How food regulations help or hinder the implementation of policies to promote healthy population diets: a review of food regulations in the Western Pacific Region

Governments are seeking to regulate food environments to promote health by restricting sales and marketing of processed foods high in fat, sugar and sodium. We aimed to evaluate whether the legal instruments in member states of the Western Pacific Region (WPR) mandate the declaration of nutrient com...

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Published in:	Public health nutrition 2025-12, Vol.29 (1), p.e13, Article e13
Main Authors:	Fries, Katie, Backholer, Kathryn, Jones, Alexandra, Sing, Fiona, Reeve, Erica
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Alignment Best practice Carbohydrates Content analysis Descriptive labeling Diet Diet, Healthy Dietary guidelines Disease prevention Enforcement Fatty acids Fines & penalties Food Food Labeling - legislation & jurisprudence Food processing Food quality Food safety Health care Health education Health promotion Health Promotion - legislation & jurisprudence Humans Legal documents Legislation Legislation, Food Marketing Non-communicable disease prevention Noncommunicable Diseases - prevention & control Nutrients Nutrition Nutrition policy Nutrition Policy - legislation & jurisprudence Nutritional status Nutritive Value Oils & fats Policy implementation Population health Population policy Prevention Processed foods Proteins Public health Public Policies Qualitative analysis Quantitative analysis Regions Regulation Regulations Research Paper Sodium Sugar Sustainable development
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