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Modelling impacts of food industry co-regulation on noncommunicable disease mortality, Portugal

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Objective
To model the reduction in premature deaths attributed to noncommunicable diseases if targets for reformulation of processed food agreed between the Portuguese health ministry and the food industry were met.


Methods
The 2015 co-regulation agreement sets voluntary targets for reducing sugar, salt and trans-fatty acids in a range of products by 2021. We obtained government data on dietary intake in 2015–2016 and on population s...

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Publication status:
Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.2471/blt.18.220566

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Primary Care Health Sciences
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-2750-3575
Publisher:
World Health Organisation Publisher's website
Journal:
Bulletin of the World Health Organisation Journal website
Volume:
97
Issue:
7
Pages:
450-459
Publication date:
2019-07-01
Acceptance date:
2019-04-04
DOI:
EISSN:
1564-0604
ISSN:
0042-9686
Pubs id:
pubs:1025660
UUID:
uuid:3652ceca-c628-40c6-942e-70bffe809f7c
Local pid:
pubs:1025660
Source identifiers:
1025660
Deposit date:
2019-07-02

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