"Big Food", the consumer food environment, health and the policy response in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorIgumbor, Ehimario U.
dc.contributor.authorSanders, David
dc.contributor.authorPuoane, Thandi
dc.contributor.authorTsolekile, Lungiswa
dc.contributor.authorSchwarz, Cassandra
dc.contributor.authorPurdy, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorSwart, Rina
dc.contributor.authorDurao, Solange
dc.contributor.authorHawkes, Corinna
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-02T11:25:25Z
dc.date.available2012-10-02T11:25:25Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractSummary Points: * In South Africa, as in other jurisdictions, ‘‘Big Food’’ (large commercial entities that dominate the food and beverage environment) is becoming more widespread and is implicated in unhealthy eating. * ‘‘Small food’’ remains significant in the food environment in South Africa, and it is both linked with, and threatened by, Big Food. * Big Food in South Africa involves South African companies, some of which have invested in other (mainly, but not only, African) nations, as well as companies headquartered in North America and Europe. * These companies have developed strategies to increase the availability, affordability, and acceptability of their foods in South Africa; they have also developed a range of ‘‘health and wellness’’ initiatives. Whether these initiatives have had a net positive or net negative impact is not clear. The South African government should act urgently to mitigate the adverse health effects in the food environment in South Africa through education about the health risks of unhealthy diets, regulation of Big Food, and support for healthy foods.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationIgumbor, E.U., et al. (2012). “Big Food,” the consumer food environment, health, and the policy response in South Africa. PLoS Medicine, 9(7): e1001253en_US
dc.identifier.issn1549-1277
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/431
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.rightsThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001253
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectFood environmenten_US
dc.subjectHealth policy
dc.subjectNutrition
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.title"Big Food", the consumer food environment, health and the policy response in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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