Weldon, Isaac and Parkhurst, Justin (2022) Governing evidence use in the nutrition policy process: evidence and lessons from the 2020 Canada food guide. Nutrition Reviews, 80 (3). 467 – 478. ISSN 0029-6643
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Abstract
Nutrition guideline development is traditionally seen as a mechanism by which evidence is used to inform policy decisions. However, applying evidence in policy is a decidedly complex and politically embedded process, with no single universally agreed-upon body of evidence on which to base decisions, and multiple social concerns to address. Rather than simply calling for "evidence-based policy," an alternative is to look at the governing features of the evidence use system and reflect on what constitutes improved evidence use from a range of explicitly identified normative concerns. This study evaluated the use of evidence within the Canada Food Guide policy process by applying concepts of the "good governance of evidence" - an approach that incorporates multiple normative principles of scientific and democratic best practice to consider the structure and functioning of evidence advisory systems. The findings indicated that institutionalizing a process for evidence use grounded in democratic and scientific principles can improve evidence use in nutrition policy making.
Item Type: | Article |
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Official URL: | https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews |
Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors |
Divisions: | Health Policy |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
Date Deposited: | 14 Oct 2021 09:00 |
Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2024 22:48 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/112430 |
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