Cost-effective, feasible and adaptable policy options to transform South Africa’s food system for affordable healthy diets in South Africa

The study investigated cost-effective, feasible and adaptable policy options called ‘no-regrets’ to transform South Africa’s food system for affordable healthy diets in South Africa. A systematic review using the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines to identify publications addressing food systems' transformation towards affordable healthy diets. This was followed by another systematic review, which focused on extracting potential policy options to address South Africa’s food system. These policy options were grouped into seven themes. Lastly, 62 food system stakeholders were purposively sampled to participate in an online survey to vote for policies they perceived as most or least important for transforming the food system.

本项研究探讨了名为“无悔”的经济高效、可行且适应性强的政策选项，旨在将南非的食品体系转化为提供负担得起的健康饮食。研究采用了系统综述的方法，依据系统综述与Meta分析报告项目（PRISMA）指南，以识别针对食品体系向负担得起的健康饮食转型的相关出版物。随后，又进行了一次系统综述，重点在于提炼出针对南非食品体系可能的政策选项。这些政策选项被归纳为七个主题。最终，通过有意识地抽取62名食品体系利益相关者参与在线调查，以投票选出他们认为对于食品体系转型最为重要或最不重要的政策。