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Development of a Responsible Policy Index to Improve Statutory and Self-Regulatory Policies that Protect Children’s Diet and Health in the America’s Region

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dc.contributor Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
dc.contributor Marketing
dc.contributor School of Visual Arts
dc.creator Rincón-Gallardo Patiño, Sofía
dc.creator Rajamohan, Srijith
dc.creator Meaney, Kathleen
dc.creator Coupey, Eloise
dc.creator Serrano, Elena L.
dc.creator Hedrick, Valisa E.
dc.creator da Silva Gomes, Fabio
dc.creator Polys, Nicholas F.
dc.creator Kraak, Vivica
dc.date 2020-01-24T17:15:24Z
dc.date 2020-01-24T17:15:24Z
dc.date 2020-01-13
dc.date 2020-01-23T22:01:08Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:39:56Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:39:56Z
dc.identifier Rincón-Gallardo Patiño, S.; Rajamohan, S.; Meaney, K.; Coupey, E.; Serrano, E.; Hedrick, V.E.; da Silva Gomes, F.; Polys, N.; Kraak, V. Development of a Responsible Policy Index to Improve Statutory and Self-Regulatory Policies that Protect Children’s Diet and Health in the America’s Region. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 495.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10919/96574
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020495
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/280256
dc.description In 2010, 193 Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed World Health Assembly Resolution WHA63.14 to restrict the marketing of food and beverage products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) to children to prevent obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). No study has examined HFSS marketing policies across the WHO regional office countries in the Americas. Between 2018 and 2019, a transdisciplinary team examined policies to restrict HFSS food and beverage product marketing to children to develop a responsible policy index (RESPI) that provides a quality score based on policy characteristics and marketing techniques. After designing the RESPI, we conducted a comprehensive literature review through October 2019 to examine policies in 14 countries in the WHO Americans Region. We categorized policies (<i>n</i> = 38) as either self-regulatory or statutory and calculated the RESPI scores, ranked from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest). Results showed Brazil, Canada, Chile, and Uruguay had the highest RESPI scores associated with statutory policies that restricted point of sale, cartoon, licensed media characters and celebrities; and HFSS products in schools and child care settings, and broadcast and print media. Policymakers can use the RESPI tool to evaluate marketing policies within and across geopolitical boundaries to protect children&rsquo;s diet and health.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject food and beverage marketing
dc.subject food policy
dc.subject nutrition policy
dc.subject Children
dc.subject integrated marketing communications
dc.subject government policy
dc.subject Obesity
dc.title Development of a Responsible Policy Index to Improve Statutory and Self-Regulatory Policies that Protect Children’s Diet and Health in the America’s Region
dc.title International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
dc.type Article - Refereed
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