Scaling-up food policies in the Pacific Islands: protocol for policy engagement and mixed methods evaluation of intervention implementation.
Background: There is a crisis of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Pacific Islands, and poor diets are a major contributor. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis will likely further exacerbate the burden on food systems. Pacific Island leaders have adopted a range of food policie...
| Publicado en: | Nutrition Journal Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 12 |
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| Formato: | protocol tables/charts Journal Article |
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BioMed Central
2/2/2022
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