Octagons – InterAmerican Heart Foundation

Regulatory Decree 151/2022 Healthy Eating Promotion Law

08/04/2024/in Nutrition Economics advertising, Argentina, Calories, Citrus, Decree, environments, FOPL, Health, law, Model, nutrition, obesity, Octagons, regulations, school, Seals, Sponsorship, Sweeteners, Warnings/by Javier Valenzuela

Authors: Argentina Republic

March 2022 – Presidential Decree regulating Law No. 27.642 on the Promotion of Healthy Eating in the Argentine Republic. It establishes the Ministry of Public Health as the enforcement authority of the law. It is also known as the front-of-package labeling law. It includes restrictions on the sale of products containing labels in school environments. It is based on the Nutrient Profile Model of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). It is one of the most recently approved regulations in the region. It utilizes warning octagons for “Excess of” sugars, total fats, healthy fats, sodium, calories, and precautionary legends for children regarding sweeteners and caffeine. The document is the decree but includes the complete Law as an annex.

https://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/nacional/decreto-151-2022-362577/texto

Advances in the Front of Package Labeling Project in Uruguay

02/03/2022/in Front of Package Labeling Arterial, black, Feeding, frontal, Health, labeling, ncds, Octagons, Overweight, policies, Pressure, prevention, Uruguay/by Javier Valenzuela

Authors: Dra. María Isabel Bove, Ministry of Public Health

August 22, 2017 – Results of overweight, blood pressure, and changes in the way of eating in the Uruguayan population are presented. Also, public policies and research carried out in Uruguay on front of package labeling.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mva17yzz7se27qa/AABDRpCLa2WQPhHo5RQzQiBia/Etiquetado%20nutricional%20y%20frontal/Encuentro%20FAO%20Chile%20sept%202017?dl=0&file_subpath=%2F21+agosto%2FPanel+Experiencias+Regulatorias+Pa%C3%ADses+I%2FUruguay.pdf&preview=Encuentro+internacional.rar&subfolder_nav_tracking=1

Chile: Healthy Country

14/02/2022/in Front of Package Labeling advertising, beverages, Blacks, diabetes, DM2, labeling, mellitus, nutritional, Octagons, processed, Sedentary Lifestyle; Obesity, Snacks, Type 2/by Javier Valenzuela

Authors: Guido Girardi

August 21, 2017 – Presentation on risk factors for health; on the promotion, development of Law 20606 on the nutritional composition of food and its advertising and evaluation studies of the law.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mva17yzz7se27qa/AABDRpCLa2WQPhHo5RQzQiBia/Etiquetado%20nutricional%20y%20frontal/Encuentro%20FAO%20Chile%20sept%202017?dl=0&file_subpath=%2F21+agosto%2FPanel+Desaf%C3%ADos+Legislativos%2FGirardi+(Chile).pdf&preview=Encuentro+internacional.rar&subfolder_nav_tracking=1

Public policies to combat obesity in Chile: Law 20.606 on the nutritional composition of foods and its advertising

14/02/2022/in Front of Package Labeling 20606, Annual, Blacks, Chile, composition, evaluation, front, labeling, law, nutritional, obesity, Octagons, policies, Public, WHO/by Javier Valenzuela

Authors: Carmén Castillo

August 21, 2017 – Presentation on the implementation of Law 20606 on the nutritional composition of food and its advertising; and evaluation one year after the law was implemented.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mva17yzz7se27qa/AABDRpCLa2WQPhHo5RQzQiBia/Etiquetado%20nutricional%20y%20frontal/Encuentro%20FAO%20Chile%20sept%202017?dl=0&file_subpath=%2F21+agosto%2FConferencias%2FMinistra+de+Salud%2C+Chile.pdf&preview=Encuentro+internacional.rar&subfolder_nav_tracking=1

Public policies to combat obesity in Chile: Law 20.606 on the nutritional composition of foods and their advertising

21/01/2022/in Front of Package Labeling 20.606, Annual, black, Chile, composition, evaluation, front, labeling, law, nutritional, obesity, Octagons, policies, Public, WHO/by Javier Valenzuela