ReviewObesity science & practice2021
Conceptualizing the commercial determinants of dietary behaviors associated with obesity: A systematic review using principles from critical interpretative synthesis.
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- Food Environment and Childhood Overweight/Obesity: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Pooled it
- Relation between the food environment and oral health-systematic review.European journal of public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Understanding power in food policy: a critical scoping review of methods to guide future research.Health promotion international · 2026Article
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- Ultra-processed food consumption and its relationship with nutrient intake and dietary patterns in adolescents.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Commercial determinants of health: case study of ultra-processed food companies in Thailand.Globalization and health · 2025Article
- Women's views about the use of gendered Corporate Social Responsibility strategies by harmful industries.Globalization and health · 2025Article
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- Front-of-package labelling: A public health imperative rooted in the right to health.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Stakeholder perceptions on the impact of trade and investment agreements on nutrition policy space in small island developing states.Globalization and health · 2025Article
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- The Weight of Cardiovascular Diseases: Addressing the Global Cardiovascular Crisis Associated with Obesity.Global heart · 2025Article
- Exploring the multifaceted factors influencing overweight and obesity: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Developing structures to support researchers studying health-harming industries.Health promotion international · 2024Article
- Corporate activities that influence population health: a scoping review and qualitative synthesis to develop the HEALTH-CORP typology.Globalization and health · 2024Article
- Ultra-processed food consumption in UK adolescents: distribution, trends, and sociodemographic correlates using the National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2008/09 to 2018/19.European journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- A systems thinking framework for understanding rising childhood obesity in the Caribbean.Health research policy and systems · 2024Article
- Nutritional Content of Popular Menu Items from Online Food Delivery Applications in Bangkok, Thailand: Are They Healthy?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionUnhealthy diet is an important preventable risk factor for overweight and obesity. Identifying the key drivers of an unhealthy diet is an important public health aim. "Big Food" has been identified as an influential factor shaping dietary behavior and obesity, and their practices have broadly been labeled as the "commercial determinants of obesity," but there is a lack of definitions and conceptualizations for these terms. This review aimed to synthesize literature on the commercial determinants of dietary behavior associated with obesity. It presents the development of an integrative definition and a conceptual framework involving potential influences on dietary behavior, and it examines the prevalence of certain narratives within papers that focus on children and adolescents.
methodsFour electronic databases (Ovid MEDLINE, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus) were searched up to December 2020. Eighty-one articles met the inclusion criteria: they were published in a peer-reviewed academic journal, described a practice from the food/beverage industry in relation to dietary behavior or obesity. Data were integrated using critical interpretative synthesis.
resultsThe commercial determinants of dietary behavior are conceptualized in terms of three corporate spheres of action-
conclusionsIn the included literature, the commercial determinants of dietary behavior associated with obesity have been conceptualized as being part of a complex system where corporate practices are enabled by power structures. The proposed framework can facilitate a structured identification and systematic study of the impact of specific aspects of food industry's strategies and increase opportunities for primary prevention by anticipating industry responses and by discouraging corporate practices that harm health.
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