Scorecard diet, overweight and obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean

The InterAmerican Heart Foundation (IAHF) presents here an updated report on the status of obesity and food environment policies and indicators. The present paper is based on a project originally developed in 2017, aimed at an in-depth monitoring of non-communicable diseases (NCD) policies and indicators with a special emphasis on main risk factors tobacco, alcohol, diet, physical activity, and air pollution. Countries that participated in the study were ranked in terms of advances in their policies, with a special critical look from civil society organizations and regional experts on these advances. The data for the study was collected using comprehensive questionnaires submitted to focal points in each participating country who also provided links to the applicable legislation and source data when applicable. The report ranked and discussed the level of implementation and impact of each policy