Benchmarking the nutrition-related policies and commitments of major food companies in Australia, 2018 Sacks, Gary, Robinson, Ella, Cameron, Adrian J., Vanderlee, Lana, Vandevijvere, Stefanie and Swinburn, Boyd 2020, Benchmarking the nutrition-related policies and commitments of major food companies in Australia, 2018, International journal of environmental research and public health, vol. 17, no. 17, pp. 1-23, doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176118. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Benchmarking the nutrition-related policies and commitments of major food companies in Australia, 2018 Author(s) Sacks, Gary orcid.org/0000-0001-9736-1539 Robinson, Ella orcid.org/0000-0003-1960-0703 Cameron, Adrian J. orcid.org/0000-0002-0568-5497 Vanderlee, Lana Vandevijvere, Stefanie Swinburn, Boyd Journal name International journal of environmental research and public health Volume number 17 Issue number 17 Article ID 6118 Start page 1 End page 23 Total pages 23 Publisher MDPI Place of publication Basel, Switzerland Publication date 2020 ISSN 1661-7827 1660-4601 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Environmental Sciences & Ecology accountability commercial determinants of health food company obesity policy population nutrition PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP HEALTH Summary The food industry has an important role to play in efforts to improve population diets. This study aimed to benchmark the comprehensiveness, specificity and transparency of nutrition-related policies and commitments of major food companies in Australia. In 2018, we applied the Business Impact Assessment on Obesity and Population Level Nutrition (BIA-Obesity) tool and process to quantitatively assess company policies across six domains. Thirty-four companies operating in Australia were assessed, including the largest packaged food and non-alcoholic beverage manufacturers (n = 19), supermarkets (n = 4) and quick-service restaurants (n = 11). Publicly available company information was collected, supplemented by information gathered through engagement with company representatives. Sixteen out of 34 companies (47%) engaged with data collection processes. Company scores ranged from 3/100 to 71/100 (median: 40.5/100), with substantial variation by sector, company and domain. This study demonstrated that, while some food companies had made commitments to address population nutrition and obesity-related issues, the overall response from the food industry fell short of global benchmarks of good practice. Future studies should assess both company policies and practices. In the absence of stronger industry action, government regulations, such as mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labelling and restrictions on unhealthy food marketing, are urgently needed Language eng DOI 10.3390/ijerph17176118 Indigenous content off HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30141676 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection Institute for Health Transformation Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)     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 Fri, 11 Sep 2020, 14:43:10 EST Sat, 12 Sep 2020, 05:01:03 EST Sat, 12 Sep 2020, 06:03:27 EST Mon, 14 Sep 2020, 09:01:20 EST Sat, 10 Oct 2020, 01:30:35 EST Tue, 02 Mar 2021, 05:04:54 EST Fri, 05 Mar 2021, 15:40:07 EST Fri, 05 Mar 2021, 15:42:57 EST Fri, 05 Mar 2021, 15:43:44 EST Mon, 22 Mar 2021, 02:35:23 EST Tue, 13 Apr 2021, 15:53:37 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 66 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 11 Sep 2020, 14:43:10 EST

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