The University of Sydney, School of Public Health, Edward Ford Building, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
The University of Sydney, Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders, The Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Public Health Nutr. 2019 Nov;22(16):2921-2930. doi: 10.1017/S136898001900185X. Epub 2019 Jul 25.
There is an urgent need to identify and develop cross-sectoral policies which promote and support a healthy, safe and sustainable food system. To help shape the political agenda, a critical first step is a shared definition of such a system among policy makers across relevant sectors. The aim of the present study was to determine how Australian policy actors define, and contribute to, a healthy, safe and sustainable food system.
A Delphi survey, consisting of two rounds, was conducted. Participants were asked how they define, and contribute to, a healthy, safe and sustainable food system (Round 1) and indicate their level of agreement with summary statements (Round 2).
This was an online Delphi survey conducted in Australia.
Twenty-nine and fourteen multisectoral and multilevel policy makers completed Round 1 and Round 2, respectively.
The definition included food processing regulation, environmentally friendly food production and access to nutritious food. All agreed that it was important for them to improve access and supply of healthy food and ensure healthy planning principles are applied.
There were cross-sectoral differences in definitions and contributions; however, critical consensus was achieved. The study contributes to the definition of key elements of a cross-sectoral food and nutrition policy to meet today's environmental, health, social and economic challenges; however, further research using a more representative multisectoral sample is warranted.
迫切需要确定和制定跨部门政策，以促进和支持健康、安全和可持续的食品体系。为了帮助制定政治议程，至关重要的第一步是让相关部门的政策制定者对这样的体系达成共同定义。本研究旨在确定澳大利亚的政策参与者如何定义和促进健康、安全和可持续的食品体系。
进行了两轮德尔菲调查。参与者被要求定义和促进健康、安全和可持续的食品体系（第一轮），并对总结性陈述表示赞同（第二轮）。
澳大利亚的在线德尔菲调查。
29 名和 14 名多部门和多层次的政策制定者分别完成了第一轮和第二轮。
定义包括食品加工监管、环保型食品生产和获得营养食品。所有人都认为，改善健康食品的供应和获取，并确保应用健康规划原则很重要。
尽管在定义和贡献方面存在跨部门差异，但已达成关键共识。该研究有助于确定跨部门食品和营养政策的关键要素，以应对当今的环境、健康、社会和经济挑战；然而，需要使用更具代表性的多部门样本进行进一步研究。
