Title |
An analysis of potential barriers and enablers to regulating the television marketing of unhealthy foods to children at the state government level in Australia
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, December 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1123 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Alexandra Chung, Jane Shill, Boyd Swinburn, Helen Mavoa, Mark Lawrence, Bebe Loff, Bradley Crammond, Gary Sacks, Steven Allender, Anna Peeters |
Abstract |
In Australia there have been many calls for government action to halt the effects of unhealthy food marketing on children's health, yet implementation has not occurred. The attitudes of those involved in the policy-making process towards regulatory intervention governing unhealthy food marketing are not well understood. The objective of this research was to understand the perceptions of senior representatives from Australian state and territory governments, statutory authorities and non-government organisations regarding the feasibility of state-level government regulation of television marketing of unhealthy food to children in Australia. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 2 | 20% |
Australia | 1 | 10% |
Norway | 1 | 10% |
Canada | 1 | 10% |
Unknown | 5 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 7 | 70% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 20% |
Scientists | 1 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 86 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 21 | 24% |
Researcher | 10 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 8 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 8% |
Other | 5 | 6% |
Other | 14 | 16% |
Unknown | 23 | 26% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 15% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 15% |
Social Sciences | 13 | 15% |
Psychology | 6 | 7% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 5% |
Other | 12 | 14% |
Unknown | 27 | 31% |