INFORMAS Satellite at ICO

Nov 22, 2022 | News

An INFORMAS Satellite meeting was held on the day preceding the International Congress on Obesity (ICO) in Melbourne, Australia, on the 17th of October, 2022.`   This was a long-overdue opportunity to network and share ideas face-to-face, which created a chance...

Idec and COLANSA launch Agenda for Action to promote transition in food systems in Brazil

Apr 26, 2022 | News

On 25 March 2022, the Brazilian Institute for Consumer Protection (Idec) and the Latin American and Caribbean Nutrition and Health Community of Practice (COLANSA) held a webinar on “Food Systems: debating advances and paths for Latin America.” The event marked the...

An International Pact on Monitoring for Accountability for Action on Food Systems

Aug 30, 2021 | meeting, News

A Call to Action for Scientists and Food Monitoring Experts. In light of the global engagement around the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), it is clear that concrete commitments are required from solution clusters, action coalitions, and Member States, to...

1st Africa Food Environment Research Network (FERN) meeting held in November 2020

Jan 19, 2021 | meeting, News

The Africa Food Environment Research Network (FERN) held an inaugural meeting via Zoom on 3-5 November, 2020.The meeting brought together the MEALS4NCDs project team and partners, INFORMAS Network Members, researchers in the African sub-region, as well as those from...

Progress, impacts and lessons learned: an evaluation of the INFORMAS initiative (2012–2020)

Jan 18, 2021 | News

A study evaluating the implementation and impacts of INFORMAS from 2012 to 2020 has been published in the Annual Review of Public Health. Authors Gary Sacks, Janelle Kwon, Stefanie Vandevijvere, and Boyd Swinburn share key findings, lessons learned, and discuss future...

Sustainability to be incorporated into INFORMAS

Dec 15, 2020 | News

Canada’s International Development Research Centre has awarded a new grant to 1) incorporate sustainability indicators into the INFORMAS modules for measuring food environments, and 2) include municipal/city-level indicators in addition to monitoring national...