Goal

By the end of 2023, WHO will develop, finalize and disseminate 12 evidence-informed guidelines for improving food environment (including out of home environment) and promoting safe and healthy diets, together with implementation tools (such as sugars benchmarks), to support countries' accelerating actions to develop evidence-informed regulatory and policy actions

FROM Commitment: Regulation for food environment

Multilateral organisation / Switzerland

World Health Organization (WHO)

Date made: 08 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Verification status Find out more
NAF SMARTness index Low Find out more
Progress status No response See progress details
Targeted location Global -
Targeted population Overall population (all ages, both sexes)
Duration January 2022 - December 2023

Goal action plan

The work will follow the WHO's Guideline Development process which is guided by the WHO Handbook on Guideline Development to ensure it is consistent with internationally accepted best practices, is appropriately based on evidence through systematic reviews, and is based on transparent process for evaluating the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations through use of GRADE (Grades of Recommendation Assessment, Development and Evaluation).

Progress

Indicator

Primary indicator Number Of Evidence-Informed Guidelines For Improving Food Environment And Promoting Safe And Healthy Diets
Indicator monitor None

Reports

Stage Measurement Date Value Status
Baseline 2021 12 evidence-informed guidelines for improving food environment (including out of home environment) and promoting safe and healthy diets were developed, finalized and disseminated
Progress report No response
Target December 2023 12

Nutrition Action Classification

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

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