Regulating and litigating in the public interest: Regulating food marketing to young people worldwide: Trends and policy drivers

The pressure to regulate the marketing of high-energy, nutrient-poor foods to young people has been mounting in light of concern about rising worldwide levels of overweight and obesity. In 2004, the World Health Organization called on governments, industry, and civil society to act to reduce unhealt...

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Autor principal: Hawkes, Corinna
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: American Public Health Association 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171853
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description The pressure to regulate the marketing of high-energy, nutrient-poor foods to young people has been mounting in light of concern about rising worldwide levels of overweight and obesity. In 2004, the World Health Organization called on governments, industry, and civil society to act to reduce unhealthy marketing messages. Since then, important changes have taken place in the global regulatory environment regarding the marketing of food to young people. Industry has developed self-regulatory approaches, civil society has campaigned for statutory restrictions, and governments have dealt with a range of regulatory proposals. Still, there have been few new regulations that restrict food marketing to young people. Despite calls for evidence-based policy, new regulatory developments appear to have been driven less by evidence than by ethics.
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spelling CGSpace1718532025-01-29T12:58:52Z Regulating and litigating in the public interest: Regulating food marketing to young people worldwide: Trends and policy drivers Hawkes, Corinna overweight obesity government industry marketing The pressure to regulate the marketing of high-energy, nutrient-poor foods to young people has been mounting in light of concern about rising worldwide levels of overweight and obesity. In 2004, the World Health Organization called on governments, industry, and civil society to act to reduce unhealthy marketing messages. Since then, important changes have taken place in the global regulatory environment regarding the marketing of food to young people. Industry has developed self-regulatory approaches, civil society has campaigned for statutory restrictions, and governments have dealt with a range of regulatory proposals. Still, there have been few new regulations that restrict food marketing to young people. Despite calls for evidence-based policy, new regulatory developments appear to have been driven less by evidence than by ethics. 2007-11 2025-01-29T12:58:52Z 2025-01-29T12:58:52Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171853 en Open Access American Public Health Association Hawkes, Corinna. 2007. Regulating and litigating in the public interest: Regulating food marketing to young people worldwide: Trends and policy drivers. American Journal of Public Health 97 (11): 1962-1973. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2006.101162
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Regulating and litigating in the public interest: Regulating food marketing to young people worldwide: Trends and policy drivers
title Regulating and litigating in the public interest: Regulating food marketing to young people worldwide: Trends and policy drivers
title_full Regulating and litigating in the public interest: Regulating food marketing to young people worldwide: Trends and policy drivers
title_fullStr Regulating and litigating in the public interest: Regulating food marketing to young people worldwide: Trends and policy drivers
title_full_unstemmed Regulating and litigating in the public interest: Regulating food marketing to young people worldwide: Trends and policy drivers
title_short Regulating and litigating in the public interest: Regulating food marketing to young people worldwide: Trends and policy drivers
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topic overweight
obesity
government
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