The prevalence of overweight and obesity is rapidly increasing among Latin American
children, posing challenges for current healthcare systems and increasing the risk for a wide …

Non‐communicable diseases (NCD s) dominate disease burdens globally and poor
nutrition increasingly contributes to this global burden. Comprehensive monitoring of food …

The food environment is a critical place in the food system to implement interventions to
support sustainable diets and address the global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and …

Government action is essential to increase the healthiness of food environments and reduce
obesity, diet‐related non‐communicable diseases (NCD s), and their related inequalities …

Food systems that deliver healthy diets without exceeding the planet's resources are
essential to achieve the worlds' ambitious development goals. Healthy diets need to be safe …

This paper is concerned with the relationship between the planning of settlements and
health. It gives a brief introduction to the issues before summarising the evidence in relation …

Objective: Food environments may be contributing to the rapid increase in obesity occurring
in most Latin American (LA) countries. The present study reviews literature from LA that (i) …

The high prevalence of childhood obesity has led to questions about the influence of
'obesogenic'environments on children's health. Public health interventions targeting the …

The liberalization of international trade and foreign direct investment through multilateral,
regional and bilateral agreements has had profound implications for the structure and nature …

Background Supermarkets have unprecedented political and economic power in the food
system and an inherent responsibility to demonstrate good corporate citizenship via …