Christine Mulligan
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 5409271 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Christine Mulligan |
| NOMBRES | Christine |
| APELLIDO | Mulligan |
| FIRMA | MULLIGAN C |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5052-932X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2020 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
The healthfulness of major food brands according to Health Canada’s nutrient profile model for proposed restrictions on food marketing to children
Objective: To examine the proportion of products offered by leading food brands in Canada that are ‘unhealthy’ according to Health Canada’s (HC) nutrient profile model for proposed restrictions on food marketing to children (M2K-NPM). Design: Nutritional information for products offered by top brands was sourced from the University of Toronto FLIP and Menu-FLIP 2020 databases, respectively. HC’s M2K-NPM, which includes thresholds for Na, total su…
The impact of brand advertising on children’s food preferences and behavioural intentions
Objective: Despite strong evidence linking exposure to food and beverage marketing with poor diet quality and negative health impacts in children, the effect of brand marketing (i.e. marketing featuring branded content, but no food products) is uncertain. This study evaluated the impact of brand marketing v. product-based advertising on children’s food preferences and behavioural intentions. Design: An online survey was administered to participan…
Policy gap
Objective: Canadian front-of-package (FOP) labelling regulations aim to improve dietary patterns by identifying foods high in sodium, sugars and/or saturated fat with a ‘high in’ FOP nutrition symbol. However, child-appealing marketing on product packaging may undermine these efforts. Therefore, this study (1) compared the prevalence of FOP symbols between products with child-appealing and non-child appealing packaging in the Canadian food supply…
Implementing a learning health system within an integrated youth service initiative -a real-world case study
Background: Mental health and substance use disorders among youth continue to be of critical public health concern in Canada, and urgent action is required within the health system to better respond to the evolving health and wellness needs of youth. Foundry, an integrated youth services (IYS) initiative in British Columbia (BC), is piloting a learning health system (LHS) framework at two (out of 7) operational IYS centres. The goal of Foundry LH…
Family Talk versus usual services in improving child and family psychosocial functioning in families with parental mental illness
https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN13365858, identifier ISRCTN13365858
Evaluating the application of front-of-package labelling regulations to menu labelling in the Canadian restaurant sector using menu food label information and price (Menu-FLIP) 2020 data
Objective: To evaluate the application of front-of-package (FOP) labelling regulations to menu labelling in the Canadian restaurant sector by assessing the proportion of menu items that would be required to display the ‘high-in’ FOP symbol if the policy were extended to the restaurant sector. Design: Nutrition information of 18 760 menu items was collected from 141 chain restaurants in Canada. Menu items were evaluated using the mandatory FOP lab…
Comparing Canada’s 2018 proposed and 2022 final front-of-pack labelling regulations using generic food composition data and a nationally representative dietary intake survey
Objective: The objective of the study was to compare the potential dietary impact of proposed and final front-of-pack labelling (FOPL) regulations (published in Canada Gazette I (CG1) and Canada Gazette II (CG2) , respectively) by examining the difference in the prevalence of foods that would require a ‘High in’ front-of-pack nutrition symbol and nutrient intakes from those foods consumed by Canadian adults. Design: Foods in a generic food compos…
Qualitative analysis of front-of package labeling policy interactions between stakeholders and Health Canada
Background: Front-of-package labelling regulations proposed by Health Canada in their Healthy Eating Strategy (2016) were finally passed in 2022, but remain unimplemented. This study analyzed interactions that occurred between stakeholders and government related to this policy proposal to identify key themes and policy implications. Methods: A qualitative framework analysis was conducted on publicly available documents for stakeholder corresponde…
Differences in child and adolescent exposure to unhealthy food and beverage advertising on television in a self-regulatory environment
Children and adolescents were heavily exposed to food advertisements on television in 2019. Despite current self-regulatory policies, children's exposure to unhealthy food and beverages remains high. Differences in exposure to food advertisements by food category and healthfulness may suggest that adolescents are being disproportionately targeted by food companies as a result of self-regulatory marketing restrictions
The food and beverage marketing monitoring framework for Canada
