Important new paper on the policy process of developing and implementing front-of-pack nutrition labelling in Uruguay.

Great to get these stories out so other countries can learn from them cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Is the ⁦UN Food Systems Coordination Hub⁩ Summit hijacked by Big Business, and is Action Track 2 demonising meat in favor of synthetic 🌱-based foods? If you think so, please listen to the BBC podcast ‘The Great Food Reset’ with ⁦Dan Saladino⁩ ⁦EAT⁩ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

A hugely important paper written by some of the best public health advocates there are. A must-read. gh.bmj.com/content/6/7/e0…

This is creepy 😰Kellogg Company decided to promote their #junkfood mascots with an army of illuminated drones just after the ministry of health banned characters in #junkfood packages.
An example of their lack of commitment to public health efforts.

The processed food industry spends millions targeting children. The result? Kids think food tastes better with a cartoon character on the pack. We're calling on govt to set higher standards to protect kids. bit.ly/3gKUSNu #brandsoffourkids

Ultra-processing is the new frontier in public health policy—reflections on the National Food Strategy - The BMJ blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/07/15…

We're calling on government to step in and set higher standards to protect kids' from this constant exposure to unhealthy food marketing online bit.ly/3gKUSNu #brandsoffourkids

Australia's Food Environment Dashboard now live!
The #AusFoodDashboard brings together the best-available data to provide an overall picture of the healthiness of Australia’s food environments. And it's just about 'red flags' all around. Check it out:
foodenvironmentdashboard.com.au

Great pleasure to help launch the #AusFoodDashboard . A world first comprehensive source of evidence on the healthiness. Congratulations to Aussie INFORMAS team

1/2... & the big one is just 7 days away . A regional FS Dialogue co-convened by the MEALS4NCDs & Food Environment Research Network African Nutrition Matters #FANUS CGIAR APHRC #CAPHA #REPSAO The Drivers of Food Choice Program The Rockefeller Foundation #FS -TIP #CDIA Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy AUDA-NEPAD et al and supported by @Prevention_IDRC IDRC in Eastern and Southern Africa

🚀Join us for the launch of Australia's Food Environment Dashboard, Wed 16 June, 1:00pm-2:30pm (AEST) youtu.be/4hcNh9pytYc Prevention Centre @OPCAustralia Institute for Health Transformation Gary Sacks

A detailed mapping of the food industry in the European single market: similarities and differences in market structure across countries and sectors - Background to INFORMAS EU BIA-Obesity assessments to be out later this year @ijbnpa STOP - EU childhood obesity project ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

#Foodsystems impact everyone, everywhere. Bringing voices together on what they mean to us is essential to creating positive change.
Add your voice to the conversation @foodsystems:
Become a hero 👉🏻 un.org/en/food-system…
Join the UN #dialogue 👉🏻summitdialogues.org/dialogue/6387/
Amos Laar

🔥 New Deakin University & VicHealth research on junkfood vouchers in kids' sport:

📌 51% said their children had received a voucher from a large fast-food company

📌 2 in 3 parents want healthy kids’ sports rewards

👉 Let's call TIME OUT on junkfood vouchers in kids' sport!

1/⚠️Our new publication: 'Beyond nutrition and phys activity: food industry shaping of the very principles of scientific integrity' –> the most interesting and outrageous piece I have written probably 🤯…balizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Food-related health taxes have been levied in some places to reduce purchasing of unhealthy foods/drinks known to contribute to #obesity & #NCDs . Could these taxes change #foodchoices in #Ghana 🇬🇭? K𝕣𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕝 R𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕚, P𝕙𝔻, Mℙℍ & team weigh in on a MEALS4NCDs & Food Environment Research Network blog: meals4ncds.org/en/could-food-…

Podcast on the full Dirty PR / Whale Oil/ BAT / Food & Grocery Council story from RadioNZ. rnz.co.nz/programmes/the…

Just published! Our EU FOOD-EPI report on the role of EU policy in creating healthy food environments:
jpi-pen.eu/images/reports… - with Sanne Djojosoeparto Carlijn Kamphuis StefanieVandevijvere Janas Harrington Policy Evaluation Network (PEN) HDHL - wur.nl/en/show/Import… Wageningen U&R @UtrechtUni INFORMAS

Benchmarking as a Public Health Strategy for Creating Healthy Food Environments: An Evaluation of the INFORMAS Initiative (2012–2020) - Now published in Annual Review of Public Health Gary Sacks Boyd Swinburn INFORMAS annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.114…

. #FERN2020 is LIVE ON FACEBOOK NOW with UQ Medicine Amanda Lee 's training on INFORMAS #FoodPrices module.

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