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Extending the paradigm: a policy framework for healthy and equitable eating (HE²)
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posted on 2018-12-01, 00:00 authored by M Pescud, S Friel, A Lee, Gary SacksGary Sacks, E Meertens, Rob CarterRob Carter, M Cobcroft, E Munn, J GreenfieldObjectiveThe current short communication aimed to provide a new conceptualisation of the policy drivers of inequities in healthy eating and to make a call to action to begin populating this framework with evidence of actions that can be taken to reduce the inequities in healthy eating.DesignThe Healthy and Equitable Eating (HE2) Framework derives from a systems-based analytical approach involving expert workshops.SettingAustralia.SubjectsAcademics, government officials and non-government organisations in Australia.ResultsThe HE2Framework extends previous conceptualisations of policy responses to healthy eating to include the social determinants of healthy eating and its social distribution, encompassing policy areas including housing, social protection, employment, education, transport, urban planning, plus the food system and environment.ConclusionsAs the burden of non-communicable diseases continues to grow globally, it is important that governments, practitioners and researchers focus attention on the development and implementation of policies beyond the food system and environment that can address the social determinants of inequities in healthy eating.
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Journal
Public health nutritionVolume
21Issue
18Pagination
3477 - 3481Publisher
Cambridge University PressLocation
Cambridge, Eng.Publisher DOI
ISSN
1368-9800eISSN
1475-2727Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2018, The AuthorsUsage metrics
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Social determinants of healthNutritionHealth inequitiesHealth inequalitiesHealth policyPublic policyScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicinePublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthNutrition & DieteticsNUTRITION EDUCATION-PROGRAMSOCIAL DETERMINANTSLOW-INCOMESCHOOL FOODOBESITYENVIRONMENTSACCESSAFFORDABILITYPREVENTIONHOMELESS