As many countries are considering the restriction of marketing to children for unhealthy foods and beverages to improve population health, systematic monitoring of this marketing to inform and evaluate policies is critical. The objective of this research was to develop and describe the Food and Beverage Marketing Monitoring Framework for Canada, a framework commissioned by Health Canada to help guide their monitoring efforts. Following a literatu…
Lobbying and nutrition policy in Canada
BACKGROUND: The political activities of industry stakeholders must be understood to safeguard the development and implementation of effective public health policies. METHODS: A quantitative descriptive study was performed using data from Canada's Registry of Lobbyists to examine the frequency and governmental target of lobbying that occurred between various types of stakeholders (i.e., industry versus non-industry) and designated public office ho…
Food and beverage advertising expenditures in Canada in 2016 and 2019 across media
Despite a slight drop in national food and beverage advertising spending between 2016 and 2019, examined expenditures remain high, and most products or brands being advertised are unhealthy. Expenditures across all media should continue to be monitored to assess Canada's nutrition environment and track changes in food advertising over time
Evaluating the potential implications of canadian front-of-pack labelling regulations in generic and branded food composition databases
While the generic database, containing both packaged and unpackaged foods, revealed a low prevalence of foods that would display a FOP symbol, the branded database showed that the proposed FOP labelling regulations would identify over 60% of packaged foods with excess contents of nutrients-of-concern. Considering the high prevalence of packaged foods in Canada that would meet or exceed the thresholds of nutrients-of-concern, the proposed FOP labe…
The Family Talk Programme in Ireland
Background: Parental mental illness is common, costly, can lead to children developing mental disorders and impaired lifetime outcomes, and places a substantial burden on caregiving partners. Family Talk (FT) is a widely implemented, 7-session, whole-family programme, with promising evidence of effectiveness in targeting the intergenerational transmission of mental illness. However, to date, very little qualitative research of family experiences …
Covid-19 and Families With Parental Mental Illness
The COVID-19 emergency has affected us all, but not equally. Families where parents have mental illness (PMI) are potentially at increased risk, but little is known about how they or their support services managed under lockdown/restrictions. We harnessed our existing partnerships with adult and child mental health services in the Republic of Ireland (RoI) and Northern Ireland (NI) to investigate the qualitative experiences of service users and f…
A Family-Focused Intervention for Parental Mental Illness
Background: Parental mental illness (PMI) is common and can lead to children developing mental disorders. Family Talk (FT) is a well-known and widely implemented intervention designed to reduce the risk of transgenerational psychopathology. However, given the research to practise "gap," very little qualitative research, to date, has investigated practitioner experiences in implementing FT. This study aimed to explore the practitioner-perceived ba…
Quantifying Child-Appeal
There is no standardized or validated definition or measure of "child-appeal" used in food and beverage marketing policy or research, which can result in heterogeneous outcomes. Therefore, this pilot study aimed to develop and validate the child-appealing packaging (CAP) coding tool, which measures the presence, type, and power of child-appealing marketing on food packaging based on the marketing techniques displayed. Children (n = 15) participat…
Evaluating the Canadian Packaged Food Supply Using Health Canada’s Proposed Nutrient Criteria for Restricting Food and Beverage Marketing to Children
Federally mandated restrictions on food and beverage marketing to kids (M2K) have been re-introduced as a national public health priority in Canada by the newly elected government, following the failure to implement a similar policy first proposed in 2016. This study examined the extent to which Canadian packaged foods, including products already displaying M2K on the packaging, would be permitted to be marketed, based on the nutrient criteria fo…
A comparison of the nutritional quality of products offered by the top packaged food and beverage companies in Canada
The nutritional quality of products offered by leading packaged food and beverage manufacturers in Canada differs significantly overall and by food category, with many products considered less healthy according to multiple nutrient profiling methods. Variation within food categories illustrates the need and potential for companies to improve the healthfulness of their products. Identifying companies that offer less healthy products compared with …
Examining the relationship between sugars contents of Canadian foods and beverages and child-appealing marketing
The food and beverage marketing monitoring framework for Canada
