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, 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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	World Health Organization, World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2002-11
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 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13801
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