Two countries, similar practices: the political practices of the food industry influencing the adoption of key public health nutrition policies in Guatemala and Panama.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify the corporate political activity (CPA) strategies used by food industry actors during the development of two public health nutrition policies in Central America: Law #570 (taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages) in Panama and Bill #5504 (labelling and food marketing regulations) in Guatemala.

Design

We triangulated data from publicly available information from 2018 to 2020, (e.g. industry and government materials; social media material) with semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders.

Setting

Guatemala and Panama.

Participants

Government, academia and international organisations workers in health and nutrition.

Design

CPA strategies were categorised according to an existing internationally used taxonomy into action-based, instr

SUBMITTER: Kroker-Lobos MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991768 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature