Evaluation of a Healthy Food Procurement Policy at Municipality-level in Nepal

The rise in chronic diseases is attributed to unhealthy eating high in sugar, salt and saturated fats, which is facilitated by the availability and consumption of these unhealthy foods. The investigators will conduct the Randomized Controlled Trial to evaluate the effect of food procurement policy on the food environment in the public facilities like schools, worksites, hospitals, correctional facilities and care homes of four municipalities of Bagmati Province, Nepal. The investigators will develop food procurement policy and get endorsed from each municipality through their legislative process. In three months, the change in the food environment after implementing the policy in public facilities of the respective municipalities will be measured.

Inclusion Criteria:Participants inclusion criteria:Canteen managers or staff who are directly involved in food procurement and service (purchasing, preparation, serve or sell) at the canteen and available at the time of interview; - Canteen managers or staff age between 15-59 year; andwho can communicate verbally.Facilities inclusion criteria:facilities: government schools, private schools, government worksites, government hospitals, government care homes and government correctional facilitiesfacilities within the surrounding of the selected municipalityfacilities who have their own canteen facilitiesExclusion Criteria:Participants exclusion criteria- Voluntarily requesting exclusion from the study