ArticlePublic health nutrition2022
An assessment of implementation gaps and priority recommendations on food environment policies: the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index in Japan.
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- Evaluation of Food Retail Policies Implementation in China Using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index.Nutrients · 2025Article
- A Multi-Level Approach to Childhood Obesity Prevention and Management: Lessons from Japan and the United States.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Assessing the implementation of physical activity-promoting public policies in the Republic of Ireland: a study using the Physical Activity Environment Policy Index (PA-EPI).Health research policy and systems · 2023Article
- Nutritional and health status of Afghan refugee women living in Punjab: A cross-sectional study.Food science & nutrition · 2023Article
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- The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index in Poland: Implementation Gaps and Actions for Improvement.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe current study aimed to evaluate policies and actions for food environments by the Japanese Government using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI).
designPublic health experts rated the extent of implementation of food environment-related Policy and the Infrastructure-support components, compared with international best practices. Subsequently, the experts proposed and prioritised future actions to address implementation gaps in an online workshop.
settingJapan.
participantsA total of sixty-six experts rated policy implementation by the Japanese Government and twenty-three participated in the workshop on future actions.
resultsThe implementations of regulations on unhealthy foods and non-alcoholic beverages were rated low in the domains of Food composition, Food labelling and Food promotion, Food prices and Food retail in the Policy component. The implementations of several domains in the Infrastructure-support component were, overall, rated at a higher level, specifically for monitoring and intelligence systems. Based on the rating, reducing health inequalities by supporting people, both economically and physically, was the highest priority for future actions in both components.
conclusionsThe current study found that Japan has a robust system for long-term monitoring of population health but lacks regulations on unhealthy foods and non-alcoholic beverages compared with international best practices. The current study confirmed the importance of continuous accumulation of evidence through national monitoring systems. Developing comprehensive regulations to restrict food marketing, sales and accessibility of unhealthy foods and non-alcoholic beverages is needed to improve the health of food environments in Japan.
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