检查加拿大预包装食品的含量变化:2013年至2017年
Anthea Christoforou1,2, Jodi Bernstein1, Kacie Dickinson1,3
1Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada.
概括
加拿大预包装食品制造商在2013年至2017年期间在降低含量方面取得了有限的进展. 许多产品未能达到加拿大卫生部的自愿减少的目标,这表明需要更强有力的政策.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 营养 公共卫生 营养
- 食品科学 食品科学 食品科学
- 营养政策 营养政策
背景情况:
- 高摄入量是一个重大的公共卫生问题.
- 加拿大卫生部在2012年对预包装食品实施了自愿的减少的目标,旨在在2017年之前实现合规.
研究的目的:
- 评估2013年至2017年加拿大预包装食品中平均含量的变化.
- 评估制造商在实现加拿大卫生部减少的目标方面取得的进展.
- 为了比较现有和新推出的产品中的含量.
主要方法:
- 利用多伦多大学食品标签信息计划 (FLIP) 数据库用于2013年和2017年的收藏.
- 采用配对和独立的t测试来分析重制和含量的差异.
- 将FLIP 2017年的数据与加拿大卫生部公布的销售加权平均含量进行比较.
主要成果:
- 50%的食品子类别在2013年至2017年期间平均含量没有显著变化.
- 到2017年,只有37.3%的产品达到最终的目标,比2013年的33.6%略有增加.
- 2017年的新产品比现有产品更有可能达到目标,但近一半的子类别显示出与销售加权平均值的显著偏差.
结论:
- 在减少加拿大预包装食品中的含量方面取得的进展有限.
- 单独的自愿目标似乎不足以推动整个行业的重大改革.
- 需要更强有力的政策干预和持续的独立监测,才能有效地减少的消耗.
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