Benefits to the community
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Nil
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Benefits to the community are dependent on widespread industry adoption of the non-regulatory approaches.
Reducing the total sugar content of commercial foods may have positive effects on dental carries.
Improving iron content of commercial foods for infants and young children may lead to improvements in iron status of infants and young children who regularly consume these foods. Based on the NZFF study where 23% of infants had sub-optimal iron, and 28% of infants (aged 7 to 10 months) frequently consume pouches, approximately 16,00018 infants in New Zealand may directly benefit if these changes are implemented by whole of industry.
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Children who are regular consumers of commercial foods for infants and young children will directly benefit from improvements to those foods.
Reducing the total sugar content of commercial foods may have positive effects on dental carries.
Improving iron content of commercial foods for infants and young children may lead to improvements in iron status of infants and young children who regularly consume these foods. Based on the NZFF study where 23% of infants had sub-optimal iron, and 28% of infants (aged 7 to 10 months) frequently consume pouches, approximately 16,00019 infants in New Zealand may directly benefit if these changes are implemented by whole of industry.
The benefit would be greater than the non-regulatory approaches as all of industry is required to meet requirements.
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Beneifts to Industry
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A benefit of maintaining the status quo is no increase in costs.
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Industry members who choose to voluntarily reformulate their products may benefit from the positive associations with making these foods healthier compared with their competitors.
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Level playing field for industry.
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Benefits to Government
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No costs associated with administering voluntary or regulatory changes.
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Ensuring good nutrition in the early years has the potential to translate into better health outcomes, resulting in savings for the health system. Improvements to dental health may result in savings related to the treatment of dental issues. These benefits can only be achieved if there is strong and widespread adoption of voluntary measures to improve commercial foods for infants and young children.
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Better nutrient intake for children eating commercial foods in the early years has the potential to translate into better health outcomes, resulting in savings for the health system. Improvements to dental health may result in savings related to the treatment of dental issues.
Compared to Option 2, these benefits are more likely since this option ensures widespread adoption of improvements to foods for infants and young children.
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