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Erschienen in: Current Nutrition Reports 1/2020

01.03.2020 | Cardiovascular Disease (JHY Wu, Section Editor)

Getting the Price Right: How Nutrition and Obesity Prevention Strategies Address Food and Beverage Pricing Within High-Income Countries

verfasst von: Christina Zorbas, Lily Grigsby-Duffy, Kathryn Backholer

Erschienen in: Current Nutrition Reports | Ausgabe 1/2020

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

Food and beverage prices are major influences on dietary intakes. International health bodies recommend leveraging food prices to create healthier food environments. A policy review was conducted to understand the extent to which national nutrition and obesity prevention policy strategies within high-income countries (i) consider food price as a determinant of health and (ii) propose and implement policies to rebalance food pricing towards healthier options.

Recent Findings

Policy strategies were inconsistent and fragmented in their inclusion of food prices as determinants of diet-related health. The equity benefits of pricing policies were often indicated. Fiscal measures and food subsidies in schools were the most commonly proposed and implemented pricing policies, predominantly used in Europe.

Summary

Price is a pertinent but underutilized policy lever in nutrition policy. Comprehensive food and beverage pricing strategies need to be identified, adopted and implemented to improve population diets for everyone.
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Metadaten
Titel
Getting the Price Right: How Nutrition and Obesity Prevention Strategies Address Food and Beverage Pricing Within High-Income Countries
verfasst von
Christina Zorbas
Lily Grigsby-Duffy
Kathryn Backholer
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2020
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Current Nutrition Reports / Ausgabe 1/2020
Elektronische ISSN: 2161-3311
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13668-020-00300-w

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