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ArticleInternational journal of health policy and management2022

Should Public Health and Policy Communities Interact With the Food Industry? It Depends on Context Comment on "Towards Preventing and Managing Conflict of Interest in Nutrition Policy? An Analysis of Submissions to a Consultation on a Draft WHO Tool".

Katherine Cullerton, Jean Adams, Martin White

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Article in International journal of health policy and management, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Katherine CullertonSchool of Public Health, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9517-6380
Jean AdamsMRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5733-7830
Martin WhiteMRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1861-6757
University of Cambridge · GBThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UU_00006/7Medical Research Council MR/K023187/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The issue of public health and policy communities engaging with food sector companies has long caused tension and debate. Ralston and colleagues' article 'Towards Preventing and Managing Conflict of Interest in Nutrition Policy? An Analysis of Submissions to a Consultation on a Draft WHO Tool' further examines this issue. They found widespread food industry opposition, not just to the details of the World Health Organization (WHO) tool, but to the very idea of it. In this commentary we reflect on this finding and the arguments for and against interacting with the food industry during different stages of the policy process. While involving the food industry in certain aspects of the policy process without favouring their business goals may seem like an intractable problem, we believe there are opportunities for progress that do not compromise our values as public health professionals. We suggest three key steps to making progress.

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Conflict of InterestPublic HealthFood IndustryHumansNutrition PolicyReferral and ConsultationWorld Health OrganizationConflict of InterestFood IndustryHealth GovernanceNutritionPolicy-Making

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PMCPMC9278474
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