Belgium
INFORMAS in Belgium
- People Involved
- Outputs Table
- Outputs (publications, reports, conference presentations)
- Acknowledgements/Funders
Dr Stefanie Vandevijvere
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Population Health
The University of Auckland
Email: Stefanie Vandevijvere
| Module | Status (as of March 2025) |
| Public Sector (Food EPI) |
Publication of a list of 44 good practice policies for governments to achieve healthy diets from sustainable food systems. Evidence review and international expert consultation to indetify government policies with the potential to simultaneously address undernutrition, obesity and environmental sustainability Looking at sustainability indicators to be included in Food-EPI A policy mapping was conducted in five African countries (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Togo, and Uganda) and one city in each to identify barriers and facilitators for developing and implementing public policies aimed at creating healthy and environmentally sustainable food systems. Research article available. |
| Private Sector | Phase 1 started in 2019 |
| Food Composition | Data collection conducted in 2018. Due to challenges of data collection and lack of funding, for 2019, 2020 data collected from Discounters. For large supermarkets, web scraping will be used for data collection. |
| Food Labelling | |
| Food Promotion | |
| Food Prices | In progress |
| Food Retail | |
| Food Provision | |
| Food Trade & Investment |
- Burgaz, C., Van Dam, I., Diouf, A., Kouakou, K. P., Mama, O. M., Kou’santa Amouzou, S., … & Vandevijvere, S. (2025). Barriers and Facilitators to the Development and Implementation of Public Policies Addressing Food Systems in Five Sub-Saharan African Countries and Five of Their Cities. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, (Articles in Press).
- Burgaz, C., Van Dam, I., Garton, K. et al. Which government policies to create healthy diets from sustainable food systems have the potential to simultaneously address undernutrition, obesity and environmental sustainability? Results of an evidence review and international expert consultation. (2024). https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3281805/v1
- Burgaz, C.; Bartoletto Martins; A.P., Batis, C.; Castronuovo, L.; Diouf, A.; Sacks, G.; Swinburn, B.; Vandevijvere, S. (2024). Good practice government policies on food systems to simultaneously sddress undernutrition, obesity and climate change. Sciensano.
- Burgaz, C.; Bartoletto Martins; A.P., Batis, C.; Castronuovo, L.; Diouf, A.; Sacks, G.; Swinburn, B.; Vandevijvere, S. (2024). Good practice government policies on food systems to simultaneously sddress undernutrition, obesity and climate change. Science-Policy Brief for the Multistakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs.
- Burgaz, C., Gorasso, V., Achten, W.M.J. et al. The effectiveness of food system policies to improve nutrition, nutrition-related inequalities and environmental sustainability: a scoping review. Food Sec. 15, 1313–1344 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-023-01385-1