ReviewCurrent obesity reports2019
Sports Sponsorship as a Cause of Obesity.
Review in Current obesity reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of food, beverage, and alcohol brand marketing on consumptive behaviors and health in children and adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review of the effect of policies to restrict the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to which children are exposed.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Pooled it
- Are wePublic health nutrition · 2026Trial
- Can counter-advertising dilute marketing effects of alcohol sponsorship of elite sport: A field experiment.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Trial
- Food-related sponsorship of children's sports clubs in two Canadian policy environments: a survey of sports club representatives.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- Length and Framing of Anti-Junk Food Ads Impact Inclinations to Consume Junk Food Among Normal Weight, Overweight, and Adults With Obesity.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026Article
- 'Give Up Loving Pop': reimagining oral health promotion through sport, social practice, and prevention.British dental journal · 2026Article
- Disparities in children's sports participation and food advertising exposure in amateur sports settings in Canada.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Detrimental Industries' Sponsorship in Football Clubs Across Ten Major Leagues from 2000-2022: A Retrospective Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Food and beverage selection in children's sports arenas in Norway: a cross-sectional study.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- Adolescents' experiences with the food selection at the sports arena in the area of Oslo, Norway: a focus group study.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- Strengthening Global Legislative Actions to Protect Children from the Harmful Impacts of Unhealthy Food and Non-alcoholic Beverage Marketing.Current obesity reports · 2023Review
- Gambling, fast food and alcohol sponsorship in elite sport - perspectives from Australian sporting fans.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Choice, Motives, and Mixed Messages: A Qualitative Photo-Based Inquiry of Parents' Perceptions of Food and Beverage Marketing to Children in Sport and Recreation Facilities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Sponsorship by food and beverage companies in soccer: an analysis of the 2019 Copa América.Revista de saude publica · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purpose of reviewThis article investigates the role of food and beverage sponsorship of sports in influencing dietary behaviour, and ultimately obesity, focusing on research published in the past 5 years. A systematic strategy was used to search the health science, social science and marketing databases to identify peer-reviewed literature on food and non-alcoholic beverage company sponsorship of sport published in English from 2015 to 2019. RECENT
findingsSixteen discrete studies were identified: six content analyses, two qualitative studies, four cross-sectional surveys and four experimental studies. Findings indicate sports sponsorship is widely used to promote unhealthy foods through professional and community sport, prompting increased awareness and preference for sponsor products. Most studies assessed self-reported responses to sponsorship, with a lack of behavioural data on food purchasing and consumption. Sports sponsorship by unhealthy food brands achieves vast population reach and exposure, promoting increased brand awareness and preference for sponsor products. Research is needed to improve our understanding of the relationship between food and beverage sponsorship and energy intake. Research evaluating the efficacy of strategies to reduce spectator's exposure to unhealthy sports sponsorship is also needed.
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