Description
Starting in 2025, The Government of Egypt will work on the implementation of the developed national roadmap to expedite action to stop obesity, through increasing taxes on sugar sweetened beverages, elimination of trans fats as per the recommended levels of WHO and the issued national decree, improving the packaged food labelling in line with the WHO guidelines and application of the Front of Pack Nutrition Labelling, and advocacy efforts for healthy diet through raising awareness in all possible communication channels.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Pending verification
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| SMARTness index |
High
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Details
| Target population characteristic |
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| Global nutrition target(s) |
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Policy >
Food environment
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Adoption of sugar sweetened beverage taxes |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | No | February 2025 |
| Target | Yes, the taxes are adopted | December 2030 |
