Thirteenth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society

Abstract

The Front-of-Pack Labeling of food and beverages is a public policy built with the participation of scientific actors from all over the world, who have generated a vast scientific production. This policy aims to provide consumers with simple and clear information to make informed purchasing decisions as well as to promote the reformulation of packaged food and thus reduce the problems of obesity in the population. This work analyzed this public policy, based on the systematization of the scientific production that studied the different labeling systems, evaluated its comprehension in stratified groups of several countries, and generated recommendations to build public policies based on evidence and with equity. From 2008 to date, 357 articles were found, written by 732 scientists, which were analyzed by year of publication, geographic distribution, language, authors and their international collaboration, educational institutions involved, and funding entities. The preceding is intended order to understand the scientific ecosystem of this policy. This bibliometric work allowed us to understand the evolution of scientific knowledge toward political strategies to contribute to the resolution of this problem faced by today’s society and to identify which kind of information is generated to build an evidence-based public policy.