Investigating the Factors Affecting Undernourishment in Iran: an Application of the ARDL Model by hassan azarm, mohammad hassan tarazkar

“…Therefore, increased economic growth can accelerate the effects of food policies aimed at reducing undernourishment. In addition, net official development assistance can reduce undernourishment. …”
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Monitoring policy and actions on food environments: rationale and outline of the INFORMAS policy engagement and communication strategies. by Brinsden, H, Lobstein, T, Landon, J, Kraak, V, Sacks, G, Kumanyika, S, Swinburn, B, Barquera, S, Friel, S, Hawkes, C, Kelly, B, L'abbé, M, Lee, A, Ma, J, Macmullen, J, Mohan, S, Monteiro, C, Neal, B, Rayner, M, Sanders, D, Snowdon, W, Vandevijvere, S, Walker, C

“…The International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS) proposes to collect performance indicators on food policies, actions and environments related to obesity and non-communicable diseases. …”

Cohort study on the food safety knowledge among food services employees in Saudi Arabia state hospitals by Ali Alrasheed, Phillippa Connerton, Ghedeir Alshammari, Ian Connerton

“…The MOH supervisors group were all Saudi nationals and also showed some weakness in their knowledge and understanding of HACCP. The food policies in KSA need to be more accessible to their target audience and the format of the policies would benefit from increased consultation at all levels of the food supply chains.…”
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Capture and corporate cooptation: the role of the Mexican Foundation for Health in public health policy by Christian Torres, Alejandro Calvillo, Javier Zúñiga

“…We identify six corporate strategies used to interfere in public health and food policies, highlighting the role of a revolving door bureaucracy in the case of the Ministry of Health.ConclusionThe Mexican Foundation for Health has functioned as a front organization created by the private sector to influence public policy decision-making, protect corporate interests, and oppose international recommendations to combat non-communicable diseases.…”
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Assessing implementation of evidence-based childhood obesity prevention strategies in schools by Christine M.W. Totura, Holly Lewis Figueroa, Christopher Wharton, Flavio F. Marsiglia

“…Results: Barriers to obesity prevention efforts, such as lack of resources, support, or strategy clarity, hinder implementation of healthy food policies despite strong school commitment to prevention. …”
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Validation of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire in a Romanian Adult Population by Lidia Iuliana Arhire, Otilia Niță, Alina Delia Popa, Ana-Maria Gal, Oana Dumitrașcu, Andreea Gherasim, Laura Mihalache, Mariana Graur

“…Knowledge of eating behavior can be useful both at the individual level (to individualize treatment for obesity) and the population level (to implement more suitable food policies). The Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) is a widely used international tool to assess eating behavior, i.e., emotional, external and restricted eating styles. …”
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The Social Stratification of Availability, Affordability, and Consumption of Food in Families with Preschoolers in Addis Ababa; The EAT Addis Study in Ethiopia by Semira Abdelmenan, Hanna Y. Berhane, Magnus Jirström, Jill Trenholm, Alemayehu Worku, Eva-Charlotte Ekström, Yemane Berhane

“…There is a considerable difference in consumption of nutrient-rich foods across social strata, hence the cities food policies need to account for social differences in order to improve the nutritional status of the community.…”
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Estimation and Analysis of Food Demand Patterns in Vietnam by Linh Hoang Vu

“…More generally, our study points out that targeted food policies should be formulated based on specific food demand patterns in the groups.…”
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Are the Eatwell Guide and nutrient profiling models consistent in the UK? by Pinho-Gomes, AC, Kaur, A, Scarborough, P, Rayner, M

“…This suggests that dietary advice to the public is broadly aligned with NPM-based food policies and vice-versa.…”

Monitoring and benchmarking government policies and actions to improve the healthiness of food environments: a proposed Government Healthy Food Environment Policy Index. by Swinburn, B, Vandevijvere, S, Kraak, V, Sacks, G, Snowdon, W, Hawkes, C, Barquera, S, Friel, S, Kelly, B, Kumanyika, S, L'Abbé, M, Lee, A, Lobstein, T, Ma, J, Macmullan, J, Mohan, S, Monteiro, C, Neal, B, Rayner, M, Sanders, D, Walker, C

