Strategies used by the Canadian food and beverage industry to influence food and nutrition policies.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Unhealthy food environments contribute to the rising rates of obesity and diet-related diseases. To improve the Canadian nutritional landscape, Health Canada launched the Healthy Eating Strategy in October 2016 which involved several initiatives including the restriction of unhealthy food marketing to children, the reduction of sodium in the food supply and the introduction of front-of-package labelling. Subsequently, various stakeholders engaged in discussions with Health Canada. This study sought to describe the interactions between Health Canada and industry and non-industry stakeholders and to identify the strategies used by industry to influence food and nutrition policy in Canada. METHODS:Documents such as correspondences and presentations exchanged in interactions between

SUBMITTER: Vandenbrink D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6988317 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature