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ArticleBMJ global health2022

News coverage of Mexico's front-of-package food label policy.

A Susana Ramírez, Kesia K Garibay, Denise Diaz Payán, Victoria Campos Gática, Yolanda Merino Salmeron

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Article in BMJ global health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

A Susana RamírezDepartment of Public Health, University of California Merced, Merced, California, USA sramirez37@ucmerced.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9095-5358
Kesia K GaribayDepartment of Public Health, University of California Merced, Merced, California, USA.
Denise Diaz PayánDepartment of Health, Society, and Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3236-862X
Victoria Campos GáticaDepartment of Public Health, University of California Merced, Merced, California, USA.
Yolanda Merino SalmeronDepartment of Public Health, University of California Merced, Merced, California, USA.
University of California, Merced · USUniversity of California, Irvine · US

Funding

Translational Research Core - Health Engagement & Action Translational (HEAT)P30DK092924 · KAISER FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE · 2025 to 2025
$700k
NCI NIH HHS K01 CA190659NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK092924
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo examine news coverage of Mexico's front-of-package food labelling policy.

methodsWe used Lexis Nexis to identify newspaper articles that mention the proposed law in four Mexican newspapers representing politically centre-left and centre-right perspectives. We coded for type and valence of arguments, sources and research evidence cited.

resultsWe identified N=361 relevant articles. Coverage of the front-of-package food label policy was primarily news (vs editorial/opinion). While most were neutral in tone, left-leaning newspapers had slightly more positive overall coverage compared with right-leaning newspapers, indicated by publishing more stories in favour of the policy, fewer in opposition, more propolicy arguments and more frequent inclusion of perspectives by government officials and public health advocates. Despite some evidence of bias, there was a general lack of credible opposition to the policy and mention of opponents across newspapers. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS: The relative absence of food and beverage industry stakeholders in news coverage of the food label policy is unexpected given their documented involvement in prior food policy debates. We discuss possible reasons for their conspicuous absence and lessons for public health advocates around the globe.

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Delivery of Health CareFood LabelingHumansMexicoNutrition PolicyPublishingdescriptive studyhealth education and promotionhealth policies and all other topicshealth policynutrition

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PMID35550339
PMCPMC9109016
OpenAlexW4280548029

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