Food Environments Food messaging

Presence of national health-related food environment policies

FSCI

Definition

Reflects the presence of any health-related tax at all in the country (defined as binary given the diversity of policy mechanisms and objectives catalogued). In some countries; however, the tax may not be a federal policy and may only apply to certain subnational areas such as municipalities.

Relevance

Indicates a government’s willingness and ability to implement policy instruments aimed at promoting consumer health.