Mialon, Melissa Amina Madeleine orcid.org/0000-0002-9883-6441, Swinburn, Boyd, Allender, Steven et al. (1 more author) (2017) 'Maximising shareholder value’: a detailed insight into the corporate political activity of the Australian food industry. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 10.1111/1753-6405.12639. ISSN 1753-6405
Abstract
Objective: To gain deeper insight into the corporate political activity (CPA) of the Australian food industry from a public health perspective. Methods: Fifteen interviews with a purposive sample of current and former policy makers, public health advocates and academics who have closely interacted with food industry representatives or observed food industry behaviours. Results: All participants reported having directly experienced the CPA of the food industry during their careers, with the ‘information and messaging’ and ‘constituency building’ strategies most prominent. Participants expressed concern that food industry CPA strategies resulted in weakened policy responses to addressing diet-related disease. Conclusions: This study provides direct evidence of food industry practices that have the potential to shape public health-related policies and programs in Australia in ways that favour business interests at the expense of population health. Implications for public health: This evidence can inform policy makers and public health advocates and be used to adopt measures to ensure that public interests are put at the forefront as part of the policy development and implementation process.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Public Health Association of Australia.This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | public policy ,food industry,Public Health,corporate political activity |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Health Sciences (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 24 Mar 2017 15:00 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 13:40 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12639 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1753-6405.12639 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:114141 |
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