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Portugal’s voluntary food reformulation agreement and the WHO reformulation tar...
Goiana-da-Silva, Francisco; Cruz-e-Silva, David; Allen, Luke; Nunes, Alexandre Morais; Calhau, Conceição; Rito, Ana; Bento, Alexandra; Miraldo, MarisaIn response to stalling progress in NCD related premature mortality, the Portuguese government declared the ‘Promotion of Healthy Eating’ a national priority and convened a multisectoral task force with representatives from several ministries in order to tackle unhealthy diets. With the inputs from civil society, non-governmental organisations and health authorities, this task force developed the Integrated Str...
Modelling impacts of food industry co-regulation on noncommunicable disease mor...
Goiana da Silva, Francisco; Silva, David Cruz e; Allen, Luke; Gregório, Maria João; Severo, Milton; Nogueira, Paulo Jorge; Nunes, Alexandre MoraisObjective: To model the reduction in premature deaths attributed to noncommunicable diseases if targets for reformulation of processed food agreed between the Portuguese health ministry and the food industry were met. Methods: The 2015 co-regulation agreement sets voluntary targets for reducing sugar, salt and trans-fatty acids in a range of products by 2021. We obtained government data on dietary intake in 201...
Portugal’s voluntary food reformulation agreement and the WHO reformulation tar...
Goiana-da-Silva, Francisco; Cruz-e-Silva, David; Allen, Luke; Nunes, Alexandre Morais; Calhau, Conceição; Rito, Ana; Bento, Alexandra; Miraldo, Marisa
Modelling impacts of food industry co-regulation on noncommunicable disease mor...
Goiana-da-Silva, Francisco; Cruz-e-Silva, David; Allen, Luke; Gregório, Maria João; Severo, Milton; Nogueira, Paulo Jorge; Nunes, Alexandre MoraisObjective To model the reduction in premature deaths attributed to noncommunicable diseases if targets for reformulation of processed food agreed between the Portuguese health ministry and the food industry were met. Methods The 2015 co-regulation agreement sets voluntary targets for reducing sugar, salt and trans-fatty acids in a range of products by 2021. We obtained government data on dietary intake in 2015–...