Data
Year of publication
2020
Type
Quantitative
Design
Cross-sectional
Classification
Other (non-stated)
Country studied
Brazil
Data
Secondary
Data Collected
Database
Study setting
Online
Age group of participant
N/A
Participant sex
N/A
Target population
N/A
Sample size
n=84 (bills)
Ultra-processed food industry regulation for tackling obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases in the Brazilian legislature: many proposals, no enactments
Goal
Assess efforts of the Brazilian legislature to regulate ultra-processed food industry practices related to obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases during the first 4 years of the United Nations’ Decade of Action on Nutrition.
Results
Eighty-four bills were identified. The most frequently addressed topics were: nutrition labelling (38·1 %), marketing of unhealthy products (30·9 %), availability of unhealthy products (26·2 %) and critical nutrients content (14·3 %). Only 9·5 % of bills have proposed taxation on unhealthy products. No bill was passed during that period; 2·4 % were rejected and 10·7 % archived. Among the bills still under consideration, 52·4 % have not been passed in any Committee.
Authors
Mariath AB, Martins APB.
Journal
Public Health Nutrition
DOI