World Food Policy Volume 2, Number 1, Spring 2015 | Page 102

World Food Policy - Volume 2, Number 1 - Spring 2015

LET’s DEBATE: International Union for Health
Promotion and Education Position Paper:
Advancing Health Promoting Food Systems

Jane DixonA

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n early 2013, Associate Professor Jane
Dixon, Australian National University,
was asked by the International Union
for Health Promotion and Education
(IUHPE) executive to develop a position
paper on food systems and health
promotion. The paper was intended
to provide background material to
guide the directions of the IUHPE
executive and membership as they play
a role in addressing one of the more
critical political, social,