"The architecture of the state was transformed in favour of the interests of companies": corporate political activity of the food industry in Colombia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Colombia, public health policies to improve food environments, including front-of-pack nutrition labelling and marketing restrictions for unhealthy products, are currently under development. Opposition to these policies by the food industry is currently delaying and weakening these efforts. This opposition is commonly known as 'corporate political activity' (CPA) and includes instrumental (action-based) strategies and discursive (argument-based) strategies. Our aim was to identify the CPA of the food industry in Colombia.

Methods

We conducted a document analysis of information available in the public domain published between January-July 2019. We triangulated this data with interviews with 17 key informants. We used a deductive approach to data analysis, based

SUBMITTER: Mialon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7552360 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature