Journal
OBESITY REVIEWS
Volume 14, Issue -, Pages 82-95Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12078
Keywords
Food prices; food affordability; non-communicable disease; food policy
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- Rockefeller Foundation
- International Obesity Taskforce
- University of Auckland
- Deakin University
- George Institute, University of Sydney
- Queensland University of Technology
- University of Oxford
- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
- World Cancer Research Fund International
- University of Toronto
- Australian National University
- Faculty of Health at Deakin University
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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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