A state-wide audit of unhealthy sponsorship within junior sporting clubs in Victoria, Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To systematically audit the extent of unhealthy sponsorship within junior community sporting clubs and ascertain whether differences exist across geographical areas and sport types.

Design

Club sponsorship data were assessed to determine the extent of unhealthy food/beverage, alcohol and gambling sponsorship using a cross-sectional design. Differences across geographical areas were assessed using logistic regressions.

Setting

A stratified random sampling procedure was used to select thirty communities across the state of Victoria, Australia. Within each community, local clubs across the top eight participating junior sports were selected for audit.

Participants

Sponsorship data were collected from 191 club websites and Facebook pages in September-Nove

SUBMITTER: Martino F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195368 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature