Update and Comparative Analysis of Food Environment Policies in Mexico: Implementation of the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index in 2016 and 2024
Mexico has made progress in several aspects of the food environment; however, significant gaps in policy implementation remain and must be addressed to sustain momentum toward transforming the food system and improving nutrition and health for the entire population.
Authors
- Guadalupe Ruiz‐Vivanco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5685-3860)
- Ana Laura González‐Alejo
- Loredana Tavano‐Colaizzi
- Mildred Moreno‐Villanueva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5835-8572)
- Regina Durán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2837-3023)
- Sı́món Barquera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1854-4615)
- Vivian Pérez‐Jiménez
- Victoria Eugenia Bolado‐García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3889-7234)
- Carolina Batis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2823-6651)
- Javier Villanueva Sánchez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5827-9487)
- Anabel Fiorella Espinosa‐De Candido
- Cuauhtémoc Sandoval‐Salazar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9918-4054)
- María Guadalupe López-Martínez
- Lizbeth Tolentino‐Mayo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2400-8675)
- Vania Lara‐Mejía (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9919-9731)
- Mishel Unar‐Munguía (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1156-9337)
- Evelia Apolinar‐Jiménez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3905-3479)
- Alejandra Contreras‐Manzano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1576-5922)
- Mariana Saldivar‐Frausto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8006-5036)
- Ana Gabriela Romero‐Juárez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7766-0443)
- Ángel Pérez López (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7641-0709)
- Alicia Elizabeth Robledo‐Galván
- Janine Sagaceta‐Mejía (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9937-033X)
- Ileana Fajardo-Niquete (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4329-6662)
- Jaime Salvador‐Moysén (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7739-8681)
- Mario Flores (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5522-6849)
- Ana Munguía (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3962-4617)
- Catalina Medina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0538-0650)
- Claudia Nieto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0091-8703)
- Fabiola Sánchez‐Meza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5420-9318)
- Carlos Cruz‐Casarrubias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9972-4302)
- Héctor Pérez Esquivias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5713-4582)
- Yatziri Ayvar‐Gama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5660-8045)
- Estefanía Rodríguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3892-5247)
- Anayancin Acuña‐Ruiz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2630-1752)
- Armando Hazael Ayala‐Román
- Verónica Doré Castillo‐García
- Rebeca Cruz‐Santacruz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5137-1088)
- Hilda María Jiménez‐Acevedo
- Ana Larrañaga‐Flota
- Paulina Magaña‐Carbajal
- Rafael Regla‐Aguirre
- Ma. Elena Villarreal‐Arce
Institutions
- United Nations Children's Fund (US)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (IT)
- Universidad Veracruzana (MX)
- Mexican Social Security Institute (MX)
- Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (MX)
- Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango (MX)
- Universidad Iberoamericana (MX)
- Mexican Academy of Sciences (MX)
- Federal Government of Mexico (MX)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas (US)
- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (MX)
- Secretaría de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación (MX)
- Secretaría de Investigación, Innovación y Educación Superior (MX)
- Autonomous University of Yucatán (MX)
- Asociación Mexicana de Psicología y Desarrollo Comunitario (MX)
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (MX)
- Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas (MX)
- Poder Judicial de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (AR)
- Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajío (MX)
- University of Celaya (MX)
- Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz (MX)
- United Nations Children's Fund India (IN)
- Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas "Francisco García Salinas" (MX)
- Pemex (Mexico) (MX)
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional (MX)
- Pan American Health Organization (Cuba) (CU)
- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (MX)
- University of Monterrey (MX)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
- Technological University of Mexico (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Obesity Reviews
- Published
- 2025-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.70013
- Primary Topic
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- World Health Organization
- University of Central Lancashire
- Bloomberg Philanthropies