Two countries, similar practices: the political practices of the food industry influencing the adoption of key public health nutrition policies in Guatemala and Panama.
Commercial determinants of health
Corporate Political Activity
Food industry
Guatemala
Panama
Journal
Public health nutrition
ISSN: 1475-2727
Titre abrégé: Public Health Nutr
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9808463
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2022
11 2022
Historique:
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23
8
2022
medline:
20
10
2022
entrez:
22
8
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To identify the corporate political activity (CPA) strategies used by food industry actors during the development of two public health nutrition policies in Central America: Law #570 (taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages) in Panama and Bill #5504 (labelling and food marketing regulations) in Guatemala. We triangulated data from publicly available information from 2018 to 2020, (e.g. industry and government materials; social media material) with semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders. Guatemala and Panama. Government, academia and international organisations workers in health and nutrition. CPA strategies were categorised according to an existing internationally used taxonomy into action-based, instrumental strategies (coalition management, information management, direct involvement and influence in policy, legal action) and discursive strategies. Instrumental strategies included the establishment of relationships with policymakers and direct lobbying against the proposed public policies. Discursive strategies were mainly criticising on the unfounded ground that they lacked evidence of effectiveness and will imply negative impacts on the economy. The industry pointed at individuals for making their own food choices, in order to shift the focus away from the role of its products in contributing to ill health. We provide evidence of the political practices used by the food industry to interfere with the development and implementation of public health nutrition policies to improve diets in Central America. Policymakers, public health advocates and the public should be informed about those practices and develop counterstrategies and arguments to protect the public and policies from the vested interests of the food industry.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35993181
pii: S1368980022001811
doi: 10.1017/S1368980022001811
pmc: PMC9991768
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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