Examining Chile’s Unique Food Marketing Policy: TV Advertising and Dietary Intake in Preschool Children, a Pre- and Post- Policy Study

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Jensen, Melissa L.; Carpentier, Francesca R. Dillman; Adair, Linda S.; Corvalan, Camila; Popkin, Barry M.; & Taillie, Lindsey Smith (2021). Examining Chile’s Unique Food Marketing Policy: TV Advertising and Dietary Intake in Preschool Children, a Pre- and Post- Policy Study. Pediatric Obesity, 16(4), e12735. PMCID: PMC8073213

Abstract

Background: The Chilean government implemented the first phase of a comprehensive marketing policy in 2016, restricting child-directed marketing of products high in energy, total sugars, sodium or saturated fat (hereafter "high-in").
Objectives: To examine the role that high-in TV food advertising had in the effect of the policy on consumption of high-in products between 2016 and 2017.
Methods: Dietary data were obtained from 24-hour diet recall measured in 2016 (n = 940) and 2017 (n = 853), pre- and post-policy, from a cohort of 4 to 6 years children. Television use was linked to analyses of food advertisements to derive individual-level estimates of exposure to advertising. A multilevel mediation analysis examined direct and indirect effects of the policy through advertising exposure.
Results: Children's high-in food consumption and advertising exposure declined significantly from 2016 to 2017 (P < .01). Consumption changes were not significantly mediated by changes in advertising exposure, which might suggest other elements of the Chilean Law potentially driving decreases in consumption to a greater extent than TV ads.
Conclusions: Preschoolers' exposure to high-in advertising and consumption of high-in products decreased post-policy. Further research is needed to understand how marketing changes will relate to dietary changes after full implementation of the law and in the long term.

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12735

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2021

Journal Title

Pediatric Obesity

Author(s)

Jensen, Melissa L.
Carpentier, Francesca R. Dillman
Adair, Linda S.
Corvalan, Camila
Popkin, Barry M.
Taillie, Lindsey Smith

Article Type

Regular

PMCID

PMC8073213

Data Set/Study

Food and Environment Chilean Cohort (FECHIC)

Continent/Country

Chile

ORCiD

Adair - 0000-0002-3670-8073
Taillie - 0000-0002-4555-2525
Popkin - 0000-0001-9495-9324
Jensen M - 0000-0002-9830-076X