Supporting Healthy Eating: Synergistic Effects of Nutrition Education Paired with Policy, Systems, and Environmental Changes.

This article posits that nutrition education combined with policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change approaches is more effective than either strategy in isolation and both are needed to reduce the global burden of diet-related chronic diseases. This article presents a conceptual framework for understanding the multiple influences on what people eat; discusses the need for PSE strategies to augment direct nutrition education approaches; and highlights examples of synergistic and promising linkages between nutrition education and PSE strategies in 3 areas: federal nutrition assistance programs, food retail settings, and nutrition and calorie labeling. In addition, future directions where this synergistic approach holds promise for improving population health and reducing health inequities are discussed. Nutrition education combined with PSE changes at governmental and community levels, as well as strategic public-private alliances have the potential to change the way people eat and improve health and well-being. PMID: 31779013 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Nestlee Nutrition Institute Workshop Series - Category: Nutrition Tags: Nestle Nutr Inst Workshop Ser Source Type: research