Table 3

Questionnaire for the raters, example for the leadership domain within the infrastructure support component of the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI)

DomainsGood practice indicatorRating (1–6)(A) Level of difficulty(B) Completeness and appropriateness of evidence
EasyFairly easyFairly difficultDifficultDid not rateSufficientFairly sufficientFairly insufficientInsufficientDo not know
8 LEADERSHIP: The political leadership ensures that there is strong support for the vision, planning, communication, implementation and evaluation of policies and actions to create healthy food environments, improve population nutrition and reduce diet-related inequalitiesQ28 There is strong, visible, political support (at the Head of State/Cabinet level) for improving food environments, population nutrition and diet-related NCDs and their related inequalities
Q29 There is a comprehensive, up-to-date plan (including targets, priority policy and programme strategies) linked to national needs and priorities to improve food environments, population nutrition, diet-related NCDs and their related inequalities
Q30 Priorities are given to reduce inequalities in relation to diet, nutrition, obesity and NCDs in the comprehensive plan (above) and the government generally
General comment box 8:Comment box 8A:Comment box 8B:
  • NCD, non-communicable disease.