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Monitoring the price and affordability of foods and diets globally
Obesity reviews, v 14(S1)
01 Oct 2013
PMID: 24074213
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Abstract
Food prices and food affordability are important determinants of food choices, obesity and non-communicable diseases. As governments around the world consider policies to promote the consumption of healthier foods, data on the relative price and affordability of foods, with a particular focus on the difference between less healthy' and healthy' foods and diets, are urgently needed. This paper briefly reviews past and current approaches to monitoring food prices, and identifies key issues affecting the development of practical tools and methods for food price data collection, analysis and reporting. A step-wise monitoring framework, including measurement indicators, is proposed. Minimal' data collection will assess the differential price of healthy' and less healthy' foods; expanded' monitoring will assess the differential price of healthy' and less healthy' diets; and the optimal' approach will also monitor food affordability, by taking into account household income. The monitoring of the price and affordability of healthy' and less healthy' foods and diets globally will provide robust data and benchmarks to inform economic and fiscal policy responses. Given the range of methodological, cultural and logistical challenges in this area, it is imperative that all aspects of the proposed monitoring framework are tested rigorously before implementation.
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- Title
- Monitoring the price and affordability of foods and diets globally
- Creators
- A. Lee - Queensland University of TechnologyC. N. Mhurchu - Univ Auckland, Sch Populat Hlth, Auckland 1, New ZealandG. Sacks - Deakin UniversityB. Swinburn - Deakin UniversityW. Snowdon - Deakin UniversityS. Vandevijvere - University of AucklandC. Hawkes - World Cancer Research Fund InternationalM. L'Abbe - Univ Toronto, Dept Nutr Sci, Toronto, ON, CanadaM. Rayner - British Heart FoundationD. Sanders - University of the Western CapeS. Barquera - Instituto Nacional de Salud PúblicaS. Friel - Australian National UniversityB. Kelly - University of WollongongS. Kumanyika - University of PennsylvaniaT. Lobstein - Curtin UniversityJ. Ma - Chinese Center For Disease Control and PreventionJ. Macmullan - Consumers International London UKS. Mohan - Public Health Foundation of IndiaC. Monteiro - Universidade de São PauloB. Neal - George Institute for Global HealthC. Walker - Global Alliance for Improved NutritionINFORMAS
- Publication Details
- Obesity reviews, v 14(S1)
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 14
- 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 International Obesity Taskforce Rockefeller Foundation University of Toronto George Institute, University of Sydney 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:000325076200008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84885170182
- Other Identifier
- 991019312713304721
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