The relationship between joining a US free trade agreement and processed food sales, 2002-2016: a comparative interrupted time-series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine changes in sales of highly processed foods, including infant formulas, in countries joining free trade agreements (FTAs) with the US.

Design

Annual country-level data for food and beverage sales come from Euromonitor International. Analyses are conducted in a comparative interrupted time-series (CITS) framework using multivariate random-effects linear models, adjusted for key confounders: gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, percent of the population living in urban areas and female labor force participation rate. Memberships in other FTAs and investment treaties are also explored as possible confounders.

Setting

Changes are assessed between 2002 and 2016.

Participants

Ten countries joining US FTAs are compared with eleven countries wit

SUBMITTER: Cowling K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200605 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature