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A territorial support toolkit for public policy advocacy to guarantee the human right to adequate food and nutrition

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HEALTHY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS

Let’s open the lunchbox – against misleading publicity.

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HEALTHY TAXES

The healthy tax imposed on sugar-sweetened beverages will reduce their consumption and the associated diseases.

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FRONT WARNING LABELING

Many ultra-processed beverages and edibles that contain excess sugar, sodium, or saturated fat DO NOT have any warnings on the front of their packaging, but instead are advertised with catchy messages for girls, boys, and adolescents. Many times they make us believe they are ideal for kids or even equal to or better than actual food.

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PUBLICITY AGAINST BOYS, GIRLS AND ADOLESCENTS

Let’s take junk food publicity out of their world.

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Colección Gobernaza Popular Alimentaria

Colección Gobernaza Popular Alimentaria

Bienvenidas y bienvenidos a nuestro espacio para construir Poder Popular Alimentario, Gobernanza Territorial, Soberanía Alimentaria y Derecho Humano a la Alimentación y Nutrición. En esta sección encontrarán una serie de herramientas para hacer incidencia, construir políticas públicas, participar en los mecanismos institucionales y sociales para la toma de decisiones en el ámbito alimentario. ...
Estudio advierte que obesidad aumenta 48% riesgo de muerte por covid

Estudio advierte que obesidad aumenta 48% riesgo de muerte por covid

Además, se encontró que una vacuna podría ser menos efectiva en las personas que la padezcan. Una investigación hecha por la Universidad de Carolina del Norte, en Estados Unidos (UNC, por sus siglas en inglés), el Consejo de Salud de Arabia Saudita y el Banco Mundial arrojó detalles sobre el riesgo adicional que implica contraer el nuevo coronavirus para pacientes...
Obesidad: ¿Complicaciones fatales en casos de covid-19?

Obesidad: ¿Complicaciones fatales en casos de covid-19?

El experto en nutrición Barry Popkin explica por qué la obesidad puede tener implicaciones fatales en casos severos de covid-19, volviendo más difícil la lucha contra la enfermedad. La Organización Mundial de la Salud describe la obesidad como una epidemia mundial. Desde 1975, el número de personas con obesidad se ha triplicado. En EE.UU., casi...
How South African food companies go about shaping public health policy in their favour

How South African food companies go about shaping public health policy in their favour

Obesity and diet-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, are major public health problems in South Africa. But many in the food industry strongly oppose globally recommended policies that could address these issues. Such policies include restrictions on marketing of junk food to children and improvements to food labelling. In a new study, we identify strategies used by the food and...

Paper: Food Advertising on Television Before and After a National Unhealthy Food Marketing Regulation in Chile, 2016-2017

PMID: 32437274 PMCID: PMC7287518 (available on 2022-07-01) DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305658 Abstract Objectives. To study changes in food advertising on television after Chile’s food marketing restriction was implemented in June 2016.Methods. Food advertisements shown between 6 am and 12 am on the 4 primary broadcast and 4 cable channels with the largest Chilean youth audiences during 2 random weeks in April and May 2016...

Improving nutrition in schools

Act Now! That’s the title given to the most recent campaign of the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados’ Childhood Obesity Prevention (COP) Programme. Launched last week, this campaign aims to encourage policymakers to implement a Healthy Nutrition in Schools Policy, including the removal of unhealthy foods and sugary drinks from schools with the support...

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