Food and beverage manufacturing and retailing company policies and commitments to improve the healthfulness of Canadian food environments
This study highlights important limitations to self-regulatory approaches of the food and beverage industry to improve the healthfulness of food environments. Although some companies had specific, comprehensive, and transparent policies and commitments to address the healthfulness of food environments in Canada, most fell short of recommended best-practice. Additional mandatory government policies and regulations may be warranted to effectively transform Canadian food environments to promote healthier diets and prevent related non-communicable diseases.
Authors
- Dana Lee Olstad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9787-9952)
- Alexa Gaucher-Holm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1951-5197)
- Jasmine Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4406-3970)
- Monique Potvin Kent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5049-1106)
- Gary Sacks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9736-1539)
- Lana Vanderlee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5384-1821)
- Laura Vergeer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3982-5002)
- Caroline Vaillancourt
Institutions
- Deakin University (AU)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Nutrition & Santé (Spain) (ES)
- Université Laval (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2024-09-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19864-1
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- Canada Research Chairs
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé