Table 2 Included WHO consultations and a breakdown of total responses showing private sector submissions and the overt food/beverage submissions included within these

Web-based consultation of the WHO Independent High-level Commission on NCDs

10–16 May 2018

Held following a technical consultation in March 2018 [51] to inform the WHO Independent High-level Commission’s report to the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs in September 2018. Outcome: Time to deliver [18]

Consultation on the Member State-led draft outcome document for WHO Global Conference on NCDs (Montevideo Roadmap)

11–25 August 2017

Consultation linked to the WHO Global Conference on enhancing policy coherence to prevent and control NCDs in October 2017. Outcome: Montevideo Roadmap 2018–2030 on NCDs as a sustainable development priority [52]

Safeguarding against possible conflicts of interest in nutrition programmes

11–29 September 2017

Consultation on an approach for the prevention and management of COI in the policy development and implementation of nutrition programmes at country level, following a technical consultation [53]. Outcome: Safeguarding against possible conflicts of interest in nutrition programmes [54].

Updating Appendix 3 of the WHO Global NCD Action Plan 2013–2020

25 July–1 September 2016

As requested at the 69th WHA, Appendix 3 of the WHO Global NCD Action Plan 2013–2020, a menu of policy options and cost-effective interventions for NCD prevention and control, was updated. This formed the basis of the WHO Best Buys [55].

Zero draft Shanghai Declaration on Health Promotion

20 May–15 October 2016

Consultation on a draft considered at the 9th Global Conference on Health Promotion in November 2016 which aimed to position health promotion as fundamental to Sustainable Development. Outcome: Shanghai Declaration on promoting health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development [56].

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