A systematic policy approach to changing the food system and physical activity environments to prevent obesity

Table 1 'Policy areas' that influence the food system (related to Australian context)

Sector	Level of governance
	Local Government	State Government	National Government	International	Organisational
Primary production	• Land-use management	• Primary production subsidies and taxes	• Primary production subsidies and taxes	• Primary production subsidies and taxes
	• Community gardens
Food processing		• Food safety	• Product composition standards		• Product composition standards
Distribution		• Food transport	• Importation restrictions, subsidies and taxes	• Trade arrangements
			• Quarantine
Marketing		• Marketing to children	• Marketing to children	• Marketing to children	• Marketing to children
		• Marketing practices in schools	• Nutrient content disclosures in marketing material
			• Consumer protection (e.g., misleading advertising)
Retail	• Land-use management	• Products sold in schools	• Nutrition labelling	• Nutrition labelling	• Product placement in stores
	• Density of local fresh food retailers		• Health claims on food products	• Health claims on food products
	• Density of fast food outlets		• Incentive system for welfare recipients to buy healthy food
			• Food taxes/subsidies
Catering/Food service		• Nutrition information in restaurants			• School food policies
		• Food safety			• Standards for food served in workplaces
					• Food procurement policies