School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC3125, Australia.
Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
Public Health Nutr. 2024 Apr 1;27(1):e112. doi: 10.1017/S1368980024000685.
This study aims to determine whether ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are being discussed in news media in Australia and whether this terminology, as described in the NOVA system, is being applied accurately.
Interpretive content analysis of online and print media articles that mentioned UPFs from 2009 to 2023 in Australia.
Australia.
Online and print media articles.
A total of two hundred ninety-eight Australian media articles were captured. A substantial increase in the number of UPF articles was observed between 2017-2019 and 2021-2023. The UPF concept was inaccurately explained or defined in 32 % of the articles and was frequently used interchangeably with other descriptors, such as 'highly or heavily processed food', 'junk food', 'unhealthy food', 'packaged food' and 'discretionary food'. Most of the articles had a health focus; however, sustainability interest increased, particularly in the past 18 months.
UPFs are increasingly being discussed in news media in Australia; however, the concept is still incorrectly presented in over a third of articles. This highlights the importance of improving the literacy about UPFs to ensure that messages are communicated in a way that is salient, accessible and accurate.
本研究旨在确定澳大利亚新闻媒体是否在讨论超加工食品（UPFs），以及是否准确应用 NOVA 系统中描述的这一术语。
对 2009 年至 2023 年澳大利亚在线和印刷媒体文章中提到 UPFs 的内容进行解释性的分析。
澳大利亚。
在线和印刷媒体文章。
共收录了 298 篇澳大利亚媒体文章。在 2017-2019 年至 2021-2023 年期间，UPF 文章的数量显著增加。在 32%的文章中，UPF 概念的解释或定义不准确，并且经常与其他描述符（如“高度或大量加工食品”、“垃圾食品”、“不健康食品”、“包装食品”和“随意食品”）互换使用。大多数文章关注健康问题；然而，可持续性的关注在过去 18 个月里显著增加。
在澳大利亚，新闻媒体越来越多地讨论 UPFs；然而，超过三分之一的文章仍错误地介绍了这一概念。这突出表明，需要提高对 UPFs 的认识，以确保信息以突出、易懂和准确的方式传达。
