The health implications of excessive added sugar intakes have led to national policy actions limit their consumption. Subsequently, non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) may be used maintain product sweetness. We aimed assess trends in quantities sugars and NNS sold packaged food beverages worldwide, the association between these number across regions reduce

Abstract Objective: Diets high in red and processed meat (RPM) contribute substantially to environmental degradation, greenhouse gas emissions the global burden of chronic disease. High-profile reports have called for significant RPM reduction, especially high-income settings. Despite this, policy attention political priority issue are low. Design: The study used a theoretically guided framing analysis identify frames by various interest groups relation reducing online news media articles...

In high-income countries, obesity disproportionately affects those from disadvantaged and rural areas. Poor diet is a modifiable risk factor for the food environment primary driver of poor diet. communities, it harder to access affordable nutritious food, affecting both insecurity health residents. This paper aims describe in Australian community (approx. 7000 km2 size) inform development community-relevant supply interventions. We conducted census audit (ground truthing) local government...

Abstract Objective: Junk-food marketing contributes significantly to childhood obesity, which in turn imposes major health and economic burdens. Despite this, political priority for addressing junk-food has been weak many countries. Competing interests, worldviews beliefs of stakeholders involved with the issue contribute this inertia. An integral group actors driving policy change are parliamentarians, who champion enact legislation. However, how parliamentarians interpret portray (i.e....

Rural communities experience higher rates of obesity and reduced food security compared with urban communities. The perception that healthy foods are expensive contributes to poor dietary choices. Providing an accessible, available, affordable supply is equitable way improve the nutritional quality diet for a community, however, local data rarely available small rural towns. This study used Healthy Diets ASAP tool assess price, price differential affordability recommended (healthy) current...

The aggressive marketing of breastmilk substitutes (BMS) reduces breastfeeding, and harms child maternal health globally. Yet forty years after the World Health Assembly adopted International Code Marketing Breast-milk Substitutes (The Code), many countries are still to fully implement its provisions into national law. Furthermore, despite Code, commercial milk formula (CMF) markets have markedly expanded. In this paper, we adopt Philippines as a case study understand battle for...

The World Health Organization and public health experts are calling for urgent restrictions on the online marketing of unhealthy food. harmful effects exposure to advertising 'unhealthy foods', including discretionary foods high in fat, salt or sugar, particularly children, has prompted a proposed policy action Australia prohibit all food marketing. We used novel data donation infrastructure, Australian Ad Observatory, create dataset 1703 ads promoting top-selling brands that had been placed...

Dietary risk factors, including excess added sugar intake, are leading contributors to Australia's burden of disease. An objective the Australian Health Star Rating (HSR) system is encourage reformulation packaged foods. Manufacturers may improve a product's HSR by replacing with non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS). Concerns have been raised regarding potential substitution effects ultra-processed foods containing NNS for whole foods, and long-term impact this on population health. The aim study...

Abstract Objective: This study aims to determine whether ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are being discussed in news media Australia and this terminology, as described the NOVA system, is applied accurately. Design: Interpretive content analysis of online print articles that mentioned UPFs from 2009 2023 Australia. Setting: Participants: Online articles. Results: A total two hundred ninety-eight Australian were captured. substantial increase number UPF was observed between 2017–2019 2021–2023....

Abstract Objective: This study aimed to critically analyse Australia’s current and proposed policy actions reduce added sugar consumption. Over-consumption of is a significant public health nutrition issue. The competing interests, values beliefs among stakeholders mean they have disparate views regarding which are preferable Design: Semi-structured interviews using purposive, snowball sampling mapping. Policy were classified by two frameworks: NOURISHING (e.g. behaviour change...

Food systems are a major contributor to climate change, producing one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. However, public knowledge food systems' contributions change is low. One reason for low awareness may be limited media coverage the issue. To investigate this, we conducted analysis examining and their contribution in Australian newspapers.We analysed articles from twelve newspapers between 2011 2021, sourced Factiva. We explored volume frequency that mentioned as well level focus...

Breastfeeding is important for the health and development of child, maternal health, in all country contexts. However, global sales breast-milk substitutes (BMS), including infant, follow-up toddler formulas, have 'boomed' recent decades. This raises importance international food standards established by Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) on safety, composition labelling BMS. Such appear to be strongly contested governments, industry civil society groups, yet few studies investigated...

Dietary guidelines are important nutrition policy reference standards that should be informed by the best available evidence. The types of evidence reviewed and review methods used have implications for translation. aim this study was to explore perceived advantages, disadvantages, practicalities associated with synthesis translation from nutrient-based, food-based, dietary patterns research in guideline development. A qualitative descriptive conducted. Twenty-two semi-structured interviews...

Summary We aimed to understand the process of setting or varying food standards related non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) in Australia and New Zealand. Overconsumption added sugars is a risk factor for non-communicable diseases. Limiting sugar consumption recommended by World Health Organization. NNS are sweet substances with little no energy that can be used maintain sweetness packaged when reduced. The health dietary pattern impacts contested. Understanding how why applications submitted,...

Abstract Objective: Australia’s dominant food system encourages the overconsumption of foods detrimental for human and planetary health. Despite this, Australia has limited policies to reduce burden disease protect environment. Political donations from industry may contribute policy inertia on this issue. We aimed explore extent political made by in Queensland investigate timing public health nutrition relation these donations. Design: collected publicly declared data Queensland, Australia,...

Abstract Our dominant food system is a primary driver of worsening human and planetary health. Held in March 2022, the Public Health Association Australia’s Food Futures Conference was an opportunity for people working across to connect advocate comprehensive, intersectoral, whole-of-society nutrition policy Australia attenuate these issues. themes included systems local global good; ecological nutrition; social mobilisation public sovereignty equity. Students young professionals are...