NDLI: Mapping of outdoor food and beverage advertising around primary and secondary schools in Kampala city, Uganda

Content Provider	Springer Nature : BioMed Central
Author	Dia, Oumy Erica Wie Løvhaug, Anne Lene Rukundo, Peter Milton Torheim, Liv Elin
Abstract	Background Marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages is recognized as a contributing factor to the global increase in overweight and obesity, particularly among children. Such marketing negatively affects children’s dietary preferences, food choices, purchasing requests, and consumption patterns. Given that little is known about food marketing in Africa, including in Uganda, monitoring children’s exposure to food marketing is essential to generate evidence on the problem and develop meaningful policy responses. The aim of this study was to describe the food and beverage marketing environment surrounding schools in urban and peri-urban areas of Kampala city. Methods Outdoor advertising around 25 randomly sampled primary and secondary schools within a radius of 250 m of each school was mapped. Information on size, setting, type, and position of the advertisements and the healthiness of the foods and beverages promoted was collected using the INFORMAS Outdoor Advertising Protocol. The occurrence of advertising was described using frequencies, median, and density per 100m2. Results A total of 1034 branded advertisements were identified around the schools. Of these, 86% featured unhealthy products, 7% healthy products, and 7% miscellaneous products. The most advertised products were sugar-sweetened beverages and alcoholic beverages (51 and 23%, respectively). Schools in the urban area were surrounded by more unhealthy ads than those in the peri-urban areas (median of 45 vs 24 advertisements). Conclusion The widespread extent of unhealthy food and beverage advertisements around primary and secondary schools highlights the need for food marketing regulation in Uganda, in line with the World Health Organization’s recommendations, to ensure that young people are protected from unhealthy food marketing.
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ISSN	14712458
DOI	10.1186/s12889-021-10661-8
Journal	BMC Public Health
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	21
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2021-04-12
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Subject Keyword	Public Health Medicine Epidemiology Biostatistics Vaccine Environmental Health Food marketing Outdoor food advertising Unhealthy foods Sugar-sweetened beverages Alcoholic beverages Primary and secondary schools Medicine/Public Health
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Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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