Policy actions subgroup
Since its inception in 2018, the NUGAG Subgroup on Policy Actions has been focused on the development of guidelines on policy actions which have an impact on the food environment. Guidelines are currently being prepared on school food and nutrition policies, fiscal policies (including taxation and subsidies), nutrition labelling policies, and policies to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing.
Topics
- Nutrition labelling policies
- Policies to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing
- Fiscal policies to promote healthy diets
- School food and nutrition policies
Current members
Nawal Al Hamad
Deputy Director General, Community Nutrition Sector, The Public Authority for Food and Nutrition Kuwait - Areas of expertise: Food and nutrition policy development and implementation
Carukshi Arambepola
Professor in Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka - Areas of expertise: Community health, Nutrition labelling policies, Nutrition policy development
Gastón Ares
Associate Professor, Sensometría y Ciencia del consumidor, Instituto Polo Tecnológico de Pando, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Uruguay - Areas of expertise: Food labelling (including warning labels), Consumer (eating) behaviour
Sharon Friel
Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), Professor of Health Equity, Australian National University - Areas of expertise: Trade law and implications for healthy diets and nutrition and equity, Nutritional epidemiology
Cho-il Kim
Executive Director, Korea Health Industry Development Institute, Republic of Korea - Areas of expertise: Nutrition survey, Policy development, Food marketing and Nutrient profiling systems
Knut-Inge Klepp
Executive Director, Management and Staff for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway - Areas of expertise: Adolescent health, Development and implementation of policies to restrict marketing to children
Joerg Meerpohl
Director, Institute for Evidence in Medicine, Medical Center & Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
Musonda Mofu
Acting Executive Director, National Food and Nutrition Commission, Zambia - Areas of expertise: Food and nutrition policy development and implementation
Ladda Mo-suwan
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand - Areas of expertise: Infant and young child nutrition, childhood obesity, community nutrition
Monica Muti
Nutrition Intervention Manager, Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Zimbabwe - Areas of expertise: Food and nutrition policy development and implementation
Celeste Naude
Senior researcher, Co-Director of Cochrane Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University - Areas of expertise: Systematic reviews (specifically in public health nutrition), GRADE methodology, Nutritional epidemiology
Lisa Powell
Professor and Director, Illinois Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago - Areas of expertise: Health economics, Impact of economics and environmental factors on food consumption
Mike Rayner
Professor of Population Health, Nuffield Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, UK - Areas of expertise: Nutrient profiling, Nutrition policy development and evaluation, Food labelling
Eva Rehfuess
Chair of Public Health and Health Services Research, IBE, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Germany - Areas of expertise: Systematic reviews, Complex interventions, Guideline development methodology, GRADE
Lorena Rodriguez-Osiac
School of Public, Health Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile - Areas of expertise: Food and nutrition policies (development, implementation and research), Regulations
Franco Sassi
International Health Policy and Economics, Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation, Imperial College Business School, UK - Areas of expertise: Health economics, Economics of obesity, Impact of public policies
Barbara Schneeman
Departments of Nutrition/Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis and United States Agency for International Development, USA - Areas of expertise: Codex Alimentarius, Food regulation, Nutrition labelling
Reema Fayez Tayyem
Professor of Nutrition, Department of Human Nutrition, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
Alison Tedstone
Chief Nutritionist and National Director, Diet and Obesity, Health and Wellbeing Directorate Public Health England, UK - Areas of expertise: Development and implementation of food and nutrition policies, Food standards, Nutrition labelling, Fiscal polices
Anne-Marie Thow
Senior Lecturer, Health Policy, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Australia - Areas of expertise: Fiscal policies, Trade, Nutrition policy implementation research
Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen
Extraordinary Professor of Nutrition, Center of Excellence for Nutrition, University of North-West, North-West University, South Africa - Areas of expertise: Dietary methodology, Food composition data, Policy development
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Publications
Assessing the existing evidence base on school food and nutrition policies: a scoping review
This report presents the outcomes of a scoping review conducted to identify and map existing evidence on the effects of school food and nutrition policies...
Results of public consultations and external peer review
Policies to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing
Events
Sixth meeting of the WHO Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Group (NUGAG) Subgroup on Policy Actions
Fifth meeting of the WHO Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Group (NUGAG) Subgroup on Policy Actions