Smorgasbord or symphony? Assessing public health nutrition policies across 30 European countries using a novel framework

Table 2 Mapping of existing and planned policy actions within 30 European countries

	Price			Product	Place			Promotion
Country	Legislation/Regulation	Taxation	Subsidies^a	Reformulation (V/M)	Schools	Workplace	Other settings	Labelling (V/M)	Guidelines^b	Advertising controls to children (V/M)	Campaigns
Austria	√	X	X	V/M	√	√	X	V	√	V/M	√
Belgium	√	X	X	V/M	√	√	X	V	√	M	√
Bulgaria	X	X	√	V/M	M	X	X	X	√	X	√
Cyprus	X	X	X	V	√	X	X	√	√	V	√
Czech Republic	X	X	X	V	X	X	X	V	√	V	√
Denmark	√	√	X	V/M	V	V	V	V	√	M	√
Estonia	√	X	X	V	M	V	X	V	√	V	√
Finland	√	√	X	V/M	M	M	X	M	√	V	√
France	√	X	X	V	√	√	X	M	√	V	√
Germany	X	X	X	V	√	√	√	V	√	V	√
Greece	√	X	X	V	M	X	√	X	√	V	√
Hungary	√	√	X	V/M	√	√	X	V	√	V/M	√
Iceland	√	X	X	V	X	X	X	M	√	M	√
Ireland	X	X	X	V	X	√	√	V	√	M	√
Italy	X	X	X	V	x	√	x	X	√	V	√
Latvia	X	√	X	M	M	X	M	X	√	M	√
Lithuania	X	X	X	M	M	√	X	V/M	√	M	√
Luxembourg	X	X	X	O	√	√	X	O	√		√
Malta	X	X	X	V	M	√	X	O	√	O	√
Netherlands	X	X	X	V/M	X	√	X	M	√	M	√
Norway	√	X	√	X	X	X	X	V	√	M
Poland	X	X	X	V	√	X	X	V	√	X	√
Portugal	√	√	X	V/M	√	X	√	V	√	V	√
Romania	√	X	X	V/M	M	X	X	V	√	V	√
Slovakia		√	X	V/M	√	X	X	V	√	V	√
Slovenia	√	X	O	V/M	M	√	X	V	√	V/M	√
Spain	X	X	X	V	√	√	X	M	√	V	√
Sweden	X	X	√	V	M	√	X	V	√	M	√
Switzerland	√	X	X	M	X	X	X	O	√
UK	√	X	X	V	√	√	X	M	√	M	√

Data current to end of February 2013.
Notes for Table 2. ^aThis table does not include information about the EU School Fruit/Milk Schemes or school food subsidies and vending machines in schools. ^bThis includes Food Based Dietary Guidelines as well as other guidelines e.g. Guidelines for healthy nutrition in primary schools or hospitals.
√ = Yes.
X = No.
O = Unclear.
V = Voluntary.
M = Mandatory.
V/M = Both (e.g. Mandatory for salt, voluntary for saturated fat).

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