A Grover

B Swinburn

BD Baysinger

D Michaels

D Stuckler

DS Ludwig

E Savell

EL Bernays

Euromonitor International

G Sacks

H Brinsden

International Organization for Standardization

J Lumley

KD Brownell

M Mialon

M Nestle

M Simon

MD Susan

N Freudenberg

N Oreskes

PLoS Med

S Rampton

Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA)

WH Wiist

WL Neuman

Y Saloojee

BMC Public Health

Abstract
                Background
                The political influence of the food industry, referred to as
                  corporate political activity (CPA), represents a potential barrier to the
                  development and implementation of effective public health policies for
                  non-communicable diseases prevention. This paper reports on the feasibility and
                  limitations of using publicly-available information to identify and monitor the
                  CPA of the food industry in Australia.
              
                Methods
                A systematic search was conducted for information from food
                  industry, government and other publicly-available data sources in Australia. Data
                  was collected in relation to five key food industry actors: the Australian Food
                  and Grocery Council; Coca Cola; McDonald’s; Nestle; and Woolworths, for the period
                  January 2012 to February 2015. Data analysis was guided by an existing framework
                  for classifying CPA strategies of the food industry.
              
                Results
                The selected food industry actors used multiple CPA strategies, with
                  ‘information and messaging’ and ‘constituency building’ strategies most
                  prominent.
              
                Conclusions
                The systematic analysis of publicly-available information over a
                  limited period was able to identify diverse and extensive CPA strategies of the
                  food industry in Australia. This approach can contribute to accountability
                  mechanisms for NCD prevention.
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Melissa Mialon

Boyd Swinburn

Steven Allender

Gary Sacks

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Systematic examination of
              publicly-available information reveals the diverse and extensive corporate political
              activity of the food industry in Australia

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Systematic examination of publicly-available information reveals the diverse and extensive corporate political activity of the food industry in Australia

Systematic examination of publicly-available information reveals the diverse and extensive corporate political activity of the food industry in Australia

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