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    Public Say Food Regulatory Policies to Improve Health in Western Australia Are Important: Population Survey Results

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    Authors
    Pollard, Christina
    Daly, Alison
    Moore, Michael
    Binns, Colin
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Pollard, Christina and Daly, Alison and Moore, Michael and Binns, Colin. 2013. Public Say Food Regulatory Policies to Improve Health in Western Australia Are Important: Population Survey Results. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 37 (5): pp. 475-482.
    Source Title
    Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health
    DOI
    10.1111/1753-6405.12128
    ISSN
    1326-0200
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    This article is published under the Open Access publishing model and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Please refer to the licence to obtain terms for any further reuse or distribution of this work.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29541
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Objective: To investigate the level of support among Western Australian adults for food control policies to improve diet, reduce obesity and protect the environment. Methods: Attitudes towards government food control policies on food labelling, food advertising, and the supply of environmentally friendly food data were pooled from two Nutrition Monitoring Survey Series telephone surveys of 2,147 adults aged 18–64 years collected in 2009 and 2012. Descriptive and logistic regression analyses were conducted using survey module of STATA 12.Results: The majority of adults believe it is important that government regulates food policy options under consideration: nutrition information on food labels (97% versus 2% who think it is not important);health rating on food labels (95% versus 3%); food advertising (83% versus 11%); and the supply of environmentally friendly food (86% versus 9%).Conclusions: Community perception is that government control or regulation of food labelling, food advertising and the supply of environmentally friendly food is important. Implications: Curbing excess weight gain and related disease burden is a public health priority. Australian governments are considering food regulatory interventions to assist the public to improve their dietary intake. These findings should provide reassurance to government officials considering these regulatory measures.

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