Looking ahead: Health impact assessment of front-of-pack nutrition labelling schema as a public health measure
Autor(a) principal: | |
---|---|
Data de Publicação: | 2021 |
Outros Autores: | , , , , , , , , |
Tipo de documento: | Artigo |
Idioma: | eng |
Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
Texto Completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10071/22111 |
Resumo: | This study aimed to describe the underlying process, used methods and major recommendations emerging from a comprehensive and prospective health impact assessment of the endorsement of a front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FOP-NL) system by the Portuguese health authorities. A mixed-methods approach was used to gather information on the impact of four FOP-NL schemes on consumers’ selection of food products according to the perception of their nutritional quality, combining a systematic literature review, focus groups (FG), in-depth individual interviews, and an open-label crossover randomized controlled study. The relevance of FOP-NL as a public health promotion policy has emerged as a consensual idea among either FGs’ participants (i.e., consumers and experts), or interviewed stakeholders. Although all of the evaluated FOP-NLs result better than no system on promoting the choice of the healthiest product, the effectiveness of easy-to-interpret FOP-NL among vulnerable groups raised concerns related to the need of integrating specific nutritional information to promote a better self-management of chronic diseases, and related to the level of literacy of consumers, which could impair the usage of FOP-NL. Educational campaigns addressing skills to use FOP-NL is recommended. Furthermore, a monitoring strategy should be considered to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of this policy in promoting healthier food choices, and in reducing diet-related non-communicable diseases burden. |
id |
RCAP_7a2b360abd708337f18fa8f024f57344 |
---|---|
oai_identifier_str |
oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/22111 |
network_acronym_str |
RCAP |
network_name_str |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
repository_id_str |
7160 |
spelling |
Looking ahead: Health impact assessment of front-of-pack nutrition labelling schema as a public health measureFood labellingFront-of-pack labellingNutrition policyHealth impact assessmentHealth literacyHealth equityThis study aimed to describe the underlying process, used methods and major recommendations emerging from a comprehensive and prospective health impact assessment of the endorsement of a front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FOP-NL) system by the Portuguese health authorities. A mixed-methods approach was used to gather information on the impact of four FOP-NL schemes on consumers’ selection of food products according to the perception of their nutritional quality, combining a systematic literature review, focus groups (FG), in-depth individual interviews, and an open-label crossover randomized controlled study. The relevance of FOP-NL as a public health promotion policy has emerged as a consensual idea among either FGs’ participants (i.e., consumers and experts), or interviewed stakeholders. Although all of the evaluated FOP-NLs result better than no system on promoting the choice of the healthiest product, the effectiveness of easy-to-interpret FOP-NL among vulnerable groups raised concerns related to the need of integrating specific nutritional information to promote a better self-management of chronic diseases, and related to the level of literacy of consumers, which could impair the usage of FOP-NL. Educational campaigns addressing skills to use FOP-NL is recommended. Furthermore, a monitoring strategy should be considered to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of this policy in promoting healthier food choices, and in reducing diet-related non-communicable diseases burden.MDPI2021-02-22T12:54:32Z2021-01-01T00:00:00Z20212021-02-22T12:53:12Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/22111eng1661-782710.3390/ijerph18041422Feteira-Santos, R.Alarcão, V.Santos, O.Virgolino, A.Fernandes, J.Pacheco Vieira, C.Gregório, M. J.Nogueira, P.Costa, A. S.Graça, P.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-09T17:45:40Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/22111Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:21:51.954050Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv |
Looking ahead: Health impact assessment of front-of-pack nutrition labelling schema as a public health measure |
title |
Looking ahead: Health impact assessment of front-of-pack nutrition labelling schema as a public health measure |
spellingShingle |
Looking ahead: Health impact assessment of front-of-pack nutrition labelling schema as a public health measure Feteira-Santos, R. Food labelling Front-of-pack labelling Nutrition policy Health impact assessment Health literacy Health equity |
title_short |
Looking ahead: Health impact assessment of front-of-pack nutrition labelling schema as a public health measure |
title_full |
Looking ahead: Health impact assessment of front-of-pack nutrition labelling schema as a public health measure |
title_fullStr |
Looking ahead: Health impact assessment of front-of-pack nutrition labelling schema as a public health measure |
title_full_unstemmed |
Looking ahead: Health impact assessment of front-of-pack nutrition labelling schema as a public health measure |
title_sort |
Looking ahead: Health impact assessment of front-of-pack nutrition labelling schema as a public health measure |
author |
Feteira-Santos, R. |
author_facet |
Feteira-Santos, R. Alarcão, V. Santos, O. Virgolino, A. Fernandes, J. Pacheco Vieira, C. Gregório, M. J. Nogueira, P. Costa, A. S. Graça, P. |
author_role |
author |
author2 |
Alarcão, V. Santos, O. Virgolino, A. Fernandes, J. Pacheco Vieira, C. Gregório, M. J. Nogueira, P. Costa, A. S. Graça, P. |
author2_role |
author author author author author author author author author |
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv |
Feteira-Santos, R. Alarcão, V. Santos, O. Virgolino, A. Fernandes, J. Pacheco Vieira, C. Gregório, M. J. Nogueira, P. Costa, A. S. Graça, P. |
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv |
Food labelling Front-of-pack labelling Nutrition policy Health impact assessment Health literacy Health equity |
topic |
Food labelling Front-of-pack labelling Nutrition policy Health impact assessment Health literacy Health equity |
description |
This study aimed to describe the underlying process, used methods and major recommendations emerging from a comprehensive and prospective health impact assessment of the endorsement of a front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FOP-NL) system by the Portuguese health authorities. A mixed-methods approach was used to gather information on the impact of four FOP-NL schemes on consumers’ selection of food products according to the perception of their nutritional quality, combining a systematic literature review, focus groups (FG), in-depth individual interviews, and an open-label crossover randomized controlled study. The relevance of FOP-NL as a public health promotion policy has emerged as a consensual idea among either FGs’ participants (i.e., consumers and experts), or interviewed stakeholders. Although all of the evaluated FOP-NLs result better than no system on promoting the choice of the healthiest product, the effectiveness of easy-to-interpret FOP-NL among vulnerable groups raised concerns related to the need of integrating specific nutritional information to promote a better self-management of chronic diseases, and related to the level of literacy of consumers, which could impair the usage of FOP-NL. Educational campaigns addressing skills to use FOP-NL is recommended. Furthermore, a monitoring strategy should be considered to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of this policy in promoting healthier food choices, and in reducing diet-related non-communicable diseases burden. |
publishDate |
2021 |
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv |
2021-02-22T12:54:32Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z 2021 2021-02-22T12:53:12Z |
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
format |
article |
status_str |
publishedVersion |
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv |
http://hdl.handle.net/10071/22111 |
url |
http://hdl.handle.net/10071/22111 |
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv |
eng |
language |
eng |
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv |
1661-7827 10.3390/ijerph18041422 |
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
eu_rights_str_mv |
openAccess |
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv |
application/pdf |
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
MDPI |
publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
MDPI |
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv |
reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação instacron:RCAAP |
instname_str |
Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação |
instacron_str |
RCAAP |
institution |
RCAAP |
reponame_str |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
collection |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
repository.name.fl_str_mv |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação |
repository.mail.fl_str_mv |
|
_version_ |
1799134779834105856 |