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Through collaborative research and evaluation with our partners worldwide, we work to create a more healthful food system and food environment.

Chile Phase 1 Results

In Chile, households bought less sugar, saturated fat, sodium, and overall calories during Phase 1 of the Law of Food Labeling and Advertising

Mexico SSB tax simulations

Sugary drink taxes based on volume vs. sugar density: Study comparing tax designs in Mexico finds advantages to both

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Welcome to Lola's:
Taking nutrition research to a new level

SuperSNAP

SuperSNAP participation
is associated with substantial increases in healthy food purchases

All over the world, healthy food policies are improving public health and reducing the burden of disease.

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Taxes, marketing restrictions, front-of-packaging labels, and school nutrition policies are making a measurable impact.

Explore GFRP policy research

We maintain a set of maps showing nutrition policies enacted worldwide, as well as fact sheets summarizing evidence for various nutrition policies.

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Meet the team

GFRP is an interdisciplinary team of UNC faculty; research staff including nutritionists, programmers, and economists; post-doctoral fellows; and graduate and undergraduate students.

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Recent News

Ultra-processed diets and epidemics of obesity and noncommunicable diseases are still avoidable for some countries: Policy options for a different Nutrition Transition

Dr. Barry Popkin and Dr. Shu Wen Ng believe that, with the right policy actions, many low- and middle-income countries can still avoid reaching the high levels of ultra-processed food intake and nutrition-related diseases currently faced by many countries around the world. In a recent article […]

Oct. 13, 2021 Continue

Study shows Chilean policy package led to declines in purchased calories, sugar, fat, and sodium

The latest evaluation of Chile’s Law of Food Labeling and Advertising finds that under Phase 1 of the law’s implementation, Chileans purchased significantly fewer calories, sugar, saturated fat, and sodium than would have been expected had the law and its regulations not gone into effect. […]

Sep. 10, 2021 Continue