Health economics evidence for food system policy: a systematic review of reviews
Lin Fu, Irina Pokhilenko, Thijs van Rens, Richard Smith, Emma Frew · 2025
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Lin Fu and four co-authors review health economics evidence for food system policy, in a systematic review of reviews from 2025. Searches across seven databases found reviews from 2012 to 2024 on whole populations in high-income countries. Thirty-six reviews covering 718 primary studies were mapped by whether policies act on the supply side or the demand side of the food system.
Demand-side tools such as taxes and labels drew most study, while supply-side work was scarce. Supply-side steps, such as reformulation, changed eating behaviour more in the evidence found. Comparing cost-effectiveness across reviews proved hard due to mixed methods. The authors back societal cost-benefit analysis and call for work on the best policy mix.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lin Fu, Irina Pokhilenko, Thijs van Rens, Richard Smith, Emma Frew |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |