Implementing fiscal and pricing policies to promote healthy diets

Download or read book Implementing fiscal and pricing policies to promote healthy diets written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prices and promotions of foods and non-alcoholic beverages within the food environment can incentivize or disincentivize consumers’ food decisions. Currently, however, prices and promotions often encourage selection of foods that undermine healthy diets. To address this challenge, and to support Member States in implementing policy measures, as recommended by the Framework for Action from the 2014 Second International Conference on Nutrition, the World Health Organization (WHO) is in the process of developing evidence-informed policy guidelines on the food environment, including fiscal and pricing policies. This review on contextual factors to be considered in the implementation of fiscal and pricing policies was prepared as part of the required process for WHO guideline development.