Saudi Arabia’s Healthy Food Strategy: Progress & Hurdles in the 2030 Road
| Autor: | Lulu Ali Almutairi, Faisal Naser Bensaidan, Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh, Tagreed Mohammad Alfuraih, Faisal Fahad Bin Sunaid, Atheer Shayea Alragea, Rawan Abdulaziz Alobaid, Ali F. Duhaim, Talal Ali Alsaloom, Jana Jabbour, Meshal Wasel Almutairi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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obesity
Food industry Saudi Arabia Eastern Mediterranean region Review 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Nutrition Policy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Healthy food KSA Stakeholder Participation Environmental health medicine Humans TX341-641 Front of pack Nutrition information 030212 general & internal medicine Intersectoral Collaboration Government Nutrition and Dietetics health policies Nutrition. Foods and food supply business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology Private sector medicine.disease non-communicable diseases Obesity nutrient labels nutrition Healthy People Programs Food products Business trans fatty acids Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Nutrients Nutrients, Vol 13, Iss 2130, p 2130 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2072-6643 |
| Popis: | The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is a leading country worldwide in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which alone can explain 73% of mortality in the country. In response to the heavy burden of NCDs, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), in collaboration with other government entities, developed a healthy food strategy (HFS) aimed at enhancing healthy lifestyles and reducing the intake of salt, sugar, saturated fatty acids (SSF) and trans fatty acids (TFA). The objectives of the HFS, to facilitate consumers’ identification of SSF and reduce the SSF and TFA content in food items, were addressed in collaboration with key stakeholders in the public and private sectors of the food industry. These reforms included voluntary and mandatory schemes to display nutrition information in food and beverage establishments, display allergens on food menus, encourage the adoption of front of pack nutrient labels (FoPNLs) on food products, ban the use of partially hydrogenated oils and establish limits for sodium composition in breads and selected food products. This manuscript contextualizes the HFS and presents the results of monitoring initiatives undertaken by the SFDA to assess compliance with these reforms. |
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