How healthy are Australian lunch box snacks with child‐directed marketing?

WL Watson, S Torkel, M Kat… - Health Promotion Journal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Issue Addressed The diets of Australian children, including their lunch boxes have
a disproportionate amount of discretionary foods. Packaged snacks have marketing directed …

Marketing foods to children through product packaging: prolific, unhealthy and misleading

K Mehta, C Phillips, P Ward, J Coveney… - Public health …, 2012 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveTo investigate marketing techniques used on the packaging of child-oriented
products sold through supermarkets. DesignFood and beverage products which met criteria …

[HTML][HTML] Front-of-pack marketing on infant and toddler foods: Targeting children and their caregivers

A Chung, J Myers, H Skouteris, K Backholer - Australian and New Zealand …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To identify and quantify child-and caregiver-appeal on front-of-pack marketing on
infant and toddler foods in the Australian food supply. Methods Content analysis of the …

Chocolate unicorns and smiling teddy biscuits: analysis of the use of child-directed marketing on the packages of Australian foods

A Jones, M Shahid, G Morelli, K Howes… - Public Health …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Objective: The use of food packaging as a vehicle for marketing to children is under
investigated. Our objective was to determine the prevalence and types of child-directed …

Comparison of ten policy options to equitably reduce children's exposure to unhealthy food marketing

R Gage, W Liu, AL Pearson, M Smith, M Barr… - Public health …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Objective: Reducing children's exposure to unhealthy food marketing is crucial to combat
childhood obesity. We aimed to estimate the reduction of children's exposure to food …

Nutritional value of child-targeted food products: results from the Food Quality Observatory

J Gilbert-Moreau, S Pomerleau, J Perron… - Public health …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Objective: To characterise the nutritional quality of food products targeted to children, we
aimed:(1) to determine if the nutritional composition of child-targeted food products is …

Defining unhealthy food for regulating marketing to children—What are Australia's options?

WL Watson, PY Khor, C Hughes - Nutrition & Dietetics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To compare six nutrient profiling models for suitability in food marketing to children
regulation. Methods Products (n= 220) advertised at transport hubs were classified as …

The impact of voluntary policies on parents' ability to select healthy foods in supermarkets: A qualitative study of australian parental views

CE Pulker, D Chew Ching Li, JA Scott… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Food packaging is used for marketing purposes, providing consumers with information
about product attributes at the point-of-sale and thus influencing food choice. The Australian …

Statutory restrictions on unhealthy food marketing to children: the debate continues

K Mehta - Public health nutrition, 2010 - cambridge.org
Thus, while we currently see robust debate about restrictions on unhealthy food marketing to
children, in many countries around the world there has in fact been very little action. In her …

Industry self‐regulation of food marketing to children: reading the fine print

L Hebden, L King, B Kelly, K Chapman… - … Promotion Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Issue addressed Despite the evidence showing the negative influences of food marketing on
children's dietary beliefs and behaviours, and risk of adiposity, regulatory action to limit …