Food Policy Options : Preventing and Controlling Nutrition Related Non-Communicable Diseases

Although diet structure and activity throughout the developing world have shifted drastically over the past several decades, little is known about effective policies to influence the supply and demand for food to control the undesirable effects, su...

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Main Authors:	World Health Organization, World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	NUTRITION POLICY DISEASES FOOD POLICIES FOOD SUPPLY CAPACITY BUILDING DIETARY CHANGES DIET ADVERTISING AGED AGING AGRICULTURE ANIMAL ANIMAL FEED ANIMAL PRODUCTS ANIMAL SOURCE FOODS ANIMAL WELFARE ANIMALS AQUACULTURE BEEF BEEF PRODUCTION CANCER CARBOHYDRATES CEREALS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONVENIENCE FOODS COOKING CREAM CROPS DAIRY DAIRY PRODUCTS DEMAND FOR FOOD DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIABETES DIET DIETS DISEASE CONTROL DISEASE PREVENTION DRUG CONSUMPTION ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES EDIBLE OILS EGGS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FAMINE FARMERS FARMS FATS FEED FEED GRAIN FISH FOOD COMPANIES FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD INDUSTRY FOOD LABELING FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRICES FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SAFETY FOOD SAFETY ISSUES FOOD SAFETY SYSTEMS FRUIT FRUITS GENDER GNP GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROMOTION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYPERTENSION IMPORTS INCOME INCOMES INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERVENTION LEGUMES LEISURE LEISURE ACTIVITIES LEISURE TIME LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH MALNUTRITION MARKETING MASS MEDIA MEAT PRODUCTION MILK MORTALITY NUTRITION OBESITY OIL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLIO POPULATION GROWTH PORK POULTRY POULTRY FEED PREPARED FOODS PRICE CHANGES PRIVATE SECTOR PROCESSED FOODS PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF LIFE QUOTAS RED MEAT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SCHOOLS SHEEP SMALLHOLDERS SMOKING STARCH SUGAR VEGETABLES WEANING FOODS WEIGHT GAIN ZOONOTIC DISEASE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/3916957/food-policy-options-preventing-controlling-nutrition-related-non-communicable-diseases http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13801

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Summary:	Although diet structure and activity throughout the developing world have shifted drastically over the past several decades, little is known about effective policies to influence the supply and demand for food to control the undesirable effects, such as obesity, heart disease and cancer, of those shifts. Two questions specifically need to be addressed: a) Are the traditional policy levers for crops and livestock still important and feasible options, considering the latest developments in processing, distribution and marketing? b) What research should be done in the process of formulating an 'Action Agenda' over the longer term. The answer to question one, concerns 'Traditional' versus 'New Policy Levers', and includes: i) recognition of the limitations of conventional food policies; ii) demanding truth in advertising; iii) harnessing the influence of supermarkets and multinational corporations; iv) choosing realistic options to shift demand; v) addressing internal infrastructure; vi) using schools for targeted intervention. Currently, few studies allow linkage of prices, diet, and health outcomes in any systematic manner that considers the timing of the changes.

Food Policy Options : Preventing and Controlling Nutrition Related Non-Communicable Diseases

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