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. 2018 Jun 13:361:k2426.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.k2426.

Role of government policy in nutrition-barriers to and opportunities for healthier eating

Dariush Mozaffarian  1 , Sonia Y Angell  2 , Tim Lang  3 , Juan A Rivera  4
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Role of government policy in nutrition-barriers to and opportunities for healthier eating

Dariush Mozaffarian et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Dariush Mozaffarian and colleagues review strategies governments can use to improve nutrition and health

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: All authors have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare funding from the National Institutes of Health, NHLBI (R01 HL130735). The funders had no role in the design or conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; or decision to submit the manuscript for publication. DM reports personal fees from Acasti Pharma, GOED, DSM, Nutrition Impact, Pollock Communications, Bunge, Indigo Agriculture, and Amarin; scientific advisory board, Omada Health, Elysium Health, and DayTwo; and chapter royalties from UpToDate (not related to this work). JAR reports personal fees from Tres Montes Lucchetti, not related to this work.

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Multilayered influences beyond personal knowledge and preference alter food choices. Government can consider these influences as potential targets, barriers, facilitators, and effect modifiers of food policies. Reproduced with permission from Ashfin et al
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