Policy implementation and recommended actions to create healthy food environments using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI): a comparative analysis in South Asia
Date of Publication
2024
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The Lancet Southeast Asia
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Abstract
This study reviewed and assessed food environment policies in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka from 2020 to 2022 using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) and compared them with global best practices.
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Keywords
Food policy, Policy monitoring, Food environment, Policy mapping, Public health policy, Healthy Food Environment Policy Index, South Asia