Table 3 Detailed scores of policy options in Round 3 of Delphi for each criterion
policy options | Total score | Effectiveness | Relevance | Feasibility | Acceptable cost | Acceptability to | health equity promotion | Easy monitoring | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
politicians | society | executives | ||||||||
The healthy school (healthy nutrition, physical activity, and health education) | 4.48 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Creating a healthy environment in kindergartens and other child-caring centers | 4.14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 |
Educating on appropriate supplementary feeding | 4.17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Educating on healthy lifestyles in mass media | 4.10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 |
Increasing access to physical activity facilities with a priority for deprived areas | 4.02 | 4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Developing a guideline on “nutrition, physical activity, and children’s lifestyle.” | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
More support for breastfeeding | 3.98 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Enhancing pregnancy cares | 3.95 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Increasing the involvement of stakeholders in the policymaking process | 3.95 | 4.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Enhancing the control of advertising | 3.95 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Advocacy for childhood obesity control | 3.93 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Increasing consultation and collaboration with an international organization | 3.9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Increasing intersectional collaboration for better implementation of the policies | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 |
Providing better health care in PHC with a priority given to prevention | 3.88 | 4 | 5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 |
Modifying and better implementing the ratified policies | 3.86 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 |
Enhancing academic education related to obesity in medical schools | 3.86 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Developing, ratifying, and notifying the policy package “Enhancement of Nutrition and Physical Activity in Children.” | 3.86 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 |
Social marketing to combat childhood obesity | 3.86 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Improving food labeling | 3.81 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Subsidizing healthy foods | 3.81 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 3 |
Ensuring weight management cares | 3.79 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4 |
Taxation on unhealthy foods | 3.76 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Modifying food baskets of supporting institutions | 3.6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 |
Modifying agricultural and commerce policies to provide nutrients rather than the sole energy | 3.57 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4.5 | 3 |
Food reformulation | 3.57 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
A conditional cash transfer to families | 3.55 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Environmental reengineering to increase the possibility of physical activity | 3.55 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 |