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The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index in Poland: Implementation Gaps and Actions for Improvement

Background: Poland is facing the growing problem of overweight and obesity in the population, which makes it necessary to conduct a thorough assessment of the existing food environment policies. The aims of the study were: (1) to depict the strength of healthy food environment policies in Poland and...

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Autores principales: Romaniuk, Piotr, Kaczmarek, Krzysztof, Brukało, Katarzyna, Grochowska-Niedworok, Elżbieta, Łobczowska, Karolina, Banik, Anna, Luszczynska, Aleksandra, Poelman, Maartje, Harrington, Janas M., Vandevijvere, Stefanie
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9180244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35681398
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods11111648
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author Romaniuk, Piotr
Kaczmarek, Krzysztof
Brukało, Katarzyna
Grochowska-Niedworok, Elżbieta
Łobczowska, Karolina
Banik, Anna
Luszczynska, Aleksandra
Poelman, Maartje
Harrington, Janas M.
Vandevijvere, Stefanie
author_facet Romaniuk, Piotr
Kaczmarek, Krzysztof
Brukało, Katarzyna
Grochowska-Niedworok, Elżbieta
Łobczowska, Karolina
Banik, Anna
Luszczynska, Aleksandra
Poelman, Maartje
Harrington, Janas M.
Vandevijvere, Stefanie
author_sort Romaniuk, Piotr
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description Background: Poland is facing the growing problem of overweight and obesity in the population, which makes it necessary to conduct a thorough assessment of the existing food environment policies. The aims of the study were: (1) to depict the strength of healthy food environment policies in Poland and identify implementation policies and infrastructure support gaps; (2) to identify and prioritise improvement policies, taking into account their importance, achievability and equity. Methods: We used the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI). An experts’ panel rated Polish policies and infrastructure compared to international best practices and developed a list of recommended improvement actions addressing both components. Results: eight of the twenty-two policy and four of the twenty-two infrastructure indicators achieved the “no/very weak policy” result. Another four policy and five infrastructure indicators were considered “weak”. Another seven and eight indicators, respectively, were assessed as “moderate”. Among the identified actions, the highest priority was given to a food labelling system and training for persons involved in nutrition in schools. Conclusions: The Polish healthy food environment has been assessed as very weak or weak in most aspects. The infrastructure was assessed as slightly better compared to the policies domain, with more indicators receiving the “moderate” score.
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spelling pubmed-91802442022-06-10 The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index in Poland: Implementation Gaps and Actions for Improvement Romaniuk, Piotr Kaczmarek, Krzysztof Brukało, Katarzyna Grochowska-Niedworok, Elżbieta Łobczowska, Karolina Banik, Anna Luszczynska, Aleksandra Poelman, Maartje Harrington, Janas M. Vandevijvere, Stefanie Foods Article Background: Poland is facing the growing problem of overweight and obesity in the population, which makes it necessary to conduct a thorough assessment of the existing food environment policies. The aims of the study were: (1) to depict the strength of healthy food environment policies in Poland and identify implementation policies and infrastructure support gaps; (2) to identify and prioritise improvement policies, taking into account their importance, achievability and equity. Methods: We used the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI). An experts’ panel rated Polish policies and infrastructure compared to international best practices and developed a list of recommended improvement actions addressing both components. Results: eight of the twenty-two policy and four of the twenty-two infrastructure indicators achieved the “no/very weak policy” result. Another four policy and five infrastructure indicators were considered “weak”. Another seven and eight indicators, respectively, were assessed as “moderate”. Among the identified actions, the highest priority was given to a food labelling system and training for persons involved in nutrition in schools. Conclusions: The Polish healthy food environment has been assessed as very weak or weak in most aspects. The infrastructure was assessed as slightly better compared to the policies domain, with more indicators receiving the “moderate” score. MDPI 2022-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9180244/ /pubmed/35681398 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods11111648 Text en © 2022 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/).
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Brukało, Katarzyna
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Łobczowska, Karolina
Banik, Anna
Luszczynska, Aleksandra
Poelman, Maartje
Harrington, Janas M.
Vandevijvere, Stefanie
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