Publications by authors named "Maria Alice Moz-Christofoletti"
Article Synopsis
- Obesity in Latin America is rising rapidly, making it a significant public health issue, prompting countries to implement policies for better diet and exercise.
- Recent studies show that market-based interventions like food taxes and marketing restrictions reduce unhealthy food consumption, while programs providing healthy foods help lower obesity rates.
- Despite these efforts improving some health behaviors, obesity rates continue to climb, highlighting the need for ongoing strategies within a structural framework to combat the epidemic.
The availability, purchase and consumption of foods high in fat, sugars and salt and low in fibre are linked to the high health and economic burden of noncommunicable diseases, including cancer, in Europe. Therefore, assessing the quality of the food offer is key as feedback to decision makers, as well as to identify good practices and areas of the food supply still requiring urgent action. We combined detailed market share and sales data with nutrition composition data to evaluate the nutritional quality of 14 packaged food and soft drinks categories sold across 22 European countries over the 2015-2018 period.
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