More than a Nuisance: Implications of Food Marketing for Public Health Efforts to Curb Childhood Obesity.
Annu Rev Public Health
; 45(1): 213-233, 2024 May.
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ABSTRACT
Fifteen years ago, public health experts urged industry, governments, and advocates to take action to dramatically improve the unhealthy food-marketing environment surrounding children in order to address the global childhood obesity crisis. Since then, research has confirmed that food marketing to children has far-reaching negative effects on their diets and health, takes advantage of adolescent vulnerabilities, and contributes to health disparities. In addition, digital marketing has profoundly changed young people's engagement with brands. Moreover, reliance on industry self-regulation as a solution has proven ineffective. Government-led policies have been more successful, but they remain limited in scope and challenging to adopt and implement. New approaches are necessary to increase public and policy maker awareness that food marketing is more than a nuisance, that it threatens the long-term health of children and adolescents worldwide, and that meaningful governmental action is urgently required to curtail industry's negative impact on young people's well-being.
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Assunto principal:
Indústria Alimentícia
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Saúde Pública
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Marketing
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Obesidade Infantil
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Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article