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Taking action to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing: a child rights-based approach
Taking action to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing: a child rights-based approach
Guidelines
Use of non-sugar sweeteners: WHO guideline
Use of non-sugar sweeteners: WHO guideline
Guidelines
Noncommunicable diseases in the Americas: a review of the Pan American Health Organization’s 25-year program of work
Noncommunicable diseases in the Americas: a review of the Pan American Health Organization’s 25-year program of work
Technical and Scientific Products
Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition – Latin America and the Caribbean 2022
Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition – Latin America and the Caribbean 2022
Technical Reports
Comparing taxes as a percentage of sugar-sweetened beverage prices in Latin America and the Caribbean
Comparing taxes as a percentage of sugar-sweetened beverage prices in Latin America and the Caribbean
Technical and Scientific Products
Sugar-sweetened Beverage Tax Indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean
Sugar-sweetened Beverage Tax Indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean
Sugar-sweetened Beverage Tax Indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean
Sugar-sweetened Beverage Tax Indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean
Technical and Scientific Products
Health effects of the use of non-sugar sweeteners: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Health effects of the use of non-sugar sweeteners: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Systematic reviews
WHO manual on sugar-sweetened beverage taxation policies to promote healthy diets
WHO manual on sugar-sweetened beverage taxation policies to promote healthy diets
Field guides
Research to Support the Development of Front-of-Package Labeling Regulations for Food Products in the Americas: Methods, Tools, and Procedures
Research to Support the Development of Front-of-Package Labeling Regulations for Food Products in the Americas: Methods, Tools, and Procedures
Guidelines
Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2021: Statistics and Trends
Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2021: Statistics and Trends
Technical Reports
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Report on the regional workshop on regulation of the marketing of unhealthy food products. Washington, D.C., 15-17 October 2019
Technical Reports
Preventing and Managing Conflicts of Interest in Country-level Nutrition Programs
Preventing and Managing Conflicts of Interest in Country-level Nutrition Programs: A Roadmap for Implementing the World Health Organization’s Draft Approach in the Americas
Technical and Scientific Products
Global action plan on physical activity 2018–2030: more active people for a healthier world
Fair play: building a strong physical activity system for more active people
Fair play: building a strong physical activity system for more active people
Policy briefs
In a red background, lineal illustration of containers of juice, soda, chololate milk and yougurt, and several signs of %, $ in yellow around them
Sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in the Region of the Americas
Technical Reports
Cover of Nutrition action in schools: a review of evidence related to the nutrition-friendly schools initiative
Nutrition action in schools: a review of evidence related to the nutrition-friendly schools initiative
Systematic reviews
Cover of Front-of-Package Labeling as a Policy Tool for the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Americas
Front-of-Package Labeling as a Policy Tool for the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Americas
Other publications
CD58/INF/5 - Plan of Action for the Prevention of Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Final Report
Technical Reports
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Ultra-processed food and drink products in Latin America: Sales, sources, nutrient profiles, and policy implications
Technical Reports
Ending Childhood Obesity
WHO Report of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity - Executive Summary
Mandates and Strategies