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BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 16, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2955-7
Keywords
Food industry; Corporate political activity; Non-communicable diseases
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- Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) [APP1041020]
- Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award [DE160100307]
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Background: The political influence of the food industry, referred to as corporate political activity (CPA), represents a potential barrier to the development and implementation of effective public health policies for non-communicable diseases prevention. This paper reports on the feasibility and limitations of using publicly-available information to identify and monitor the CPA of the food industry in Australia. Methods: A systematic search was conducted for information from food industry, government and other publicly-available data sources in Australia. Data was collected in relation to five key food industry actors: the Australian Food and Grocery Council; Coca Cola; McDonald's; Nestle; and Woolworths, for the period January 2012 to February 2015. Data analysis was guided by an existing framework for classifying CPA strategies of the food industry. Results: The selected food industry actors used multiple CPA strategies, with 'information and messaging' and 'constituency building' strategies most prominent. Conclusions: The systematic analysis of publicly-available information over a limited period was able to identify diverse and extensive CPA strategies of the food industry in Australia. This approach can contribute to accountability mechanisms for NCD prevention.
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