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'I had never seen so many lobbyists': food industry political practices during the development of a new nutrition front-of-pack labelling system in Colombia.

Mélissa MialonDiego Alejandro Gaitan CharryGustavo CedielEric CrosbieFernanda Baeza ScagliusiEliana Maria Perez Tamayo
Published in: Public health nutrition (2020)
In Colombia, the food industry used a broad range of political strategies that could have negatively influenced the FOPL policy process. Despite this influence, the mandatory use of WL was announced in February 2020. There is an urgent need to condemn such political practices as they still could prevent the implementation of other internationally recommended measures to improve population health in the country and abroad, nutrition WL being only of them.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • primary care
  • physical activity
  • public health
  • human health
  • mental health
  • quality improvement
  • climate change