Should industry care for children? Public health advocacy and law in Australia

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-286

  Stanley, F ^a   Daube, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advertising; Alcohol; Child health; Folate; Industry; Junk food; Obesity

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADVERTISING; CHILD HEALTH; FOOD INDUSTRY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG POPULATION;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FLUOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MARKETING; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OBESITY; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SMOKING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 61849182147     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Bower C., Stanley F.J., and Nicol D.J. Maternal folate status and the risk for neural tube defects. The role of dietary folate. Ann N Y Acad Sci 678 (1993) 146-155
2. Lumley J., Watson L., Watson M., and Bower C. Periconceptional supplementation with folate and/or multivitamins for preventing neural tube defects (Cochrane Review) (2001), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester
3. Bower C., Blum L., Watson C., and Stanley F. Folate and the prevention of neural tube defects: evaluation of a health promotion project in Western Australia. Health Promot Internation 11 (1996) 177-187
4. Maberly G., and Stanley F. Mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid: an overdue public health opportunity. Med J Aust 183 (2005) 342-343
5. Booth M.L., Chey T., Wake M., Norton K., Hesketh K., Dollman J., et al. Change in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among young Australians, 1969-1997. Am J Clin Nutr 77 (2003) 29-36
6. Silburn, S.R., New directions in Australian suicide prevention. Keynote address to the Australasian Injury Prevention Conference, Perth. 2001.
7. Kerns K.A., Don A., Mateer C.A., and Streissguth A.P. Cognitive deficits in nonretarded adults with fetal alcohol syndrome. J Learn Disabil 30 (1997) 685-693
8. Collins, D., Lapsley, H., The costs of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use to Australian society in 2004/05. National Drug Strategy Monograph Series No. 64. 2008.
9. Linacre S. Australian social trends. Available from: (2007). http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/51EE403E951E7FD ACA25732F001CAC21/$File/41020_2007.pdf [last accessed 14.05.08]
10. Available from:. http://www.pmicareers.com/corporate/eng/get_to_know_pmi/questions_answer ed.asp [last accessed 30.04.08]
11. Teague C. Some thoughts about new brands of cigarettes for the youth market. Available from: (1973). http://old.ash.org.uk/html/conduct/html/tobexpld3.html [last accessed 19.05.08]
12. Available from:. http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:VM57_0PMjQAJ:www.diageo.com/en-row/ CorporateCitizenship/Theimpactofalcoholinsociety/+diageo+share+concern+a bout+underage+drinking+and+binge+drinking&;hl=en&ct=clnk&cd= 1&gl=au [last accessed 19.05.08]
13. Stark J. Revealed: how alcopops lure the young. Sydney Morning Herald (06/08/2007). http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/alcopops-lure-young-drinkers/2007/08 /05/1186252546948.html [last accessed 19.05.08]
14. Available from:. http://businesslifestylesolutions.com.au/Mission_Statement.asp [last accessed 19.05.08]
15. Available from:. http://www.jsad.com.dbgw.lis.curtin.edu.au/jsad/article/Exposure_of_Chil dren_and_Adolescents_to_Alcohol_Advertising_on_Televison_i/2294.html [last accessed 05.01.09]
16. Available from:. http://www.choice.com.au/viewArticle.aspx?id=105417&catld= 100286&tid=10008&p=1&title=Test%3a+Muesli+bars [last accessed 17.09.08]
17. Available from:. http://health.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=311817 [last accessed 17.09.08]
18. Daube, M., Griffiths, D., Launch of the Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia. 2008.
19. Kennedy R. Proceedings of the first world conference on smoking and health (1967), American Cancer Society, New York pp. 4-13