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INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): overview and key principles
Obesity reviews, v 14(S1), pp 1-12
01 Oct 2013
PMID: 24074206
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Abstract
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) dominate disease burdens globally and poor nutrition increasingly contributes to this global burden. Comprehensive monitoring of food environments, and evaluation of the impact of public and private sector policies on food environments is needed to strengthen accountability systems to reduce NCDs. The International Network for Food and Obesity/NCDs Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS) is a global network of public-interest organizations and researchers that aims to monitor, benchmark and support public and private sector actions to create healthy food environments and reduce obesity, NCDs and their related inequalities. The INFORMAS framework includes two process' modules, that monitor the policies and actions of the public and private sectors, seven impact' modules that monitor the key characteristics of food environments and three outcome' modules that monitor dietary quality, risk factors and NCD morbidity and mortality. Monitoring frameworks and indicators have been developed for 10 modules to provide consistency, but allowing for stepwise approaches (minimal', expanded', optimal') to data collection and analysis. INFORMAS data will enable benchmarking of food environments between countries, and monitoring of progress over time within countries. Through monitoring and benchmarking, INFORMAS will strengthen the accountability systems needed to help reduce the burden of obesity, NCDs and their related inequalities.
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- Title
- INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): overview and key principles
- Creators
- B. Swinburn - University of AucklandG. Sacks - Deakin Univ, WHO Collaborating Ctr Obes Prevent, Burwood, Vic, AustraliaS. Vandevijvere - Univ Auckland, Sch Populat Hlth, Auckland 1142, New ZealandS. Kumanyika - Drexel University, Dana and David Dornsife School of Public HealthT. Lobstein - Int Assoc Study Obes, London, EnglandB. Neal - Univ Sydney, George Inst Global Hlth, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaS. Barquera - Natl Inst Publ Hlth, Mexico City, DF, MexicoS. Friel - Australian Natl Univ, Natl Ctr Epidemiol & Publ Hlth, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaC. Hawkes - World Cancer Research Fund InternationalB. Kelly - University of WollongongM. L'Abbe - Univ Toronto, Dept Nutr Sci, Toronto, ON, CanadaA. Lee - Queensland University of TechnologyJ. Ma - Chinese Center For Disease Control and PreventionJ. Macmullan - Consumers Int, London, EnglandS. Mohan - Public Health Foundation of IndiaC. Monteiro - Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Publ Hlth, Sao Paulo, BrazilM. Rayner - Univ Oxford, British Heart Fdn Hlth Promot Res Grp, Oxford, EnglandD. Sanders - University of the Western CapeW. Snowdon - Deakin Univ, WHO Collaborating Ctr Obes Prevent, Burwood, Vic, AustraliaC. Walker - Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
- Publication Details
- Obesity reviews, v 14(S1), pp 1-12
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- University of Auckland University of Oxford World Cancer Research Fund International; World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRF) Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Health at Deakin University Australian National University Deakin University Rockefeller Foundation University of Toronto George Institute, University of Sydney International Obesity Taskforce (IOTF) University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000325076200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84885162727
- Other Identifier
- 991019312705804721
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