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Beyond Food Promotion: A Systematic Review on the Influence of the Food Industry on Obesity-Related Dietary Behaviour among Children.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.
- Correlates of adherence to the Mediterranean diet among preschool-age and school-age children living in Mediterranean countries: a systematic review.European journal of nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Environmental interventions to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and their effects on health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Assessing the Lifetime Cost-Effectiveness of Low-Protein Infant Formula as Early Obesity Prevention Strategy: The CHOP Randomized Trial.Nutrients · 2019Trial
- Overweight and obesity among female undergraduate students of Makerere University, Uganda: knowledge, prevalence and associated factors: a cross-sectional study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Restaurant marketing to kids in Canada: associations with restaurant consumption and appealing restaurant advertisement features in a nationally representative sample of Canadian young people aged 9-17 years.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Examining the association between maternal junk food consumption and obesity among children: evidence from a cross-sectional survey in India.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- The impact of the social media industry as a commercial determinant of health on the digital food environment for children and adolescents: a scoping review.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Advertising ultra-processed foods around urban and rural schools in Kenya.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Young people's perspectives on policies to create healthier food environments in England.Health promotion international · 2024Article
- Nigerian adolescents' exposure to fast food marketing via Instagram.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Implementation of health-promoting retail initiatives in the Healthier Choices in Supermarkets Study-qualitative perspectives from a feasibility study.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- Barriers to Care for Pediatric Patients with Obesity.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Perception and Impact of Food and Beverage Marketing on Children's Eating Behaviors and Associated Health Issues.Cureus · 2024Article
- A systematic review of the adolescent-directed marketing strategies of transnational fast food companies in low- and middle-income countries.Obesity science & practice · 2023Review
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- A content analysis of the aims, strategies, and effects of food and nonalcoholic drink advertising based on advertising industry case studies.Obesity science & practice · 2022Review
- A rapid review of the evidence for children's TV and online advertisement restrictions to fight obesity.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- The effect of food packaging elements on children's food choices and intake: A systematic review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Review
- Barriers and facilitators of household provision of dairy and plant-based dairy alternatives in families with preschool-age children.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
An increased consumption of energy-dense, nutrient-poor food and beverages as a result of a changing obesogenic environment contributes substantially to the increasing prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity. This paper reviews the nature and extent of food industry influences which expose children to commercial influences and thus might affect unhealthy dietary behaviour and finally contributes to obesity. A systematic search of nine electronic databases (including PubMed, PsycINFO, EconLit) and reference lists of original studies and reviews using key search terms identified 1900 articles. Of these only thirty-six articles met the inclusion and quality criteria. A narrative synthesis of the reviewed studies revealed six key obesogenic environments by which the food industry possibly influences obesity-related dietary behaviours in young children. These were schools, retailers, mass media "television", mass media "internet", home and promotional campaigns. Identifying these obesogenic environments is critical for monitoring and controlling the food industry, the development of effective environmental-level interventions to prevent childhood overweight and obesity and to identify knowledge gaps to be addressed in future research to support informed decisions of policy makers.
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