As many countries are considering the restriction of marketing to children for unhealthy foods and beverages to improve population health, systematic monitoring of this marketing to inform and evaluate policies is critical. The objective of this research was to develop and describe the Food and Beverage Marketing Monitoring Framework for Canada, a framework commissioned by Health Canada to help guide their monitoring efforts. Following a literatu…
Evaluating the Canadian Packaged Food Supply Using Health Canada’s Proposed Nutrient Criteria for Restricting Food and Beverage Marketing to Children
Federally mandated restrictions on food and beverage marketing to kids (M2K) have been re-introduced as a national public health priority in Canada by the newly elected government, following the failure to implement a similar policy first proposed in 2016. This study examined the extent to which Canadian packaged foods, including products already displaying M2K on the packaging, would be permitted to be marketed, based on the nutrient criteria fo…
A comparison of the nutritional quality of products offered by the top packaged food and beverage companies in Canada
The nutritional quality of products offered by leading packaged food and beverage manufacturers in Canada differs significantly overall and by food category, with many products considered less healthy according to multiple nutrient profiling methods. Variation within food categories illustrates the need and potential for companies to improve the healthfulness of their products. Identifying companies that offer less healthy products compared with …
Examining the relationship between sugars contents of Canadian foods and beverages and child-appealing marketing
The Family Talk Programme in Ireland
Background: Parental mental illness is common, costly, can lead to children developing mental disorders and impaired lifetime outcomes, and places a substantial burden on caregiving partners. Family Talk (FT) is a widely implemented, 7-session, whole-family programme, with promising evidence of effectiveness in targeting the intergenerational transmission of mental illness. However, to date, very little qualitative research of family experiences …
Covid-19 and Families With Parental Mental Illness
The COVID-19 emergency has affected us all, but not equally. Families where parents have mental illness (PMI) are potentially at increased risk, but little is known about how they or their support services managed under lockdown/restrictions. We harnessed our existing partnerships with adult and child mental health services in the Republic of Ireland (RoI) and Northern Ireland (NI) to investigate the qualitative experiences of service users and f…
A Family-Focused Intervention for Parental Mental Illness
Background: Parental mental illness (PMI) is common and can lead to children developing mental disorders. Family Talk (FT) is a well-known and widely implemented intervention designed to reduce the risk of transgenerational psychopathology. However, given the research to practise "gap," very little qualitative research, to date, has investigated practitioner experiences in implementing FT. This study aimed to explore the practitioner-perceived ba…
Quantifying Child-Appeal
There is no standardized or validated definition or measure of "child-appeal" used in food and beverage marketing policy or research, which can result in heterogeneous outcomes. Therefore, this pilot study aimed to develop and validate the child-appealing packaging (CAP) coding tool, which measures the presence, type, and power of child-appealing marketing on food packaging based on the marketing techniques displayed. Children (n = 15) participat…
Lobbying and nutrition policy in Canada
BACKGROUND: The political activities of industry stakeholders must be understood to safeguard the development and implementation of effective public health policies. METHODS: A quantitative descriptive study was performed using data from Canada's Registry of Lobbyists to examine the frequency and governmental target of lobbying that occurred between various types of stakeholders (i.e., industry versus non-industry) and designated public office ho…
Food and beverage advertising expenditures in Canada in 2016 and 2019 across media
Despite a slight drop in national food and beverage advertising spending between 2016 and 2019, examined expenditures remain high, and most products or brands being advertised are unhealthy. Expenditures across all media should continue to be monitored to assess Canada's nutrition environment and track changes in food advertising over time
Evaluating the potential implications of canadian front-of-pack labelling regulations in generic and branded food composition databases
While the generic database, containing both packaged and unpackaged foods, revealed a low prevalence of foods that would display a FOP symbol, the branded database showed that the proposed FOP labelling regulations would identify over 60% of packaged foods with excess contents of nutrients-of-concern. Considering the high prevalence of packaged foods in Canada that would meet or exceed the thresholds of nutrients-of-concern, the proposed FOP labe…
Qualitative analysis of front-of package labeling policy interactions between stakeholders and Health Canada
