China Food and Nutrition Policy Assessment Based on Healthy Food Environment Policy Index

13 experts scored China's food and nutrition policies across three domains using the Food-EPI framework. The dataset includes quantitative scores and implementation percentages for 11 indicators derived from 15 policy documents. Man Zhang published this analysis on figshare in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking national food policy comprehensiveness based on expert scores against international best practice.
• Analyzing policy implementation gaps in governance, funding, and stakeholder interaction platforms.
• Informing evidence-based governance optimization based on the Food-EPI framework methodology.

Strengths

• Includes quantitative expert panel scores (n=13) for 11 specific policy indicators.
• Derived from an analysis of 15 relevant Chinese food and nutrition policy documents.
• Provides implementation percentages for three core policy domains: governance (62.4%), funding and resources (64.6%), and platforms for interaction (69.2%).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (24.5 KB), suggesting limited raw data or a summary document.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Man Zhang.

Collection Method

Expert panel (n=13) evaluation based on the Food-EPI framework, analyzing 15 policy documents.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 05:29:24; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China