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

Elisa PinedaPetya AtanasovaNalinda Tharanga WellappuliDian KusumaHimali HerathAlexa Blair SegalStefanie VandevijverRanjit Mohan AnjanaAbu Ahmed ShamimSaira AfzalFahmida AkterFaiza AzizAnanya GuptaAbu Abdullah HanifMehedi HasanRenuka JayatissaSujeet JhaVinitaa JhaPrasad KatulandaKhadija Irfan KhawajaBalachandran KumarendranMenka LoombaSara MahmoodMalay Kanthi MridhaRajendra PradeepaGarudam Raveendiran AarthiAkansha TyagiAnuradhani KasturiratneFranco SassiaMarisa Miraldo2024-12-302024-12-302024https://resourcerepository.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/handle/apurr/1312This 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.Food policyPolicy monitoringFood environmentPolicy mappingPublic health policyHealthy Food Environment Policy IndexSouth AsiaPolicy implementation and recommended actions to create healthy food environments using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI): a comparative analysis in South AsiaArticle