Getting serious about protecting New Zealand children against unhealthy food marketing.

Auteur(s) :
Vandevijvere S., Swinburn BA.
Date :
Juil, 2015
Source(s) :
The New Zealand medical journal. #128:1417 p36-40
Adresse :
University of Auckland, School of Population Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Auckland, New Zealand. [email protected].

Sommaire de l'article

Reducing childhood obesity is now a high priority for Government and New Zealand society, and foremost in these efforts should be getting serious about protecting children from being targeted by sophisticated marketing for the very foods and beverages that are making them fat. The marketing of unhealthy food products to children is powerful, pervasive and predatory. Previous studies in New Zealand found that food marketing targeted at children through various media is predominantly for unhealthy food products. Statutory comprehensive regulations providing full protections for children against unhealthy food marketing are recommended, but strengthening voluntary codes into a more quasi-regulatory system would allow food companies to clearly demonstrate their commitments to becoming part of the solution for New Zealand's unacceptably high rate of childhood obesity.

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