Cargando…
An Assessment of Government Capacity Building to Restrict the Marketing of Unhealthy Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverage Products to Children in the Region of the Americas
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Strategic Plan 2020–2025 committed to reduce children’s consumption of energy-dense nutrient-poor food and beverage products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) and promote healthy eating patterns to reduce malnutrition in all forms. This paper describes th...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8394636/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34444077 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168324 |
_version_ | 1783743993240092672 |
---|---|
author | Patiño, Sofía Rincón-Gallardo Da Silva Gomes, Fabio Constantinou, Steven Lemaire, Robin Hedrick, Valisa E. Serrano, Elena L. Kraak, Vivica I. |
author_facet | Patiño, Sofía Rincón-Gallardo Da Silva Gomes, Fabio Constantinou, Steven Lemaire, Robin Hedrick, Valisa E. Serrano, Elena L. Kraak, Vivica I. |
author_sort | Patiño, Sofía Rincón-Gallardo |
collection | PubMed |
description | The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Strategic Plan 2020–2025 committed to reduce children’s consumption of energy-dense nutrient-poor food and beverage products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) and promote healthy eating patterns to reduce malnutrition in all forms. This paper describes the capacity-building needs in PAHO’s Member States to restrict the marketing of HFSS food and beverages to children. We asked Ministries of Health officials or national institutes/departmental representatives (n = 35) to complete a 28-item web-based survey (January to July 2020). Capacity-building needs were assessed using an adapted version of the World Health Organization’s government capacity-building framework with three modules: public health infrastructure, policies and information systems. Notable achievements for the PAHO’s Plan of Action were identified. State representatives reported strong infrastructure and information systems; however, policy improvements are needed to increase comprehensive national responses. These include using a constitutional health and human rights approach within the policies, policies that document conflict of interest from non-state actors, and strengthening regulatory oversight for digital media platforms. These findings provide baseline data and we suggest priorities for further action to strengthen national governments’ capacity-building and to accelerate the development, implementation, and monitoring systems to restrict the marketing of HFSS food and non-alcoholic beverages to children in the region of the Americas. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-8394636 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2021 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-83946362021-08-28 An Assessment of Government Capacity Building to Restrict the Marketing of Unhealthy Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverage Products to Children in the Region of the Americas Patiño, Sofía Rincón-Gallardo Da Silva Gomes, Fabio Constantinou, Steven Lemaire, Robin Hedrick, Valisa E. Serrano, Elena L. Kraak, Vivica I. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Strategic Plan 2020–2025 committed to reduce children’s consumption of energy-dense nutrient-poor food and beverage products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) and promote healthy eating patterns to reduce malnutrition in all forms. This paper describes the capacity-building needs in PAHO’s Member States to restrict the marketing of HFSS food and beverages to children. We asked Ministries of Health officials or national institutes/departmental representatives (n = 35) to complete a 28-item web-based survey (January to July 2020). Capacity-building needs were assessed using an adapted version of the World Health Organization’s government capacity-building framework with three modules: public health infrastructure, policies and information systems. Notable achievements for the PAHO’s Plan of Action were identified. State representatives reported strong infrastructure and information systems; however, policy improvements are needed to increase comprehensive national responses. These include using a constitutional health and human rights approach within the policies, policies that document conflict of interest from non-state actors, and strengthening regulatory oversight for digital media platforms. These findings provide baseline data and we suggest priorities for further action to strengthen national governments’ capacity-building and to accelerate the development, implementation, and monitoring systems to restrict the marketing of HFSS food and non-alcoholic beverages to children in the region of the Americas. MDPI 2021-08-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8394636/ /pubmed/34444077 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168324 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Patiño, Sofía Rincón-Gallardo Da Silva Gomes, Fabio Constantinou, Steven Lemaire, Robin Hedrick, Valisa E. Serrano, Elena L. Kraak, Vivica I. An Assessment of Government Capacity Building to Restrict the Marketing of Unhealthy Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverage Products to Children in the Region of the Americas |
title | An Assessment of Government Capacity Building to Restrict the Marketing of Unhealthy Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverage Products to Children in the Region of the Americas |
title_full | An Assessment of Government Capacity Building to Restrict the Marketing of Unhealthy Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverage Products to Children in the Region of the Americas |
title_fullStr | An Assessment of Government Capacity Building to Restrict the Marketing of Unhealthy Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverage Products to Children in the Region of the Americas |
title_full_unstemmed | An Assessment of Government Capacity Building to Restrict the Marketing of Unhealthy Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverage Products to Children in the Region of the Americas |
title_short | An Assessment of Government Capacity Building to Restrict the Marketing of Unhealthy Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverage Products to Children in the Region of the Americas |
title_sort | assessment of government capacity building to restrict the marketing of unhealthy food and non-alcoholic beverage products to children in the region of the americas |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8394636/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34444077 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168324 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT patinosofiarincongallardo anassessmentofgovernmentcapacitybuildingtorestrictthemarketingofunhealthyfoodandnonalcoholicbeverageproductstochildrenintheregionoftheamericas AT dasilvagomesfabio anassessmentofgovernmentcapacitybuildingtorestrictthemarketingofunhealthyfoodandnonalcoholicbeverageproductstochildrenintheregionoftheamericas AT constantinousteven anassessmentofgovernmentcapacitybuildingtorestrictthemarketingofunhealthyfoodandnonalcoholicbeverageproductstochildrenintheregionoftheamericas AT lemairerobin anassessmentofgovernmentcapacitybuildingtorestrictthemarketingofunhealthyfoodandnonalcoholicbeverageproductstochildrenintheregionoftheamericas AT hedrickvalisae anassessmentofgovernmentcapacitybuildingtorestrictthemarketingofunhealthyfoodandnonalcoholicbeverageproductstochildrenintheregionoftheamericas AT serranoelenal anassessmentofgovernmentcapacitybuildingtorestrictthemarketingofunhealthyfoodandnonalcoholicbeverageproductstochildrenintheregionoftheamericas AT kraakvivicai anassessmentofgovernmentcapacitybuildingtorestrictthemarketingofunhealthyfoodandnonalcoholicbeverageproductstochildrenintheregionoftheamericas AT patinosofiarincongallardo assessmentofgovernmentcapacitybuildingtorestrictthemarketingofunhealthyfoodandnonalcoholicbeverageproductstochildrenintheregionoftheamericas AT dasilvagomesfabio assessmentofgovernmentcapacitybuildingtorestrictthemarketingofunhealthyfoodandnonalcoholicbeverageproductstochildrenintheregionoftheamericas AT constantinousteven assessmentofgovernmentcapacitybuildingtorestrictthemarketingofunhealthyfoodandnonalcoholicbeverageproductstochildrenintheregionoftheamericas AT lemairerobin assessmentofgovernmentcapacitybuildingtorestrictthemarketingofunhealthyfoodandnonalcoholicbeverageproductstochildrenintheregionoftheamericas AT hedrickvalisae assessmentofgovernmentcapacitybuildingtorestrictthemarketingofunhealthyfoodandnonalcoholicbeverageproductstochildrenintheregionoftheamericas AT serranoelenal assessmentofgovernmentcapacitybuildingtorestrictthemarketingofunhealthyfoodandnonalcoholicbeverageproductstochildrenintheregionoftheamericas AT kraakvivicai assessmentofgovernmentcapacitybuildingtorestrictthemarketingofunhealthyfoodandnonalcoholicbeverageproductstochildrenintheregionoftheamericas |