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| Title |
The obesogenic environment around elementary schools: food and beverage marketing to children in two Mexican cities
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, April 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-018-5374-0 |
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| Authors |
Simón Barquera, Lucia Hernández-Barrera, Stephen J. Rothenberg, Enrique Cifuentes |
| Abstract |
Unhealthy environments and food advertisements are major determinants of childhood obesity. Recent regulation has banned unhealthy foods from schools in Mexico. However, currently there is no regulation limiting exposure to food marketing around schools. Thus, our objective was to analyze the characteristics of food advertising practices around 60 elementary schools in two cities and to evaluate compliance with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recommendations and the local food industry self-regulatory marketing code. Data were collected during the period of October 2012 to March 2013. A random sample of elementary schools was selected from two Mexican cities. Using geographic information systems, we drew a 100-m-diameter buffer around each school. Trained personnel obtained photographs to assess the locations and types of food advertisements. Our results were stratified by school type and by indicators of compliance with the PAHO and industry recommendations. We developed a multivariate negative binomial regression model to determine factors predicting the number of advertisements around schools. The number of advertisements was significantly higher around public schools than around private schools (6.5 ± 5.6 vs. 2.4 ± 3.5, p < 0.05). Printed posters were the most common type of marketing medium (97%), showing mostly sugar-sweetened beverages, sweet breads, candies, and bottled water. Promotions, such as special prices or gifts, were included on 30% of printed posters. Food advertising practices were often in compliance with industry recommendations (83%) but not with those from the PAHO (32%) (p < 0.001). Our results support the importance of monitoring the obesogenic environment and identifying policy tools to protect children from food marketing not only inside schools but also around them, particularly in lower income communities. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 147 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 70 | 48% |
| Spain | 5 | 3% |
| United States | 4 | 3% |
| Peru | 2 | 1% |
| Colombia | 2 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Andorra | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 7 | 5% |
| Unknown | 52 | 35% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 124 | 84% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 12 | 8% |
| Scientists | 9 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 265 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 265 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 61 | 23% |
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 11% |
| Researcher | 27 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 6% |
| Other | 38 | 14% |
| Unknown | 76 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 51 | 19% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 40 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 24 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 6% |
| Psychology | 11 | 4% |
| Other | 35 | 13% |
| Unknown | 88 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 128. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 February 2022.
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#287
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#7,360
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#11
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