Examining Chile's unique food marketing policy: TV advertising and dietary intake in preschool children, a pre- and post- policy study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Chilean government implemented the first phase of a comprehensive marketing policy in 2016, restricting child-directed marketing of products high in energy, total sugars, sodium or saturated fat (hereafter "high-in").

Objectives

To examine the role that high-in TV food advertising had in the effect of the policy on consumption of high-in products between 2016 and 2017.

Methods

Dietary data were obtained from 24-hour diet recall measured in 2016 (n = 940) and 2017 (n = 853), pre- and post-policy, from a cohort of 4 to 6 years children. Television use was linked to analyses of food advertisements to derive individual-level estimates of exposure to advertising. A multilevel mediation analysis examined direct and indirect effects of the policy through adver

SUBMITTER: Jensen ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8073213 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature