Integrating food policy with growing health and wellness concerns: an analytical literature review of the issues affecting government, industry, and civil society - (executive summary and full report)
Cash, S.B.; Cortus, B.; Goddard, E.W.; Han, A.; Lerohl, M.; Lomeli, J.
Rural Economy Project Report Department of Rural Economy, University of Alberta (05-01): 189 pp.
2005
Document Number: 314009
This review deals with the linkages between food policy and health concerns. Part I consists of an overview of health and disease and the relationship between health and individual food consumption. Data are drawn from the medical literature. The discussion centres on a summary of various meta-analyses that link health to foods consumed. Part II summarizes major international organizations' views about food health issues. It details the FAO's and WHO's positions on food and health and discusses the actions taken by various NGOs, including Canadian cancer and stroke organizations. Part III focuses on the food industry. It provides examples of the ways in which North American food firms have responded to health issues. This section also includes a summary of major food manufacturers' product advertising activities. Part IV centres on public policy issues, such as the development and marketing of the Canadian Food Guide and governmental regulation of advertising for individual foods. Part V includes a synopsis and recommendations for further research.