Healthy School Canteen
Includes resources to support transitioning to healthier school canteens for school leaders, canteen managers, parents, and communities.
Impact of the Food-Labeling and Advertising Law Banning Competitive Food and Beverages in Chilean Public Schools, 2014–2016
Reviews the impact of the national law banning sales of competitive food and beverages in schools, based on Chile’s Law of Food Labeling and Advertising. Results show that availability of foods exceeding cutoffs decreased from 90.4% in 2014 to 15.0% in 2016 after policy implementation.
WHO South-East Asia Region Sodium Benchmarks for Packaged Foods
A document that tailors the 2021 global sodium benchmarks for packaged food categories to the South-East Asia Region, incorporating regional food sources and sodium levels to support countries in setting feasible reformulation targets and advancing sodium reduction efforts.
Selling a sick future: countering harmful marketing to children and young people across risk factors for NCDs
A guide on how to counter harmful commercial marketing towards children and young people across risk factors for noncommunicable diseases.
Singapore Case Study: Reducing Singaporeans’ High Sodium Intake
A case study on Singapore’s national strategy to reduce sodium intake through the promotion of lower-sodium alternatives
Behind the Labels: Big Food’s War on Healthy Food Policies
This report by GHAI’s Food Policy program reveals how the ultra-processed food industry has aggressively fought against front-of-package labels globally.
Policies to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing: WHO guideline
This guideline builds on the 2010 WHO Set of recommendations on the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children, and takes into consideration more recent evidence specific to children and to the context of food marketing.
Review of Methods to Determine the Main Sources of Salt in the Diet
From WHO/PAHO Regional Expert Group for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Population-wide Dietary Salt Reduction
Sodium Reduction Framework
This framework summarizes the recommended components of a comprehensive dietary sodium reduction program, and provides links to existing implementation tools, examples of successful programs and other resources.
Healthy public food procurement and service policies
Resource on the benefits of healthy public food procurement and service policies.
WHO Regional Office for Europe Nutrient Profile Model (2015)
Describes regional nutrient profile model for use and adaptation when developing policies to restrict food marketing to children.
WHO Nutrient Profile Model for the Western Pacific Region (2016)
Nutrient thresholds used to implement the set of recommendations on the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children.
WHO Nutrient Profile Model for South-East Asia Region (2017)
Nutrient thresholds used to implement the set of recommendations on the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children.
WHO Nutrient Profile Model for the African Region (2019)
Nutrient thresholds used to implement the set of recommendations on the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children.
Set of Recommendations on the Marketing of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages to Children (2010)
Describes recommendations for marketing food to children, a complementary action to include in food procurement standards.
Implementation lessons for school food policies and marketing restrictions in the Philippines: a qualitative policy analysis.
Description of challenges/barriers to consider when implementing procurement policies, particularly within a school setting.
Nutrient profile model for the marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (2017)
Nutrient thresholds for the marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children.
WHO global sodium benchmarks for different food categories, 2nd ed
A document that updates the global sodium benchmarks developed in 2021 for different food categories to help reduce salt intake using country experiences (updated in 2024)
WHO Sodium Country Score Card
WHO’s monitoring tool that tracks countries’ progress in implementing policies and programs on population sodium reduction. For other relevant score cards see: Front-of-pack and other interpretive nutrition labelling Public food procurement and service for healthy diets Food product reformulation Food taxes
What’s in Our Food? A guide to introducing effective front-of-package nutrient labels
Step-by-step guide to developing front-of-package labels
PAHO Regional Sodium Targets (2021-2025)
Sodium targets for the PAHO region (published 2021).
Top tips for sodium reduction
A fact sheet about tips on reducing dietary salt intake for Americans
Accelerating salt reduction in Europe
A support package to help countries in the European region to initiate or accelerate efforts towards population sodium reduction
Systematic review on international salt reduction policy in restaurants
An article that provides an overview of global salt reduction policies in restaurants in many countries
Warning Labels for Potassium-Enriched Low-Sodium Salts
Short guide on potential use of health warning messages on low-sodium salt packaging
Mass Media Campaigns
Series of videos launched to increase awareness that excess daily salt intake leads to cardiovascular disease. See in the various projects below: Salt reduction media campaign (Ethiopia): Avoid Food That Is High in Salt (Mok Kalebet): Concept #1 (man in wheelchair) Concept #2: (hear what the doctor says) Salt reduction media campaign (Vietnam): Reduce Salt […]
Salt Reduction Guide for Patients, Nurses, and Schools
A communication guide for patients, nurses, and school staff that features steps and approaches to reduce dietary salt intake. Salt Reduction Guide for Patients (available in Hindi and Telugu upon request) Sodium Reduction Counselling Guide For Nurses (available in Hindi and Telugu upon request) Also adapted use in Ethiopia by nurses, patients, school teachers and students […]
Research to support the development of front-of-package labeling regulations for food products in the Americas: Methods, tools, and procedures
A report on methods, tools, procedures and key recommendations on how to conduct research into front-of-package labeling
Public health media advocacy action guide: Elements of a media action campaign
A how-to guide in planning and conducting an effective media advocacy campaign that aims to strengthen public health policies
Priority actions to advance population sodium reduction
An article identifying high priority strategies that address reduction of sodium intake through home-cooked food, packaged food, food consumed outside the home