Background: Front-of-package labelling regulations proposed by Health Canada in their Healthy Eating Strategy (2016) were finally passed in 2022, but remain unimplemented. This study analyzed interactions that occurred between stakeholders and government related to this policy proposal to identify key themes and policy implications. Methods: A qualitative framework analysis was conducted on publicly available documents for stakeholder corresponde…
Differences in child and adolescent exposure to unhealthy food and beverage advertising on television in a self-regulatory environment
Children and adolescents were heavily exposed to food advertisements on television in 2019. Despite current self-regulatory policies, children's exposure to unhealthy food and beverages remains high. Differences in exposure to food advertisements by food category and healthfulness may suggest that adolescents are being disproportionately targeted by food companies as a result of self-regulatory marketing restrictions
The food and beverage marketing monitoring framework for Canada
As many countries are considering the restriction of marketing to children for unhealthy foods and beverages to improve population health, systematic monitoring of this marketing to inform and evaluate policies is critical. The objective of this research was to develop and describe the Food and Beverage Marketing Monitoring Framework for Canada, a framework commissioned by Health Canada to help guide their monitoring efforts. Following a literatu…
Family Talk versus usual services in improving child and family psychosocial functioning in families with parental mental illness
https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN13365858, identifier ISRCTN13365858
Evaluating the application of front-of-package labelling regulations to menu labelling in the Canadian restaurant sector using menu food label information and price (Menu-FLIP) 2020 data
Objective: To evaluate the application of front-of-package (FOP) labelling regulations to menu labelling in the Canadian restaurant sector by assessing the proportion of menu items that would be required to display the ‘high-in’ FOP symbol if the policy were extended to the restaurant sector. Design: Nutrition information of 18 760 menu items was collected from 141 chain restaurants in Canada. Menu items were evaluated using the mandatory FOP lab…
Comparing Canada’s 2018 proposed and 2022 final front-of-pack labelling regulations using generic food composition data and a nationally representative dietary intake survey
Objective: The objective of the study was to compare the potential dietary impact of proposed and final front-of-pack labelling (FOPL) regulations (published in Canada Gazette I (CG1) and Canada Gazette II (CG2) , respectively) by examining the difference in the prevalence of foods that would require a ‘High in’ front-of-pack nutrition symbol and nutrient intakes from those foods consumed by Canadian adults. Design: Foods in a generic food compos…
The healthfulness of major food brands according to Health Canada’s nutrient profile model for proposed restrictions on food marketing to children
Objective: To examine the proportion of products offered by leading food brands in Canada that are ‘unhealthy’ according to Health Canada’s (HC) nutrient profile model for proposed restrictions on food marketing to children (M2K-NPM). Design: Nutritional information for products offered by top brands was sourced from the University of Toronto FLIP and Menu-FLIP 2020 databases, respectively. HC’s M2K-NPM, which includes thresholds for Na, total su…
The impact of brand advertising on children’s food preferences and behavioural intentions
Objective: Despite strong evidence linking exposure to food and beverage marketing with poor diet quality and negative health impacts in children, the effect of brand marketing (i.e. marketing featuring branded content, but no food products) is uncertain. This study evaluated the impact of brand marketing v. product-based advertising on children’s food preferences and behavioural intentions. Design: An online survey was administered to participan…
Policy gap
Objective: Canadian front-of-package (FOP) labelling regulations aim to improve dietary patterns by identifying foods high in sodium, sugars and/or saturated fat with a ‘high in’ FOP nutrition symbol. However, child-appealing marketing on product packaging may undermine these efforts. Therefore, this study (1) compared the prevalence of FOP symbols between products with child-appealing and non-child appealing packaging in the Canadian food supply…
Implementing a learning health system within an integrated youth service initiative -a real-world case study
Background: Mental health and substance use disorders among youth continue to be of critical public health concern in Canada, and urgent action is required within the health system to better respond to the evolving health and wellness needs of youth. Foundry, an integrated youth services (IYS) initiative in British Columbia (BC), is piloting a learning health system (LHS) framework at two (out of 7) operational IYS centres. The goal of Foundry LH…
Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (13 obras) · Medicine (13 obras) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (12 obras) · Business (11 obras) · Environmental health (8 obras) · Marketing (8 obras) · Food Science (7 obras) · Psychology (7 obras) · Computer Science (6 obras) · Advertising (5 obras)