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| Title |
To quell obesity, who should regulate food marketing to children?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Globalization and Health, July 2005
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| DOI | 10.1186/1744-8603-1-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ben Kelly |
| Abstract |
The global hegemony of the United States in the production and marketing of food, while a marvel of economic success, has contributed to the epidemic of obesity that is particularly afflicting children. So far the U.S. government has declined to regulate the aggressive ways in which food producers market high-energy, low-nutrition foods to young people. That public-health responsibility has been left to an industry-created scheme of self-regulation that is deeply flawed; there is a compelling need for government involvement. The issue is certain to be raised by health advocates at a U.S. Federal Trade Commission meeting in mid-July to discuss the self-regulatory approach, but the outlook for remedies to emerge from the meeting is not encouraging. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Latvia | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 40% |
| Scientists | 2 | 40% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 19 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 19 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 5 | 26% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 11% |
| Other | 3 | 16% |
| Unknown | 2 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 32% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 11% |
| Psychology | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 3 | 16% |
| Unknown | 2 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 02 April 2012.
All research outputs
#14,629,114
of 25,517,918 outputs
Outputs from Globalization and Health
#959
of 1,231 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#61,331
of 70,365 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Globalization and Health
#5
of 5 outputs
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