[HTML][HTML] Benchmarking as a public health strategy for creating healthy food environments: an evaluation of the INFORMAS initiative (2012–2020)

G Sacks, J Kwon, S Vandevijvere… - Annual review of public …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and obesity are the leading contributors to
poor health worldwide. Efforts to improve population diets need to focus on creating healthy …

[HTML][HTML] The utilisation of legal instruments by United Nations actors to restrict the exposure of children to unhealthy food and beverage marketing: a qualitative content …

F Sing, S Mackay, M Cinà, B Swinburn - Globalization and Health, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Introduction United Nations (UN) agencies are influential global health actors that
can introduce legal instruments to call on Member States to act on pressing issues. This …

[HTML][HTML] The timing, nature and extent of social media marketing by unhealthy food and drinks brands during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand

S Gerritsen, F Sing, K Lin, F Martino, K Backholer… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Concerns have been raised that health and societal causes surrounding the
COVID-19 pandemic were misappropriated by companies to promote their unhealthy …

Discursive framing in policies for restricting the marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages

Y Ngqangashe, K Cullerton, S Phulkerd, CH Schneider… - Food Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of food policies involves many policy actors who use various discursive
strategies such as framing problems and policy solutions to align them with their interests …

Commercial use of evidence in public health policy: a critical assessment of food industry submissions to global-level consultations on non-communicable disease …

K Lauber, D McGee, AB Gilmore - BMJ Global Health, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Background Ultra-processed food industry (UPFI) actors have consistently opposed statutory
regulation in health policy debates, including at the WHO. They do so most commonly with …

[HTML][HTML] Implementing healthy food environment policies in New Zealand: nine years of inaction

S Mackay, S Gerritsen, F Sing, S Vandevijvere… - Health Research Policy …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The INFORMAS [International Network for Food and Obesity/Non-
communicable Diseases (NCDs) Research, Monitoring and Action Support] Healthy Food …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity, public health ethics and the nanny state

M Steele, M Mialon, S Browne, N Campbell… - Ethics, Medicine and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Unhealthy dietary patterns are an important contributor to obesity and related
non-communicable diseases (NCDs). As with any public health challenge, as well as …

[HTML][HTML] Unhealthy food and beverage marketing to children on digital platforms in Aotearoa, New Zealand

K Garton, S Gerritsen, F Sing, K Lin, S Mackay - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Children's exposure to unhealthy food and beverage marketing has a direct
impact on their dietary preference for, and consumption of, unhealthy food and drinks. Most …

Junk food, sugary drinks and XL portion sizes: advertising on convenience stores near primary schools in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

A Brien, S Wu, S Maharaj, S Meneses… - Kōtuitui: New Zealand …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
There are no government policies in Aotearoa, New Zealand (NZ) sufficient to protect
children from unhealthy food and beverage marketing. Repeated exposure to advertising …

Impact of a voluntary industry code for advertising food to children and young people: an analysis of New Zealand television data

S Shen, S Mackay, A Lee, CN Mhurchu… - Public Health …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Objective: To evaluate the impact of the 2017 update to the voluntary Advertising Standards
Authority (ASA) code for advertising food on children and young people's exposure to …