Building the case for independent monitoring of food advertising on Australian television
Open Access
- 4 October 2012
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Public Health Nutrition
- Vol. 16 (12), 2249-2254
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980012004429
Abstract
Objective To provide an independent monitoring report examining the ongoing impact of Australian self-regulatory pledges on food and drink advertising to children on commercial television. Design Analysis of food advertisements across comparable sample time periods in April/May 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011. The main outcome measure comprised change in the mean rate of non-core food advertisements from 2006 to 2011. Setting Sydney free-to-air television channels. Subjects Televised food advertisements. Results In 2011 the rate of non-core food advertisements was not significantly different from that in 2006 or 2010 (3·2/hv. 4·1/h and 3·1/h), although there were variations across the intervening years. The rate of fast-food advertising in 2010 was significantly higher than in 2006 (1·8/hv. 1·1/h,P< 0·001), but the same as that in 2011 (1·5/h). Conclusions The frequency of non-core food advertising on Sydney television has remained essentially unchanged between 2006 and 2011, despite the implementation of two industry self-regulatory pledges. The current study illustrates the value of independent monitoring as a basic requirement of any responsive regulatory approach.Keywords
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