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PRESS RELEASE: Food-EPI Ireland
Report finds
- First-of-its-kind report compares Ireland’s food policies to international standards
- Experts recommend no-fry-zones, taxes on unhealthy foods to subsidise healthy options
Ireland is at international best practice in monitoring overweight and obesity prevalence in the population and occurrence rates for the main diet-related disease.
PEN Workshop at the WCPH congress this week
22.D. Workshop: The Food Environment Policy Index for the EU, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Poland
Don’t miss this workshop at the 16th World Congresss on Public Health (WCPH) on Thursday 15th October, 15:45-16:45 CET
Recording to PEN/ ISBNPA webinar available!
Measuring policy actions for healthy and sustainable food and physical activity environments - A SIG Policies and Environment webinar
Recording of the symposium dated 22 September presenting learnings from international studies on physical activity and food policy monitoring and evaluation.
Report on Food-EPI: Ireland
The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI): Ireland
Evidence Document for Ireland 2020
Report on Food-EPI: Norway
The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI): Norway
Assessment of current policy and recommendations for further efforts in Norway.
PEN Webinar on Tuesday 22. September
Measuring policy actions for healthy and sustainable food and physical activity environments - A SIG Policies and Environment webinar
This symposium to take place on Tuesday, September 22nd at 7.00 h GMT/ 8.00 Irish time/ 9.00 CEST will present, discuss and critique the learnings from international studies on physical activity and food policy monitoring and evaluation.
Report on Food-EPI: The Netherlands
The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI): The Netherlands
An overview of national government policies influencing the food environment in the Netherlands.
Joint symposium of CO-CREATE, STOP and PEN at ECO/ ICO
Joint symposium “Disrupting childhood obesity trends across Europe”
On September 2nd, 2020, EU-projects CO-CREATE, STOP and PEN met at ECO/ICO 2020 for a joint symposium where they discussed how the three projects are trying to address some unresolved challenges around childhood obesity and ensure successful, sustainable outcomes.
Report on Food-EPI Europe
The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI): European Union
An overview of EU-level policies influencing food environments in EU Member States.
Vlog about stakeholders engagement in PEN
Key message by PEN PhD students addresssing the “Theory of Change” (ToC) approach
Janine Wendt and Daniel Scheller, two PhD students from the PEN project, planned to address the “Theory of Change” (ToC) approach in their inspiration session of the JPI HDHL conference in 2020, which because of COVID-19 was postponed till spring 2021. They share their key message in this vlog.
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Joint symposium of the STOP/ CO-CREATE/ PEN projects
Addressing health policy and research at the STOP/ CO-CREATE/ PEN Symposium
A virtual joint symposium of the STOP, CO-CREATE and PEN was organized with key members of the three consortia as an opportunity for the projects to collaborate and share updates on progress to date.
New PEN article on public acceptability of sugar-sweetened beverages tax in the Netherlands
Public acceptability of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax and its associated factors in the Netherlands
Public acceptability of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax tends to be higher if revenue is used for health initiatives. This is according to an online survey conducted among a representative sample of Dutch adults.
New PEN scoping review of nutrition and physical activity policies
Use of the GRADE approach in health policymaking and evaluation: a scoping review of nutrition and physical activity policies (systematic review)
In the world of health-related guidelines, GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation) is the most widely used approach for assessing the certainty of evidence and determining the strength of recommendations. In this scoping review of 36 documents we found that the GRADE approach has been used for policy evaluations, in the evaluation of the effectiveness of policy-relevant interventions (policymaking), as well as in the development of guidelines intended to guide policymaking in the areas of dietary behavior, physical activity, and sedentary behavior.
The PEN's signature paper is now online!
As no systematic research on health policy implementation and impact, with a focus on relevant public policy interventions to directly or indirectly tackle physical inactivity, unhealthy diets and sedentary behaviours currently exist across Europe, PEN will address this need.