
INFORMAS
@_informas
International Network for Food and Obesity / Non-communicable Diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support
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http://www.informas.org 19-03-2014 10:27:20
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LAST DAY OF #FERN2020 STARTS AT 12PM GMT/7AM EST! Today will feature #capacitybuilding on the INFORMAS #FoodPrices tool with UQ Medicine Amanda Lee , and later, brainstorming #foodenvironment research priorities for #Africa. See you soon!


.#FERN2020 is LIVE ON FACEBOOK NOW with UQ Medicine Amanda Lee 's training on INFORMAS #FoodPrices module. Go ➡️facebook.com/meals4ncds


Benchmarking as a Public Health Strategy for Creating Healthy Food Environments: An Evaluation of the INFORMAS Initiative (2012–2020) - Now published in Annual Review of Public Health Gary Sacks Boyd Swinburn INFORMAS annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.114…

Just published! Our EU FOOD-EPI report on the role of EU policy in creating healthy food environments: jpi-pen.eu/images/reports… - with Sanne Djojosoeparto Carlijn Kamphuis StefanieVandevijvere Janas Harrington Policy Evaluation Network (PEN) HDHL - wur.nl/en/show/Import… Wageningen U&R @UtrechtUni INFORMAS



Food-related health taxes have been levied in some places to reduce purchasing of unhealthy foods/drinks known to contribute to #obesity & #NCDs. Could these taxes change #foodchoices in #Ghana🇬🇭? K𝕣𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕝 R𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕚, P𝕙𝔻, Mℙℍ & team weigh in on a MEALS4NCDs & Food Environment Research Network blog: meals4ncds.org/en/could-food-…



#Foodsystems impact everyone, everywhere. Bringing voices together on what they mean to us is essential to creating positive change. Add your voice to the conversation @foodsystems: Become a hero 👉🏻 un.org/en/food-system… Join the UN #dialogue 👉🏻summitdialogues.org/dialogue/6387/ Amos Laar

A detailed mapping of the food industry in the European single market: similarities and differences in market structure across countries and sectors - Background to INFORMAS EU BIA-Obesity assessments to be out later this year @ijbnpa STOP - EU childhood obesity project ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

1/2... & the big one is just 7 days away . A regional FS Dialogue co-convened by the MEALS4NCDs & Food Environment Research Network African Nutrition Matters #FANUS CGIAR APHRC #CAPHA #REPSAO The Drivers of Food Choice Program The Rockefeller Foundation #FS-TIP #CDIA Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy AUDA-NEPAD et al and supported by @Prevention_IDRC IDRC in Eastern and Southern Africa


🚀Join us for the launch of Australia's Food Environment Dashboard, Wed 16 June, 1:00pm-2:30pm (AEST) youtu.be/4hcNh9pytYc Prevention Centre @OPCAustralia Institute for Health Transformation Gary Sacks







This is creepy 😰Kellogg Company decided to promote their #junkfood mascots with an army of illuminated drones just after the ministry of health banned characters in #junkfood packages. An example of their lack of commitment to public health efforts.
