Impact of Policies in Nutrition and Physical Activity on Diabetes and Its Risk Factors in the 28 Member States of the European Union

Since healthy eating and physically active lifestyles can reduce diabetes mellitus (DM) risk, these are often addressed by population-based interventions aiming to prevent DM. Our study examined the impact of nutritional and physical activity policies, national diabetes plans and national diabetes r...

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Published in:Nutrients 2021-09, Vol.13 (10), p.3439
Main Authors: Lovas, Szabolcs, Mahrouseh, Nour, Bolaji, Olaniyan Simisola, Nellamkuzhi, Noel Johny, Andrade, Carlos Alexandre Soares, Njuguna, Diana Wangeshi, Varga, Orsolya
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer research
Correlation analysis
Cost of Illness
Councils
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus - etiology
Diabetes Mellitus - prevention & control
diabetes mellitus burden
Disease prevention
European Union
Exercise
Food
Health Behavior
Health care expenditures
Health Impact Assessment
Health Plan Implementation
Health Promotion
Health risks
Health Surveys
Humans
Life Style
Medical research
MOVING physical activity policy database
NOURISHING food policy database
Nutrition
Nutrition Policy
Nutritional Status
Physical activity
policy impact
Prevalence
Public Health
Registries
Regulation
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Socioeconomics
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Summary:Since healthy eating and physically active lifestyles can reduce diabetes mellitus (DM) risk, these are often addressed by population-based interventions aiming to prevent DM. Our study examined the impact of nutritional and physical activity policies, national diabetes plans and national diabetes registers contribute to lower prevalence of DM in individuals in the member states of the European Union (EU), taking into account the demographic and socioeconomic status as well as lifestyle choices. Datasets on policy actions, plans and registers were retrieved from the World Cancer Research Fund International's NOURISHING and MOVING policy databases and the European Coalition for Diabetes report. Individual-based data on DM, socioeconomic status and healthy behavior indicators were obtained via the European Health Interview Survey, 2014. Our results showed variation in types and numbers of implemented policies within the member states, additionally, the higher number of these actions were not associated with lower DM prevalence. Only weak correlation between the prevalence of DM and preventive policies was found. Thus, undoubtedly policies have an impact on reducing the prevalence of DM, its increasing burden could not be reversed which underlines the need for applying a network of preventive policies.
ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu13103439