SynthesisNutrition reviews2022
Identifying barriers and facilitators in the development and implementation of government-led food environment policies: a systematic review.
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- Improving access to free school meals: Evaluating the implementation of free school meal auto-enrolment processes.PloS one · 2026Article
- The Efficacy of Nutritional Interventions in Reducing Childhood/Youth Aggressive and Antisocial Behavior: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Campbell systematic reviews · 2025Review
- Benchmarking Public Sector Food Environment Policies in Iran: A Cross-Sectional Expert Assessment Study to Address Implementation Gaps.Health science reports · 2025Article
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- Industry responses to unhealthy food retail promotion restrictions: a thematic analysis of two public consultations in Scotland.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Restricting outdoor advertising of unhealthy food: can Australia's food category-based classification system be applied consistently?Health promotion international · 2025Article
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- Temptation at every corner: exploring public perceptions of food cues and policy support for governmental food cue regulation in outdoor public spaces.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- Recognizing the ethical complexity of food policies and the role of the food industry.Health promotion international · 2024Article
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- Development of a questionnaire for assessing the impact of children's food marketing exposure on diet-related outcomes.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2024Article
- School Food Environment in Urban Zambia: A Qualitative Analysis of Drivers of Adolescent Food Choices and Their Policy Implications.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Proposed methods for evaluating efforts made by governments to prevent and mitigate corporate influence and conflicts of interest in public health policy.HRB open research · 2022Article
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Abstract
contextPolicy-specific actions to improve food environments will support healthy population diets.
objectiveTo identify cited barriers and facilitators to food environment policy (FEP) processes reported in the literature, exploring these according to the nature of the policy (voluntary or mandatory) and country development status. DATA SOURCES: A systematic search was conducted of 10 academic and 7 grey-literature databases, national websites, and manual searches of publication references. DATA EXTRACTION: Data on government-led FEPs, barriers, and facilitators from key informants were collected. DATA SYNTHESIS: The constant-comparison approach generated core themes for barriers and facilitators. The appraisal tool developed by Hawker et al. was adopted to determine the quality of qualitative and quantitative studies.
resultsA total of 142 eligible studies were identified. Industry resistance or disincentive was the most cited barrier in policy development. Technical challenges were most frequently a barrier for policy implementation. Frequently cited facilitators included resource availability or maximization, strategies in policy process, and stakeholder partnership or support.
conclusionsThe findings from this study will strategically inform health-reform stakeholders about key elements of public health policy processes. More evidence is required from countries with human development indices ranging from low to high and on voluntary policies. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO registration no. CRD42018115034.
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