Benchmarking public policies to create healthy food environments compared to best practice: the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index in Guatemala

Table 2 Participants of the national expert panel who conducted the ratings, proposed actions, and prioritized actions

	Invited*	Agreed to participate**	Phase 1^a	Phase 2^b	Phase 3^c	Experts in all phases	Total of participants***
	(n = 142)	(n = 68)	(n = 45)	(n = 55)	(n = 39)	(n = 29)	(n = 64)
National expert panel		48	70	86	61	45	94
By type of organization
Universities and research institutions	50	56	58	58	56	59	58
NGOs	23	21	18	20	26	21	19
Other organizations from civil society	27	24	24	22	18	21	23
By country area
West area	8	12	13	16	13	17	14
East area	8	12	9	16	10	7	14
Central area	83	76	78	67	77	76	72
By gender
Female participation	30	68	73	75	82	86	70

NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations
All are percentage values
*Estimated number of experts, considering the potential designation of an expert for each invited institution
**Experts who consented to participate in the Food-EPI process
***Final sample of experts who attended to at least one of the phases
^aPhase 1: Food-EPI online rating
^bPhase 2: On-site workshop for action recommendations and consensus
^cPhase 3: On-site/online workshop for prioritizing actions

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