Ronit K, Jensen J D
Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2014 Jul;68(7):753-9. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2014.60. Epub 2014 Apr 9.
Obesity is a growing concern at national and international levels, and it is increasingly recognised that the industry has a role in and hence needs to be involved in halting the obesity epidemic. The objective of this study is to describe, analyse and evaluate research on industry self-regulation regarding food and beverage marketing and nutrition labelling.
SUBJECTS/METHODS: Five databases were searched for combinations of the search terms-obesity, nutrition, food, beverages, industry, self-regulation, labelling, advertising and marketing-and papers were selected on the basis of paper titles and, subsequently, on the basis of abstracts.
Of the 4978 identified publications, 22 were included in the final review. The studies show that commitments in industry self-regulation schemes tend to be relatively vague and permissive, that the measurable effects of the self-regulations tend to be relatively small and that some extent of public regulation may catalyse the effectiveness of industry self-regulation.
Although the reviewed studies vary in terms of analytic units and methods applied, they generally stress an ineffectiveness of existing self-regulation schemes. Food industry self-regulation in relation to obesity prevention is an emerging field of research, and further research is needed in such schemes' definitions of regulatory standards, their monitoring and sanctioning mechanisms, and their interactions with public regulation, if industry self-regulation of marketing behaviour is to become an effective and credible approach.
肥胖问题在国家和国际层面日益受到关注，人们越来越认识到食品饮料行业在遏制肥胖流行方面可以发挥作用，因此需要参与其中。本研究的目的是描述、分析和评估有关食品饮料营销和营养标签方面行业自我监管的研究。
对象/方法：在五个数据库中搜索了以下检索词的组合——肥胖、营养、食品、饮料、行业、自我监管、标签、广告和营销——并根据论文标题，随后根据摘要筛选论文。
在识别出的4978篇出版物中，22篇被纳入最终综述。研究表明，行业自我监管计划中的承诺往往相对模糊且宽松，自我监管的可衡量效果往往相对较小，并且一定程度的公共监管可能会促进行业自我监管的有效性。
尽管所审查的研究在分析单位和应用方法方面存在差异，但它们普遍强调现有自我监管计划的无效性。如果食品行业对营销行为的自我监管要成为一种有效且可信的方法，那么在预防肥胖方面，食品行业自我监管是一个新兴的研究领域，需要进一步研究此类计划的监管标准定义、监测和制裁机制，以及它们与公共监管的相互作用。
