Resources for developing and implementing healthy food procurement policies

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Proven ways to address obesity, improve health, increase government revenue, and reduce health care costs

Resolve to Save Lives
May 12, 2025
Improve public health, increase government revenue, and reduce health care costs by addressing obesity with these proven strategies.
Policy development
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Policy brief: Front-of-package warning labels give consumers the freedom to choose healthy

Global Health Advocacy Incubator & Resolve to Save Lives
April 30, 2025
Use this brief to learn how to adopt FOPL polices and implement nutrient profile models – the foundation for FOPLs that work.
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Using nutrient profile models to underpin key nutrition interventions

Resolve to Save Lives
April 23, 2025
Use nutrient profile models to rank food based on nutritional composition for healthy and comprehensive nutrition policies.
Tools for the Assessment of the Public Food Procurement and Policy Landscape

Tools for the Assessment of the Public Food Procurement and Policy Landscape

Resolve to Save Lives
December 18, 2024
A comprehensive assessment of the existing food procurement landscape is crucial to the development, implementation, and evaluation of a healthy public food procurement policy.
Tools and toolkits
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Addressing Unhealthy Diets in India

June 26, 2024
Learn more about Resolve to Save Lives' comprehensive, cost-effective interventions to promote healthier diets and save lives in India.
Case studies
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Healthy School Canteen

New South Whales Department of Education, Australia
June 26, 2024
Includes resources to support transitioning to healthier school canteens for school leaders, canteen managers, parents, and communities.
Whole-of-Government (WOG) Healthy Food and Beverage Policy

Whole-of-Government (WOG) Healthy Food and Beverage Policy

Singapore Government Health Promotion Board
June 25, 2024
Singapore government whole-of-government policy introduced in April 2017; the site provides links to the Whole-of-Government (WOG) Healthier Catering Policy and WOG Drinks Policy
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Annotated bibliography: sodium reduction

Resolve to Save Lives
May 31, 2024
A collection of literature relevant to the science of salt reduction and on sodium reduction interventions
Advocacy and communications Monitoring and evaluation
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Healthy Meals in School Programme

SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT HEALTH PROMOTION BOARD
May 31, 2024
Describes program criteria and support available for schools.
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Resources for Victoria School Operations: Canteens, Healthy Eating and Other Food Services

Victoria State Government, Department ff Education and Training, Australia
May 31, 2024
Resources to assist schools develop healthy canteens. The website includes links to the policy, evaluating changes, food planners, and educational materials.
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Reducing cardiovascular disease through salt reduction

Resolve to Save Lives
April 1, 2024
RTSL’s best interventions for saving lives with sodium reduction.
WHO Sodium Country Score Card

WHO Sodium Country Score Card

World Health Organization
March 20, 2024
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…
Advocacy and communications Monitoring and evaluation
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Guide to developing nutrition standards

Resolve to Save Lives
March 1, 2024
Specific, measurable, and enforceable global standards for public food procurement
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Nutrient Profile Models: A valuable tool for developing healthy food policies

Global Health Advocacy Incubator
February 23, 2024
Position paper from GHAI, Resolve to Save Lives and other partners presenting best practices for defining, selecting and using effective NPMs.
Implementation Guide for School Food Standards in Uruguay

Implementation Guide for School Food Standards in Uruguay

Uruguay Ministry of Public Health
February 8, 2024
Implementation guide for implementing school nutrition standards. Training materials, for food handlers are also available. (Spanish)
Policy development Policy implementation Tools and toolkits
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Kaiser Permanente Food Brand Standards website

Kaiser Permanente, United States
February 1, 2024
Describes healthy food guidelines and implementation resources for hospital food venues, including patient menus, cafeterias, coffee carts, kiosks, vending and gift shops.
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Guía Para Tiendas y Cafetines Escolares (Guide for school stores and cafeterias)

EL SALVADOR MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
January 31, 2024
Guide for administrators of school stores and cafeterias to implement the criteria laid out in the national policy for schools. View the technical standards, Implementation Guide (all in Spanish) and…
Agenda In the Philippines, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for 69% of all deaths, with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) being the leading cause of death for Filipinos, resulting in more than 200,000 deaths every year. About 81,000 of these deaths are attributed to dietary risk factors. With 2.9 million people, Quezon City (QC) is the most populous city in the Philippines. It is committed to combatting NCDs, as part of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and Partnership for Healthy Cities. To promote a healthy and sustainable diet, the city initiated the development of a healthy food procurement policy in 2020, with two aims: First, to develop and pilot a model healthy public food procurement policy for QC; and second, to secure a national endorsement of the policy that prompts local government units (LGUs) to implement it nationwide and use the model policy as the basis of a national policy.

Healthy Public Food Procurement in Quezon City, Philippines

Resolve to Save Lives
June 29, 2023
Case study on the development and implementation of a healthy public food procurement policy
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Sodium Reduction Framework

Resolve to Save Lives
June 14, 2023
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.
Food Service Guidelines Resources website

Food Service Guidelines Resources website

Association of State Public Health Nutritionists, United States
May 23, 2023
Links to U.S. city and state initiatives, including for worksites, cafeterias, vending, meetings, hospitals, faith-based organizations, and community organizations. Includes resources to train vendors
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