The Healthy Philippines Alliance met with civil society organizations and medical groups for a consultation on the feasibility of implementing food warning labels and unhealthy food tax as a policy strategy to prevent and control diet-related noncommunicable diseases.
The Healthy Philippines Alliance met with experts from the medical community and academia to find collaborative approaches in our advocacy to tackle the alarming rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by addressing youth vaping and ultra-processed diets with stronger policy interventions, including Food Warning Labels.
The Healthy Philippines Alliance invited seven (7) multimedia journalists and digital edu-creators to produce newsworthy and creative outputs published on their own or their news organization's platforms that will boost awareness about the health dangers of ultra-processed food, prevention of noncommunicable diseases, and the campaign for front-of-pack food warning labels. The fellows include Zachary Borromeo…
Health experts and advocates from the HPA engaged media partners in a dialogue on the urgent need for front-of-pack food warning labels to help prevent noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The discussion highlighted the shortcomings of existing back-of-pack nutritional labels and stressed the effectiveness of front-of-pack warning labels in guiding healthier consumer decisions, drawing from proven global…
In line with World Food Day and The Global Week for Action on NCDs, the HPA launched a landmark campaign pushing for the implementation of mandatory front-of-pack food warning labels in response to the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the Philippines. This campaign seeks to equip consumers with clear, accessible nutritional information, encouraging…
The panel discussion invited policymakers addressing overweight and obesity, civil society organizations, academe, and the medical community who shared their FOPL-related initiatives and updates on the progress of FOPL policy development.
The Healthy Philippines Alliance member organizations and other allied civil society organizations (CSOs) were capacitated to effectively support, advocate, and lobby for the passage of a Front-of-Pack Label (FOPL) Bill in the Philippines.