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Investing for Health: Potential Mechanisms for the Investment Community to Contribute to Obesity Prevention and Improved Nutrition

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posted on 2024-06-04, 01:18 authored by Gary SacksGary Sacks, E Robinson
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: There is a critical need for corporations to be part of the solutions to major societal issues, such as obesity. Investment decisions can have a substantial impact on both corporate practices and population health. This paper aimed to explore potential mechanisms for incorporating obesity and related nutrition considerations into responsible investment (RI) approaches. RECENT FINDINGS: We found that there are a number of available strategies for the investment community to incorporate obesity considerations into their decisions. However, despite some recent efforts to improve company disclosure in the area and the emergence of new tools for assessing food company nutrition policies, the inclusion of obesity and related nutrition considerations as part of RI is currently extremely limited. There appears to be substantial scope to apply approaches already in widespread use for other RI considerations to the area of obesity. Ways in which to apply measurement frameworks across different markets and sectors need to be explored.

History

Journal

Current obesity reports

Volume

7

Pagination

211-219

Location

United States

ISSN

2162-4968

eISSN

2162-4968

Language

English

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2018, Springer

Issue

3

Publisher

SPRINGER