Table 2.

Categorisation of key policy interventions related to unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, and overweight/obesity prevention.

	Policy intervention	Environment	Country
Micro-scale
School
Nutrition and diet-related	Provision of healthy school meals (provision of, and access to like fruits and vegetables)	Physical/ Legislative	Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Chad, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia
	Promotion of school vegetable gardens	Legislative	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Rwanda, Tunisia.
	Restricting marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages	Legislative	Algeria, Ghana, Mauritius, South Africa, Tunisia
	Food supply near schools (limits on refined sugars, fats, and salt	Legislative	Algeria, South Africa
	Strengthen nutrition education	Legislative/Sociocultural	Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia
	Professional development for teachers and school canteen staff, etc.	Physical/ Sociocultural	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Tanzania
	Monitoring of BMI	Legislative	Algeria, Botswana, Zambia
Physical activity	Mandatory/strengthen physical education and activity in the curriculum	Legislative/Sociocultural	Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Chad, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia
	After-school physical activity programmes	Physical/ Legislative	Mauritius, Seychelles
	Provision of, and access to adequate recreational facilities	Physical	Angola, Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia
	Promote and support active transport	Physical/ Legislative	Algeria, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa
	Professional development/trained instructors for school staff including PE teachers and school doctors	Physical/ Sociocultural	Algeria, Liberia, Mauritius
Family	Educational materials/programmes/sensitisation to promote healthy lifestyles	Physical/ Sociocultural	Algeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Tunisia
	Promotion of breastfeeding	Physical/ Legislative/Sociocultural	Algeria, Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe
	Promotion of vegetable gardens	Physical/ Sociocultural	Lesotho, Mauritius, South Africa
Community	Provision of, and access to adequate recreational facilities	Physical/Legislative	Algeria, Benin, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia
	Provision of, and access to safe walking paths, cycling lanes, public transport, etc.	Physical/ Legislative	Angola, Algeria, Botswana, Congo, Chad, Egypt, Ghana, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Zambia
	Physical activity clubs/organisation of games and sports	Sociocultural	Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Chad, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia
	Health promotion/awareness campaigns of healthy lifestyles (healthy foods/physical activity)	Legislative/ Sociocultural	Angola, Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Chad, Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe
	Financial incentives for healthy lifestyle (rewards for active transport)	Economic	Botswana, Ghana, Tunisia,
	Production, provision of, and access to healthy foods like fruits and vegetables	Physical/ Sociocultural/ Legislative	Benin, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, Togo
	Role models for physical activity	Sociocultural	Ghana, Mauritius, South Africa, Tunisia
Macro-scale
	Health promotion/awareness campaigns of healthy lifestyles (healthy foods/physical activity)	Legislative/ Sociocultural	Angola, Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Chad, Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe
	Educational material/training relevant stakeholders for healthy lifestyles e.g., consumers, food manufacturers, NGO, etc.	Physical/ Sociocultural	Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Mauritius, Morocco, Seychelles, South Africa, Tunisia
	Financial incentives for healthy lifestyle (e.g., subsidies on sports equipment and bicycles	Economic	Botswana, Ghana, Tunisia
	National physical activity guidelines/plans	Legislative	Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia
	Provision of, and access to adequate recreational facilities	Physical/Legislative	Benin, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, Togo
	Food taxes and subsidies to promote healthier diets	Economic	Botswana, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Mauritius, Morocco, Seychelles, South Africa
	Marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages especially to children	Legislative	Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa
	Food and nutrition labelling	Sociocultural/ Legislative	Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia
	Production, provision of, and access to healthy foods like fruits and vegetables	Physical/ Sociocultural/ Legislative	Benin, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, Togo
	Regulation of sugars, fats, and salt in processed foods	Legislative/ Sociocultural	Benin, Botswana, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Chad, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia