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Food Systems

Food Systems

Building a healthier future through better food environments

Nos systèmes alimentaires actuels nous font défaut. Les multinationales dominent, produisant des aliments malsains qui sont très rentables, très commercialisés et largement accessibles. Ces produits, souvent ultra-transformés et riches en sucre, en sel et en graisses malsaines, contribuent à l'augmentation des taux d'obésité. Les déséquilibres de pouvoir entre les acteurs commerciaux et les acteurs de la santé publique créent des environnements alimentaires "obésogènes" où les options plus saines sont moins désirables, moins accessibles et moins abordables.

The challenges

  • Billions of dollars are spent annually to advertise unhealthy foods, targeting children and vulnerable communities.
  • Healthy foods are less accessible, particularly for low-income households
  • Ultra-processed foods are engineered to be hyper-palatable, contributing to overconsumption and poor diet quality.
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Notre appel à l'action

To transform our food systems, we need:

Stronger government regulations:

  • Implementation of fiscal policies like taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages to reduce consumption of unhealthy products.
  • Mandatary front-of-pack nutrition labelling and nutrient declarations to enable healthier choices.
  • Enforcement of marketing restrictions on unhealthy foods, especially those targeting children.
  • Policies to incentivise food manufacturers to reduce harmful ingredients and improve the nutritional quality of their products.

Equitable access to healthy food:

  • Support for breastfeeding through protection, promotion, and workplace policies.
  • Healthy public food procurement and service policies in schools, workplaces, and public institutions.
  • Reformulation of food and beverage products to meet healthy diet standards.

By advocating for healthier food environments, we can reduce the rise in obesity rates, improve public health, and create systems where nutritious food is the easy choice for everyone.

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