellingShingle | food environment healthy diets ultraprocessed foods developing countries food safety digital technology food policies Fretes, Gabriela Marshall, Quinn Leroy, Jef L. Food environments: Improving their healthfulness |
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| title_short | Food environments: Improving their healthfulness |
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