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AIM

Emphasise the priority given to public health including cancer prevention in strategic planning and action


RECOMMENDATIONS

Built environment industries:

Plan, commission, construct, and operate all built environments so as to protect public health and facilitate physical activity


Food and drink industries:

Make public health an explicit priority in all stages of food systems including product research, development, formulation and reformulation, and promotion

Ensure that healthy meals, snacks, foods, and drinks are competitively priced compared with other products

Collaborate in order to stop advertising, promotion, and easy availability of sugary drinks and unhealthy foods to children2

Ensure that marketing and promotion of breastmilk substitutes and complementary foods follow the terms of UN codes and strategies on infant and young child feeding3

Ensure accuracy, uniformity, and availability of product information in all advertising and promotion and on food labels2


Physical activity industry:4

Promote goods and services that encourage participation in physical activity by people of all ages, rather than in competitive or elite sporting performance


Entertainment and leisure industry:

Give higher priority to entertainment products and services that enable everybody, especially children and young people, to be physically active


  1. Owners, directors, executives, and other decision-takers in all transnational, international, and national industries whose policies and practices have an impact on health. These include food producers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and caterers. They also include all industries responsible for shaping built environments and the entertainment, leisure, and sports industries.
  2. Relatively healthy processed foods and drinks are packaged or presented in appropriate portion sizes as recommended by national governments or UN agencies, are explicitly labelled, are relatively low in added saturated fats, fats and oils, and sugars and syrups and are therefore relatively nutrient-dense and low in energy density, low in salt, and contain minimal or no trans-fatty acids. Fresh or minimally processed energy-dense foods that are also nutrient-dense, such as nuts, seeds, and some oils, are healthy.
  3. Correspondingly to discourage use of baby formula or commercial weaning foods in the first 6 months of life, unless otherwise recommended by a qualified health professional. This and all recommendations to do with breastfeeding endorse the UN Strategy on Infant and Young Child Feeding.
  4. Such as sporting goods manufacturers and providers of health centres and sports facilities.


For more details see CHAPTER 8 of the Policy Report



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