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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Policy
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1522097
This article is part of the Research Topic Health Policy Approaches to Chronic Disease Management View all articles

șMULTIDIMENSIONAL EVALUATION OF NUTRITIONAL SECURITY POLICIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA: GAPS, PROGRESS, AND ALIGNMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

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Rodica Siminiuc Rodica Siminiuc *Dinu Țurcanu Dinu Țurcanu Sergiu Siminiuc Sergiu Siminiuc
  • Technical University of Moldova, Chișinău, Moldova

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    Nutritional security is increasingly recognized as a critical component of public health, particularly in addressing the growing burden of non-communicable diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. In the Republic of Moldova, rapid changes in food availability and consumption patterns have intensified the need for robust public policies to promote healthy dietary habits. This study evaluates Moldova's public policies on nutritional security using a multidimensional model adapted from the Policy Evaluation Network framework. The model assesses five key policy categories: educational, strategic, labeling, monitoring, and fiscal policies, through a comprehensive 28-indicator structure.The findings indicate that Moldova's policy efforts in nutritional security are at a "satisfactory" level, with foundational strategies in place but significant gaps in policy cohesion, implementation, and monitoring. Educational and strategic policies show moderate progress, yet labeling, monitoring, and fiscal policies are underdeveloped, limiting their impact on public health. The results emphasize the need for a more coordinated, multi-sectoral approach, incorporating targeted fiscal incentives, systematic monitoring frameworks, and comprehensive educational reforms.

    Keywords: Nutritional security, Public policies, Educational policies, labeling policies, Fiscal policies, Republic of Moldova, Healthy diets

    Received: 03 Nov 2024; Accepted: 15 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Siminiuc, Țurcanu and Siminiuc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Rodica Siminiuc, Technical University of Moldova, Chișinău, Moldova

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