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Modeling the health impact of legislation to limit the salt content of bread in...

Background: Excessive salt consumption—associated with a range of adverse health outcomes—is very high in Portugal, and bread is the second largest source. Current Portuguese legislation sets a maximum limit of 1.4 g salt per 100 g bread, but imported and traditional breads are exempted. In 2017 the Ministry of Health proposed reducing the salt threshold to 1.0/100 g by 2022, however the legislation was vetoed ...

Modeling the health impact of legislation to limit the salt content of bread in...

Background: Excessive salt consumption—associated with a range of adverse health outcomes—is very high in Portugal, and bread is the second largest source. Current Portuguese legislation sets a maximum limit of 1.4 g salt per 100 g bread, but imported and traditional breads are exempted. In 2017 the Ministry of Health proposed reducing the salt threshold to 1.0/100 g by 2022, however the legislation was vetoed ...

Nutri-Score: The Most Efficient Front-of-Pack Nutrition Label to Inform Portugu...

Several studies have identified Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labels (FoPLs) as a promising strategy to improve the nutritional quality of consumers’ food choices and encourage manufacturers to offer healthier products. This study aims to fill the evidence gap regarding the most effective FoPL among the Portuguese population. In total, 1059 Portuguese participants were recruited through a web panel provider and asked...

The Ethics of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages to Improve Public Health

The World Health Organization highlights fiscal policies as priority interventions for the promotion of healthy eating in its Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases. The taxation of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) in particular is noted to be an effective measure, and SSBs taxes have already been implemented in several countries worldwide. However, although the evidence base su...

Front-of-pack labelling policies and the need for guidance

Food labels are a challenge for most consumers, and the development of easily understandable labelling is essential when it comes to empowering consumers in making healthier food choices. (...)

Nutri-Score: a public health tool to improve eating habits in Portugal

This article intends to help filling the existing gap in guidance for the implementation of FOP labelling systems.4 As such, the following sections present the growing evidence on the impact of the Nutri-Score labelling scheme in promoting healthier eating behaviours and informs health professionals, as well as decision makers, on the way forward.

Nutri-Score: A Public Health Tool to Improve Eating Habits in Portugal

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Portugal’s voluntary food reformulation agreement and the WHO reformulation tar...

In 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...

Disrupting the landscape: how the Portuguese National Health Service built an o...

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading causes of death, disease and disability in the WHO European Region and are largely preventable. The private sector has long been using marketing to influence and change people’s lifestyles. In some cases, particularly the food sector, health compromising content is prioritized o ver health-promoting content. However, this case study aims to illustrate how governme...

Portugal’s voluntary food reformulation agreement and the WHO reformulation tar...