Events and Activities

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.