“…Examples of good practice statements are proposed within each domain, and these will evolve into benchmarks established by governments at the forefront of creating and implementing food policies for good health. A rating process is proposed to assess a government's level of policy implementation towards good practice. …”

PNAE (National School Feeding Program) and Its Events of Expansive Learnings at Municipal Level by Eliane Alves da Silva, Eugenio Avila Pedrozo, Tania Nunes da Silva

“…The National School Feeding Program (PNAE for its acronym in Portuguese) is one of the largest food policies in the world, partially covering the daily needs of 44 billion students per year. …”
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Diet Quality Assessment and the Relationship between Diet Quality and Cardiovascular Disease Risk by Kristina S. Petersen, Penny M. Kris-Etherton

“…High diet quality is a unifying component of all dietary recommendations and should be the focus of national food policies and health promotion.…”
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Global land use of diets in a small island community: a case study of Palau in the Pacific by Shinichiro Nakamura, Akiko Iida, Jun Nakatani, Takafumi Shimizu, Yuya Ono, Satoshi Watanabe, Keigo Noda, Christopher Kitalong

“…The results and approach of this study could contribute to the development and implementation of vertically integrated food policies between the national and community level in Palau.…”
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How does the consumption of processed food affect the pathogenesis of various diseases? - literature review by Paweł Smuszkiewicz-Różański, Gabriela Różańska-Smuszkiewicz, Karolina Koszyczarek, Maja Kotowska, Wiktoria Zamirska, Albin Ziemiański, Katarzyna Zięba, Anna Zygmunt

“…At the same time, consumers should become more aware of food composition data to be able to make conscious choices and countries should strive to change the food policies. …”
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Inclusive climate change mitigation and food security policy under 1.5 °C climate goal by Shinichiro Fujimori, Tomoko Hasegawa, Joeri Rogelj, Xuanming Su, Petr Havlik, Volker Krey, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Keywan Riahi

“…Although there are challenges to implement food policies, options exist to avoid the food security concerns often linked to climate mitigation.…”
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A discussion of stronger public policies to protect and promote healthy diets: what can the U.S. learn from other countries? by Mélissa Mialon, Ashka Naik

“…We discuss five key public policies and interventions: i) food labeling; ii) marketing restrictions and healthy school food policies; iii) fiscal policies; iv)  models for classifying the (un)healthiness of a product; v) interventions to address food industry influence and conflicts of interest in public health policy. …”
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Policies influencing the provision of healthy food and drinks in local government‐owned sport and recreation facilities in Victoria, Australia by Devorah Riesenberg, Miranda R. Blake, Tara Boelsen‐Robinson, Anna Peeters, Adrian J. Cameron

“…Questions assessed LGs' healthy food policies relating to sport and recreation facilities and the priority LGs give to obesity prevention. …”
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How Does Income Heterogeneity Affect Future Perspectives on Food Consumption? Empirical Evidence from Urban China by Wenbo Zhu, Yongfu Chen, Xinru Han, Jinshang Wen, Guojing Li, Yadong Yang, Zixuan Liu

“…Moreover, the government should formulate food policies for different income groups to promote a sustainable food system transformation.…”
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Random Forests for Global and Regional Crop Yield Predictions. by Jig Han Jeong, Jonathan P Resop, Nathaniel D Mueller, David H Fleisher, Kyungdahm Yun, Ethan E Butler, Dennis J Timlin, Kyo-Moon Shim, James S Gerber, Vangimalla R Reddy, Soo-Hyung Kim

“…Accurate predictions of crop yield are critical for developing effective agricultural and food policies at the regional and global scales. We evaluated a machine-learning method, Random Forests (RF), for its ability to predict crop yield responses to climate and biophysical variables at global and regional scales in wheat, maize, and potato in comparison with multiple linear regressions (MLR) serving as a benchmark. …”
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Food, city and territory: some reflections from a socio-spatial point of view by Nunzia Borrelli, Alfredo Mela

“…The definition of urban food policies, like production of a food product and distribution, the fact that it is more or less accessible and generates surpluses, and its transformation through an industrial process or its use for a domestic recipe, are processes that provide a good example of the interaction among biophysical, economic and socio-cultural aspects, in which all the geographical and climatic characteristics of the places where these processes take place play a role, as do cultural influences, the skills of the actors, and their power relations. …”
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