Food environment solutions for childhood obesity in Latin America and among Latinos living in the United States

AC Duran, M Mialon, E Crosbie, ML Jensen… - Obesity …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The food environment is a major contributor to unhealthy diets in children and, therefore, to
the increasing rates of obesity. Acclaimed by scholars across the world, Latin American …

International trade and investment agreements as barriers to food environment regulation for public health nutrition: a realist review

K Garton, AM Thow, B Swinburn - International Journal of …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Achieving healthy food systems will require regulation across the supply chain;
however, binding international economic agreements may be constraining policy space for …

'I had never seen so many lobbyists': food industry political practices during the development of a new nutrition front-of-pack labelling system in Colombia

M Mialon, DAG Charry, G Cediel, E Crosbie… - Public health …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Objective: To identify and monitor food industry use of political practices during the adoption
of nutrition warning labels (WL) in Colombia. Design: Document analysis of publicly …

When means of implementation meet Ecological Modernization Theory: A critical frame for thinking about the Sustainable Development Goals initiative

H Weber, M Weber - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda has
been hailed as the most comprehensive and integrated framework for addressing the twin …

US and EU Free Trade Agreements and implementation of policies to control tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy food and drinks: A quasi-experimental analysis

P Barlow, LN Allen - PLoS medicine, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Identifying and tackling the factors that undermine regulation of unhealthy
commodities is an essential component of effective noncommunicable disease (NCD) …

The future of human malnutrition: rebalancing agency for better nutritional health

JCK Wells, AA Marphatia, G Amable, M Siervo… - Globalization and …, 2021 - Springer
The major threat to human societies posed by undernutrition has been recognised for
millennia. Despite substantial economic development and scientific innovation, however …

[HTML][HTML] Power and other commercial determinants of health: an empirical study of the Australian food, alcohol, and gambling industries

C de Lacy-Vawdon, B Vandenberg… - International Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Commercial determinants of health (CDoH) represent a critical frame for
exploring undue corporate and commercial influence over health. Power lenses are integral …

Who influences nutrition policy space using international trade and investment agreements? A global stakeholder analysis

K Garton, B Swinburn, AM Thow - Globalization and Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Regulation of food environments is needed to address the global challenge of
poor nutrition, yet policy inertia has been a problem. A common argument against regulation …

Protecting foreign investment and public health through arbitral balancing and treaty design

F Baetens - International & Comparative Law Quarterly, 2022 - cambridge.org
This article analyses the fraught relationship between host States' obligations under
investment agreements and their regulatory powers in the field of public health. First …

Hollow threats: transnational food and beverage companies' use of international agreements to fight front-of-pack nutrition labeling in Mexico and beyond

E Crosbie, A Carriedo… - International journal of …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In October 2019, the Mexican government reformed its General Health Law thus
establishing the warning approach to front-of-pack nutrition labeling (FOPNL), and in March …