Implementation of a Healthy Food and Beverage Policy at a Public University

Rickrode-Fernandez, Zachary; Kao, Janice; Lesser, Mary N. R.; Guess, Kim

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2021.06.009

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“…Of the twenty-six initiatives, ten were implemented in the USA (45,47,51,52,58,65,66,70,78,81) , seven in Australia (12,43,44,46,53,60,79) , five in the UK (42,54,68,76,80) , two in Canada (13,56,62) , one in Germany (14) and one in South Africa (39) .…”

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“…Two articles reported on implementation, monitoring, enforcement and review (66,68) . The article by Stead and colleagues, described the Healthcare Retail Standard (HRS), a regulatory scheme developed by the Scottish Government that applied to all food retail outlets in the Scottish National Health Service and aimed to increase healthy food options and limit the promotion of unhealthy food (68) .…”

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The use of private regulatory measures to create healthy food retail environments: a scoping review

Dancey,

Reeve,

Jones

et al. 2024

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Different forms of public and private regulation have been used to improve the healthiness of food retail environments. The aim of this scoping review was to systematically examine the types of private regulatory measures used to create healthy food retail environments, the reporting of the processes of implementation, monitoring, review and enforcement, and the barriers to and enablers of these. Design: Scoping review using the Johanna Briggs Institute guidelines. Ovid Medline, Psych Info, Embase, Cinahl Plus, Business Source Complete, and Scopus databases were searched in October 2020 and again in September 2023 using terms for ‘food retail’, ‘regulation’ and ‘nutrition’. Regulatory measure type was described by Domain and Mechanism. Deductive thematic analysis was used to identify reported barriers and enablers to effective regulatory governance processes using a public health law framework. Setting: Food retail. Participants: Food retail settings using private regulatory measures to create healthier food retail environments. Results: 17694 articles were screened and 35 included for review from six countries, with all articles published since 2011. Articles reporting on 26 unique private regulatory measures cited a mix of voluntary (n=16), mandatory (n=6) measures, both (n=2), or did not disclose (n=2). Articles frequently reported on implementation (34/35), with less reporting on the other regulatory governance processes of monitoring (15/35), review (6/35) and enforcement (2/35). Conclusions: We recommend more attention be paid to reporting on the monitoring, review and enforcement processes used in private regulation to promote further progress in improving the healthiness of food retail environments.

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The use of private regulatory measures to create healthy food retail environments: a scoping review

Dancey,

Reeve,

Jones

et al. 2024

Public Health Nutr.

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“…The USA also tended to have high perceived availability for purchase or for free fruits and vegetables and other healthy snacks in the university setting, which is in line with voluntary regulations for food and beverage sales in the campuses of some US universities. For example, the Healthier Campus Initiative through the Partnership for a Healthier America, aiming to make nutritious foods and opportunities for physical activity both accessible and built into the campus culture ( 18 , 19 ). However, our results also indicate high availability of junk food and sugary beverages for free in these settings, which may be explained by the voluntary nature of existing regulations or give-away events.…”

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“…Overall, the findings underscore the importance of implementing and enforcing mandatory programs aimed at providing healthy food environments in universities. Several examples exist on how to develop and implement policies in these settings to ensure access to healthier foods ( 19 ).…”

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Perceived Availability of Healthy and Unhealthy Foods in the Community, Work, and Higher Education Settings across Five Countries: Findings from the International Food Policy Study 2018

Contreras‐Manzano¹,

Jáuregui²,

Vanderlee

et al. 2022

The Journal of Nutrition

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Background Food environments play a key role in dietary behavior and vary due to different contexts, regulations, and policies. Objectives This study aimed to characterize the perceived availability of healthy and unhealthy foods in three different settings in 5 countries. Methods We analyzed data from the 2018 International Food Policy Study, a cross-sectional survey of adults (18–100 years, n = 22,824) from Australia, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States (US). Perceived availability of unhealthy (junk food and sugary drinks) and healthy foods (fruit or vegetables, healthy snacks, and water) in the community, workplace, and university settings were measured (i.e., not available, available for purchase, or available for free). Differences in perceived availability across countries were tested using adjusted multinomial logistic regression models. Results Across countries, unhealthy foods were perceived as highly available in all settings; in university and work settings unhealthy foods were perceived as more available than healthy foods. Australia and Canada had the highest perceived availability of unhealthy foods (range 87.5–90.6% between categories), while the UK had the highest perceived availability of fruits and vegetables for purchase (89.3%) in the community. In university and work settings, Mexico had the highest perceived availability for purchase of unhealthy foods (range 69.9–84.9%). The US and the UK had the highest perceived availability of fruits and vegetables for purchase (65.3–66.3%) or for free (21.2–22.8%) in the university. In the workplace, the UK had high perceived availability of fruits and vegetables for purchase (40.2%) or for free (18.5%), while the US had the highest perceived availability of junk food for free (17.3%). Conclusions Across countries, unhealthy foods were perceived as highly available in all settings. Variability between countries may reflect differences in policies and regulations. Results underscore the need for the continuation and improvement of policy efforts to generate healthier food environments.

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“…This means that environmental impact likely did not change much, whereas if tap water replaced SSBs, it would greatly reduce the environmental impact from beverages and beverage containers [ 59 ]. Improving food environments could even lead to increased net consumption—a healthy food policy at a large PHEI increased vending machine sales of “healthier” snacks and beverages by 5% and 4%, respectively in 2018–2019, while total sales increased by 12% and 15% [ 109 ], although total student fall enrollment increased only 1.6% [ 110 ].…”

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What’s to Eat and Drink on Campus? Public and Planetary Health, Public Higher Education, and the Public Good

Cleveland

2022

Nutrients

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Public higher education institutions (PHEIs) have a unique and important role in responding to the public and planetary health crisis—they are centers of research on public and planetary health and of learning for young people, and have a public good mission. Yet, PHEI campus food environments are predominantly unhealthy and environmentally unsustainable, and associated with unhealthy food choices and unhealthy students. PHEIs are addressing high levels of student food insecurity (FI) that disproportionately affect the most vulnerable groups. Yet, because student FI is measured as individual access to adequate quantities of food, campus responses to FI often overlook unhealthy food environments. These environments result from neoliberal PHEI business policies that prioritize short-term revenue and encourage superfluous consumption, and unhealthy, environmentally harmful diets. PHEIs need to move beyond neoliberalism to honor their public good mission, including prioritizing health, the environment, and equity, in decisions about food on campus. My goal in this perspective is to encourage inclusive campus discussion about why this change is required to adequately respond to the crisis of student, public, and planetary health, and about how to begin.

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Implementation of a Healthy Food and Beverage Policy at a Public University

Cited by 9 publications

References 6 publications

The use of private regulatory measures to create healthy food retail environments: a scoping review

The use of private regulatory measures to create healthy food retail environments: a scoping review

Perceived Availability of Healthy and Unhealthy Foods in the Community, Work, and Higher Education Settings across Five Countries: Findings from the International Food Policy Study 2018

What’s to Eat and Drink on Campus? Public and Planetary Health, Public Higher Education, and the Public Good

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