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. 2021 Aug 24;13(9):2927. doi: 10.3390/nu13092927

Table 1.

Population-level food and alcohol policies across shared targets/points of intervention.

Target of Policy/Strategy Foods and Non-Alcoholic Beverages Alcoholic Beverages
Fiscal policy
  • Taxation of sugar content in SSBs [118,119], and dietary fat content of foods [120]

Mass media and marketing
  • Restrictions on advertising [126] e.g., UK government’s 9 pm watershed on television advertising of food and drink products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) [127]

  • Regulation of marketing e.g., HFSS food companies’ sponsorship of, and advertising in sport environments [128,129]

  • Restrictions on advertising [130,131]

  • Regulation of marketing e.g., alcohol sponsorship of, and advertising in sport environments [132,133]

Sales availability
  • Regulation of takeaway outlet density e.g., exclusion zones around schools [134], planning regulations [135,136]

  • Regulation of digital on demand food delivery services [137]

  • Regulation of alcohol outlet density [138,139]

  • Regulation of licensing hours [138,140]

  • Regulation of digital on demand alcohol delivery services [141]

Product server setting
  • Information-based cue at point-of-purchase e.g., grocery store [142,143]

  • Regulation of volume-based price promotions e.g., ‘2 for 1 deals’ [144]

  • Information-based cue at point-of-purchase e.g., bar [145]

  • Regulation of price and volume promotions e.g., ‘2 for 1 deals’ [146,147]

Product reformulation
  • Production of reduced fat and sugar product varieties [148,149]

  • Production of low- and no-alcohol beverage alternatives [123,150]

Product labelling
  • Use of on-pack nutrition labelling [142]

  • Use of on-pack health warning labels [151,152]

  • Use of on-bottle energy content labelling [153]

  • Use of on-bottle health warning labels [152,154]

Standard serving sizes
  • Reduction of standard serving sizes [155,156]

  • Reduction of standard serving sizes [157,158]