South African Food-Based Dietary Guidelines Implementation Review Data

A narrative review synthesizing evidence on the implementation and monitoring of food-based dietary guidelines in South African healthcare settings. The review screened 54 research articles and reports, ultimately selecting 12 sources for analysis. The dataset includes findings on dissemination gaps and the need for a standardized monitoring framework.

Use Cases

• Assessing the impact of nutrition education in healthcare settings based on the review's focus on dietary behavior change.
• Evaluating gaps in guideline monitoring and reporting frameworks within a national health sector.
• Informing the development of standardized data collection systems for public health nutrition programs.

Strengths

• The review process screened 54 research articles and reports, providing a defined scope of evidence.
• Analysis covers a policy timeline of over 25 years since South Africa first adopted FBDGs.

Limitations

• The dataset is small (434.2 KB), indicating limited scope and likely aggregated summary data.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Narrative review study design using a comprehensive search strategy based on the PICOT framework.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-11 14:18:54; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Africa