How healthy are Australian lunch box snacks with child-directed marketing?
Wendy L WatsonSophia TorkelMartha KatClare HughesPublished in: Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals (2023)
A policy that disallows marketing tactics on unhealthy food based on any of the criteria studied would remove most of both child-directed and parent-directed marketing on packaged lunch box snacks. SO WHAT?: Removing child-directed marketing from unhealthy products would help parents when shopping and contribute to addressing the high proportion of discretionary foods eaten by children at school. Child-directed marketing on packaging should be a part of comprehensive regulation to protect children from the marketing of unhealthy foods.