Regulatory approaches to obesity prevention: A systematic overview of current laws addressing diet-related risk factors in the European Union and the United States
“…Globally, the advertising of highly palatable discretionary foods has become a target for improving diets and preventing obesity, although governments vary in their approach to dealing with advertising . Sisnowski et al .…”
Discretionary foods dominate food advertising. On average, discretionary food advertising was higher during PVTs for children and during the summer school holidays (January).
“…Globally, the advertising of highly palatable discretionary foods has become a target for improving diets and preventing obesity, although governments vary in their approach to dealing with advertising . Sisnowski et al .…”
Discretionary foods dominate food advertising. On average, discretionary food advertising was higher during PVTs for children and during the summer school holidays (January).
“…Interventions, including mandatory nutrition labelling for packaged foods, marketing restrictions, food reformulation limits and taxes have been introduced in a number of jurisdictions globally. 1,2 These examples stand in contrast to the Australian experience, where the implementation of regulations has been hindered by political and ideological resistance. 3 Australian policymakers have acknowledged that regulatory reform for obesity prevention is likely to depend on public support.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…Advocacy for obesity regulations is strong in Australia, despite slow progress by international standards. Interventions, including mandatory nutrition labelling for packaged foods, marketing restrictions, food reformulation limits and taxes have been introduced in a number of jurisdictions globally . These examples stand in contrast to the Australian experience, where the implementation of regulations has been hindered by political and ideological resistance .…”
Sociodemographic differences in support appeared to reflect gendered responsibilities for food provision and concerns about the material constraints of socioeconomic deprivation. Engagement with target populations may offer insights to optimise the acceptability of regulations and minimise unintended social consequences. SO WHAT?: Resistance to regulations amongst socioeconomically disadvantaged target populations warrants attention from public health advocates. Failure to accommodate concerns identified may further marginalise these groups.
“…An example is the Nordic ‘keyhole’, a symbol geared towards helping consumers to identify healthier food alternatives. It has been adopted in Sweden, Denmark and Norway and is assigned to some products based on a system of cut‐off points for maximum fat, sugar, salt and minimum dietary fibre (Sisnowski et al., ). Furthermore, there are several colour‐based coding schemes that may be adopted to indicate the value of nutrient content according to different colours, such as the UK Traffic Light and the French Nutri‐Score.…”
Section: A Brief History Of Nutrition Labellingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This approach has become quite common in the EU. In all cases Member States still have considerable manoeuvring space to regulate voluntary indications, which do not have to follow the EU regulation's supremacy (Sisnowski et al., ).…”
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Summary
Nutritional information on labels may impact positively on consumer food choices potentially enabling them to better judge the overall healthiness of foods and leading towards more aware and health‐oriented choices. Given its potential anticipated benefits, nutritional labelling regulation has been a priority in many countries over the last decades, and Nutrition Facts labelling became mandatory in the EU with the EU Regulation 1169/2011. However, even though mandatory Nutrition Facts labelling is crucial from a market perspective as it contributes to reducing information asymmetry, it may not be so effective from a health standpoint. Indeed, alongside mandatory indications the Regulation allows producers to report a number of additional and varying nutrition‐related information on a voluntary basis. Although these labels are important to provide consumers with supplementary contents, there is a risk that they generate information overload, making it difficult for individuals to compare different products. In this regard, consumers would likely benefit from more harmonised and standardised voluntary labels that could ultimately facilitate consumers in interpreting the nutrition facts information and translating them into a guidance for healthy food choices.
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