背景:国家食品环境政策有助于减少与饮食相关的非传染性疾病。然而,它们在荷兰的执行仍然很低。据推测,媒体可以在引发政策关注度激增方面发挥关键作用,从而塑造政治行动。这项研究的目的是通过分析各种行为者使用的论点,研究2000-2022年间荷兰报纸文章中关于食品政策的论述。
方法:在NexisUni中进行了系统搜索,以识别2000-2022年间在七家荷兰国家报纸上发表的涵盖国家级荷兰食品环境政策的报纸文章。承保政策分为六个领域,包括食品成分,标签,促销,价格,提供和零售,并进入政策周期的四个阶段;政策制定,决策,实施,和评价。灰色文献检索用于确定2000-2022年期间实施的食品政策。描述性统计数据被用来总结政策随着时间的推移,政策类型和政策阶段。对报纸文章的随机子样本进行了解释性内容分析,以确定演员,粮食政策的观点和论点。
结果:我们确定了896篇相关报纸文章。报纸对食品政策的报道最初很低,但在2018/2021/2022年达到顶峰。通过灰色文献检索,我们确定了6项2000-2022年实施或调整的食品政策。大多数报纸文章都报道了食品定价政策,并在政策制定阶段进行了讨论。学者(主要是支持)是最多的,食品行业(主要是反对)是引用最少的参与者。支持性论点强调了健康后果,健康不平等和集体责任,而相反的论点集中在不必要的政府干预和政策无效上。
结论:涉及食品政策的荷兰报纸文章代表了各种参与者和论点,个人对食物选择的责任和集体责任在争论中起着核心作用。这些见解可以作为进一步研究为什么使用某些论点及其对政策关注和执行的影响的基础。
BACKGROUND: National food environment policies can contribute to the reduction of diet-related non-communicable diseases. Yet, their implementation in the Netherlands remains low. It has been hypothesized that the media can play a pivotal role in inducing spikes in policy attention, thereby shaping political action. The aim of this study was to examine the discourse on food policies in Dutch newspaper articles between 2000-2022, by analyzing arguments used by various actors.
METHODS: A systematic search in Nexis Uni was used to identify newspaper articles that covered national-level Dutch food environment policies published in seven Dutch national newspapers between 2000-2022. Covered policies were classified into six domains including food composition, labeling, promotion, prices, provision and retail and into the four stages of the policy cycle; policy formulation, decision-making, implementation, and evaluation. A grey literature search was used to identify food policies implemented during 2000-2022. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize coverage of policies over time, policy type and policy stage. An interpretive content analysis was performed on a random subsample of the newspaper articles to determine the actors, viewpoints and arguments of the food policies.
RESULTS: We identified 896 relevant newspaper articles. The coverage of food policies in newspapers was initially low but peaked in 2018/2021/2022. Through grey literature search we identified 6 food policies which were implemented or adjusted between 2000-2022. The majority of the newspaper articles reported on food pricing policies and were discussed in the policy formulation stage. Academics (mainly supportive) were the most and food industry (mostly opposing) the least cited actors. Supportive arguments highlighted health consequences, health inequalities and collective responsibility, whereas opposing arguments focused on unwanted governmental interference and ineffectiveness of policies.
CONCLUSIONS: Dutch newspaper articles covering food policies represented a variety of actors and arguments, with individual versus collective responsibility for food choices playing a central role in the arguments. These insights may serve as a basis for further research into why certain arguments are used and their effect on policy attention and implementation.