Policy analysis indicates health-sensitive trade and subsidy reforms are needed in the UK to avoid adverse dietary health impacts post-Brexit

Summary

This policy analysis by Freund and Springmann (2021) examines how UK trade and agricultural subsidy reforms post-Brexit could influence dietary health outcomes. The authors argue that without health-sensitive policy adjustments, Brexit-related trade and subsidy changes risk adverse nutritional impacts on the UK population. The work suggests that integrating health considerations into trade and subsidy policy design is necessary to protect food access and dietary quality.

UK applicability

Directly applicable to United Kingdom policy-making. The analysis specifically addresses post-Brexit agricultural and trade policy design, making findings directly relevant to UK government food, health, and agriculture strategy in the years following the study.

Key measures

Dietary intake patterns, food affordability, micronutrient adequacy, diet-related disease burden, policy scenarios modelling post-Brexit trade and subsidy effects

Outcomes reported

The study analysed how UK trade and subsidy policies post-Brexit could affect dietary health outcomes and food availability. It assessed policy scenarios and their projected impacts on population nutrition and diet-related disease risk.

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