Systematic examination of publicly-available information reveals the diverse and extensive corporate political activity of the food industry in Australia Mialon, Melissa, Swinburn, Boyd, Allender, Steven and Sacks, Gary 2016, Systematic examination of publicly-available information reveals the diverse and extensive corporate political activity of the food industry in Australia, BMC public health, vol. 16, pp. 1-13, doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2955-7. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads allender-systamaticexamination-2016.pdf Published version application/pdf 600.28KB 757 Title Systematic examination of publicly-available information reveals the diverse and extensive corporate political activity of the food industry in Australia Author(s) Mialon, Melissa Swinburn, Boyd Allender, Steven orcid.org/0000-0002-4842-3294 Sacks, Gary orcid.org/0000-0001-9736-1539 Journal name BMC public health Volume number 16 Article ID 283 Start page 1 End page 13 Total pages 13 Publisher BioMed Central Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2016 ISSN 1471-2458 Keyword(s) Corporate political activity Food industry Non-communicable diseases Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Public, Environmental & Occupational Health PROPOSED APPROACH TOBACCO ENVIRONMENTS PREVENTION MONITOR OBESITY HEALTH POLICY Summary 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. Language eng DOI 10.1186/s12889-016-2955-7 Field of Research 1117 Public Health And Health Services 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30083206 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 03 May 2016, 15:18:17 EST Wed, 04 May 2016, 05:00:15 EST Thu, 05 May 2016, 16:04:25 EST Tue, 31 May 2016, 15:35:20 EST Tue, 31 May 2016, 15:37:28 EST Sat, 21 Jan 2017, 01:32:09 EST Mon, 26 Jun 2017, 16:19:27 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 12:38:13 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 36 times in TR Web of Science Cited 43 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 679 Abstract Views, 757 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 03 May 2016, 15:18:17 EST

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