Prevention Policies

Sugar-sweetened beverage taxation was far more common in non-FCVs than FCVs. Diet-related policy gaps were especially pronounced in FCV settings. Prevention policies were substantially more advanced in non-FCV countries than in FCV countries. Policies to reduce children's exposure to unhealthy food and beverage marketing existed only in non-FCV countries. Countries requested WHO EMRO support for operationalising and monitoring prevention policies. The framework's diabetes prevention domain focuses on tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, alcohol use, and marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children.