Resources for developing and implementing healthy food procurement policies

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Policies and interventions to create healthy school food environments: WHO guideline

World Health Organization
January 27, 2026
This WHO guideline provides Member States with evidence-based recommendations for improving school food environments. It covers three areas: direct food provision; nutrition standards for foods and beverages served or sold…
Evidence Technical guidance Monitoring and evaluation
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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
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
Resources from the New South Wales Department of Education to support school leaders, canteen managers, parents, and communities in transitioning to healthier school canteens.
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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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 from Victoria’s Department of Education and Training to help schools develop healthy canteens, covering policy, food planners, evaluation tools, and educational materials.
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Healthy Meals in School Programme

SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT HEALTH PROMOTION BOARD
May 31, 2024
Singapore’s Health Promotion Board outlines the criteria and support available for schools participating in the Healthy Meals in School Programme.
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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
A position paper from GHAI, Resolve to Save Lives, and partners presenting best practices for defining, selecting, and using effective nutrient profile models in healthy food policy development.
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
Kaiser Permanente’s Food Brand Standards website provides healthy food guidelines and implementation resources for hospital food venues including cafeterias, patient menus, 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
A case study on how Quezon City, Philippines developed and piloted a healthy public food procurement policy, with the goal of securing national endorsement and citywide implementation.
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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
A collection of U.S. city and state food service guideline initiatives covering worksites, cafeterias, vending, hospitals, faith-based and community organizations, including vendor training resources.
Healthier Food Choices for Public Places website

Healthier Food Choices for Public Places website

Center for Science in the Public Interest, United States
May 4, 2023
A CSPI resource offering messaging tips, model policies, and implementation tools for improving food and beverage options in vending machines, cafeterias, concession stands, and events.
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