{"id":1140,"date":"2015-10-15T18:19:35","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T18:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfoodresearchprogram.web.unc.edu\/?page_id=1140"},"modified":"2025-01-11T12:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T17:54:20","slug":"multi-country-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/multi-country-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-Country Obesity Prevention Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Global Food Research Program at UNC\u00a0is a global leader in understanding rapid shifts in diet, activity, body composition, and related non-communicable disease (NCD) health consequences. Over the past several decades, our group has collaborated with many low- and middle-income countries to document these problems and to explore and evaluate large-scale, national regulatory options that can be used to effectively prevent and mitigate the effects of poor diets \u2014 including obesity and NCDs.<\/p>\n

We are focused on creating healthier food purchasing patterns and diets and changing food systems in ways that will positively impact diet, obesity and obesity-related NCDs. We are building a global knowledge base on effective ways to improve diets and prevent obesity by focusing on five major areas of large-scale, national regulatory efforts:<\/p>\n

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  1. Taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages, nonessential foods (i.e., \u201cjunk food\u201d), or sugar<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Bans on marketing of unhealthy foods or allowance of marketing of only identified healthy foods<\/em><\/strong>: This will often link with front-of-package food profiling.<\/li>\n
  3. Front-of-the-package (FOP) food profiling<\/em><\/strong>:<\/strong> These may include positive or negative warning logos depending on the country.<\/li>\n
  4. Public institution changes<\/em><\/strong>: Schools, hospitals, government buildings<\/li>\n
  5. Other food system changes with potential to reduce obesity<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Within this scope, we have two separate efforts. The first involves current, ongoing collaborations with a set of four countries<\/a>, wherein we provide research support for both baseline and future policy evaluations as well as advocacy efforts. The second involves a special evaluation fund for selected countries exploring unique regulatory options or representing regions where rigorous evaluations do not exist of such regulatory efforts.<\/p>\n

    Read more about the Countries Where We Work<\/a>, our Global Evaluation Advisory Committee, Developing Evaluations, and review Resources here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    Funding for this effort comes from Bloomberg Philanthropies.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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