CASH INCENTIVES AND UNHEALTHY FOOD CONSUMPTION

Adolescent television viewing and unhealthy snack food consumption: the mediating role of home availability of unhealthy snack foods.

OBJECTIVE To examine whether home availability of energy-dense snack foods mediates the association between television (TV) viewing and energy-dense snack consumption among adolescents. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Secondary schools in Victoria, Australia. SUBJECTS Adolescents (n 2984) from Years 7 and 9 of secondary school completed a web-based survey, between September 2004 and July ...

Adolescent television viewing and unhealthy snack food consumption: the mediating role of home availability of unhealthy snack foods

4 Objective: To examine whether home availability of energy-dense snack foods mediates the 5 association between television viewing (TV) and energy-dense snack consumption among 6 adolescents. 7 Design: Cross-sectional. 8 Setting: Secondary schools in Victoria, Australia. 9 Subjects: Adolescents (n=2984) from Years 7 and 9 of secondary school completed a web10 based survey, between September 20...

Unhealthy consumption threatens sustainable development.

Defining and labelling 'healthy' and 'unhealthy' food.

OBJECTIVE To consider the use of systematic methods for categorising foods according to their nutritional quality ('nutrient profiling') as a strategy for promoting public health through better dietary choices. METHODS We describe and discuss several well-developed approaches for categorising foods using nutrient profiling, primarily in the area of food labelling and also with respect to adve...

Taxation of unhealthy consumption of food and drinks: An updated literature review*

By means of a literature review this paper aims at shedding more light on the potentialities of unhealthy food/drink taxation in changing eating patterns and life styles and hence combating the obesity epidemic. One remarkable point that emerges when assessing the set of selected papers is the existence of a wide diversity of objectives, methodologies, settings and datasets, policies implemente...