Can Food Reformulation Policy Reduce Calorie Intake and Tackle Childhood Obesity?

Bonab, Ali Milani; Kalantari, Naser; Zargaraan, Azizollah; Roudsari, Arezoo Haghighian; Pourmoradian, Samira

doi:10.5812/ijp.98985

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“…These strategies can be helpful to improve consumers' food choice, industry responses, and product reformulations (Shangguan et al, 2019). However, most industry-based interventions may not be as effective as nutritional interventions to change unhealthy dietary patterns (Milani-Bonab et al, 2020). Food and nutrition policies, including nutritional interventions, advertising restrictions, and social marketing are mainly aimed at encouraging people to choose healthier food products and help them adhere to healthy dietary habits (Gorski and Roberto, 2015).…”

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Role of Traffic Light Labeling on Point of Purchase Behaviors: A Systematic Review

Roudsari¹,

Namazi²,

Irandoost³

et al. 2022

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Background: Traffic Light Labeling (TLL) system is a simple tool to communicate information regarding the nutrients content of food products and has been widely applied to promote public health. However, evidence on the effectiveness of the TLL system on consumers’ choices is conflicting. The present study aims to systematically summarize the effects of TLL on consumers’ point of purchase behaviors. Methods: Five electronic databases, including PubMed/Medline, Scopus, Web of knowledge, the Cochrane library, and Science direct were searched from 2000/01/01 to 2021/11/01. Randomized-controlled trials, in English or Farsi languages, investigating the effects of TLL on choosing healthier foodstuffs or beverages were examined for eligibility and included in the review. Of 6408 potentially relevant publications (including 1255 duplicates), five clinical trials were finally included in the study. Results: The duration of the interventions ranged from 4 to 12 weeks and all studies except one had high methodological quality. Out of 5, three clinical trials did not show positive effects of TLL on customers' choices to purchase healthier food products. Conclusions: The present review showed that TLL without other public health-promoting interventions may have no substantial effects on consumer’s food choice.

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Role of Traffic Light Labeling on Point of Purchase Behaviors: A Systematic Review

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Namazi²,

Irandoost³

et al. 2022

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The effectiveness of food system policies to improve nutrition, nutrition-related inequalities and environmental sustainability: a scoping review

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A global transformation of food systems is needed, given their impact on the three interconnected pandemics of undernutrition, obesity and climate change. A scoping review was conducted to synthesise the effectiveness of food system policies/interventions to improve nutrition, nutrition inequalities and environmental sustainability, and to identify double- or triple-duty potentials (their effectiveness tackling simultaneously two or all of these outcomes). When available, their effects on nutritional vulnerabilities and women’s empowerment were described. The policies/interventions studied were derived from a compilation of international recommendations. The literature search was conducted according to the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews. A total of 196 reviews were included in the analysis. The triple-duty interventions identified were sustainable agriculture practices and school food programmes. Labelling, reformulation, in-store nudging interventions and fiscal measures showed double-duty potential across outcomes. Labelling also incentivises food reformulation by the industry. Some interventions (i.e., school food programmes, reformulation, fiscal measures) reduce socio-economic differences in diets, whereas labelling may be more effective among women and higher socio-economic groups. A trade-off identified was that healthy food provision interventions may increase food waste. Overall, multi-component interventions were found to be the most effective to improve nutrition and inequalities. Policies combining nutrition and environmental sustainability objectives are few and mainly of the information type (i.e., labelling). Little evidence is available on the policies/interventions’ effect on environmental sustainability and women’s empowerment. Current research fails to provide good-quality evidence on food systems policies/interventions, in particular in the food supply chains domain. Research to fill this knowledge gap is needed.

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Reformulation of snacks offered to children and adolescents at school kiosks: is this strategy enough or just the tip of the iceberg?

Lingiardi,

Arribas,

Arriola

et al. 2024

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

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Can Food Reformulation Policy Reduce Calorie Intake and Tackle Childhood Obesity?

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Role of Traffic Light Labeling on Point of Purchase Behaviors: A Systematic Review

Role of Traffic Light Labeling on Point of Purchase Behaviors: A Systematic Review

The effectiveness of food system policies to improve nutrition, nutrition-related inequalities and environmental sustainability: a scoping review

Reformulation of snacks offered to children and adolescents at school kiosks: is this strategy enough or just the tip of the iceberg?

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