ReviewLancet regional health. Americas2024
Governmental institutionalization of corporate influence on national nutrition policy and health: a case study of Ecuador.
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- Food-environment policies for child nutrition in Ecuador and Latin America: beyond front-of-package labels and advertising restrictions.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Review
- Commercial Determinants of Latinx Health: A Scoping Review of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in the USA.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Ultra-processed foods and nutrition governance in Ecuador as a public health challenge.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- Corporate influence on food and nutrition policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: key determinants and policy directions.Globalization and health · 2026Article
- Corporate political activity of the food industry in the development of food policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: a narrative review of the current literature.Globalization and health · 2025Review
- Multilevel barriers to clinical and nutritional research in Latin America: a socioeconomic comparative analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- On conflicts of interest, transparency, and accountability of private actors influencing national health policy: authors' reply to Morejón-Terán.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2024Article
- Response letter to: "Lancet regional health. Americas · 2024Article
- Governmental institutionalization of corporate influence on national nutrition policy and health: a case study of Ecuador.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2024Article
- On preserving integrity and advancing health policy debates: author's reply to Mejía & Garzón.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2024Article
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Abstract
Corporate influence in policy and decision-making is an important public health concern. This Health Policy paper reviews Ecuador's child malnutrition strategy instruments, approved between 2020 and 2023, to identify how private interests are becoming legally integrated into the public sector. Evidence indicates that recent changes are enabling corporations to promote their brands, gain tax deductions, oversee public policy and set priorities, allocate resources, and decide on implementation of the country's child malnutrition strategy. Further, corporate representatives are active members of an advisory council, free from scrutiny or accountability, while being privy to undisclosed government information. Moreover, a UN agency (the World Food Program) engaged in corporate promotion of highly processed foods, illustrating the breadth of Ecuador's corporate influence scheme. Improved regulations should set clear limits to the influence of food and beverage industries in national nutrition policy, while following transparency laws in the composition and operation of Ecuador's child malnutrition strategy and related efforts.
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