Fiona Sing
Biographic Data
| ID | 6960592 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fiona Sing |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fiona |
| FAMILY NAME | Sing |
| SIGNATURE | SING F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Auckland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5336-7170 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
How food regulations help or hinder the implementation of policies to promote healthy population diets
Objective: Governments are seeking to regulate food environments to promote health by restricting sales and marketing of processed foods high in fat, sugar and sodium. We aimed to evaluate whether the legal instruments in member states of the Western Pacific Region (WPR) mandate the declaration of nutrient composition for nutrients of concern in relation to Codex Alimentarius and non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention. Design: We undertook con…
Alcohol industry discourses about LGBTQ+ communities
Background Sexual and gender minority people have been found to drink more heavily than heterosexual and cisgender populations. Alcohol companies target rainbow communities by promoting alcoholic products through various promotional strategies. The current study examined the discourses that alcohol companies employed in their publicly available material when discussing LGBTQ+ people and rainbow communities.Methods Eight online websites containing…
A political economy analysis of the legislative response to unhealthy food and beverage marketing in Chile, Canada and the UK
United Nations bodies call for legal responses to restrict children’s exposure to unhealthy food marketing; however, few governments have introduced legislative controls. This research studies the underlying political economy influences that impacted the introduction of legal responses. We used a multiple case study methodology to examine the political economy influences on the policy process in three contexts (Chile, Canada and the UK). Data fro…
The utilisation of legal instruments by United Nations actors to restrict the exposure of children to unhealthy food and beverage marketing
Barriers and enablers in designing regulations to restrict the exposure of children to unhealthy food and beverage marketing
Background The insidious and pervasive nature of marketing of unhealthy food and beverages has been identified as one of several strategies the unhealthy food and beverage industry uses to exert their influence on population food choices and diet. Regulating the food and beverage industry's marketing practices is one mechanism to mitigate this commercial determinant of health. This paper seeks to understand the main barriers and enablers that gov…
Designing legislative responses to restrict children’s exposure to unhealthy food and non-alcoholic beverage marketing
INTRODUCTION: Introducing legislation that restricts companies from exposing children to marketing of unhealthy food and beverage products is both politically and technically difficult. To advance the literature on the technical design of food marketing legislation, and to support governments around the world with legislative development, we aimed to describe the legislative approach from three governments. METHODS: A multiple case study methodol…
Unhealthy food and beverage marketing to children on digital platforms in Aotearoa, New Zealand
The voluntary CYPA Code has been in effect since 2017, but the inherent limitations and loopholes in the Code mean companies continue to market unhealthy food and beverages in ways that appeal to children even if they have committed to the Code. Comprehensive and mandatory regulation would help protect children from exposure to harmful marketing
Barriers and enablers in designing regulations to restrict the exposure of children to unhealthy food and beverage marketing
Background The insidious and pervasive nature of marketing of unhealthy food and beverages has been identified as one of several strategies the unhealthy food and beverage industry uses to exert their influence on population food choices and diet. Regulating the food and beverage industry's marketing practices is one mechanism to mitigate this commercial determinant of health. This paper seeks to understand the main barriers and enablers that gov…
Designing legislative responses to restrict children’s exposure to unhealthy food and non-alcoholic beverage marketing
INTRODUCTION: Introducing legislation that restricts companies from exposing children to marketing of unhealthy food and beverage products is both politically and technically difficult. To advance the literature on the technical design of food marketing legislation, and to support governments around the world with legislative development, we aimed to describe the legislative approach from three governments. METHODS: A multiple case study methodol…
Unhealthy food and beverage marketing to children on digital platforms in Aotearoa, New Zealand
The voluntary CYPA Code has been in effect since 2017, but the inherent limitations and loopholes in the Code mean companies continue to market unhealthy food and beverages in ways that appeal to children even if they have committed to the Code. Comprehensive and mandatory regulation would help protect children from exposure to harmful marketing
The utilisation of legal instruments by United Nations actors to restrict the exposure of children to unhealthy food and beverage marketing
Barriers and enablers in designing regulations to restrict the exposure of children to unhealthy food and beverage marketing
Background The insidious and pervasive nature of marketing of unhealthy food and beverages has been identified as one of several strategies the unhealthy food and beverage industry uses to exert their influence on population food choices and diet. Regulating the food and beverage industry's marketing practices is one mechanism to mitigate this commercial determinant of health. This paper seeks to understand the main barriers and enablers that gov…
Alcohol industry discourses about LGBTQ+ communities
Background Sexual and gender minority people have been found to drink more heavily than heterosexual and cisgender populations. Alcohol companies target rainbow communities by promoting alcoholic products through various promotional strategies. The current study examined the discourses that alcohol companies employed in their publicly available material when discussing LGBTQ+ people and rainbow communities.Methods Eight online websites containing…
A political economy analysis of the legislative response to unhealthy food and beverage marketing in Chile, Canada and the UK
United Nations bodies call for legal responses to restrict children’s exposure to unhealthy food marketing; however, few governments have introduced legislative controls. This research studies the underlying political economy influences that impacted the introduction of legal responses. We used a multiple case study methodology to examine the political economy influences on the policy process in three contexts (Chile, Canada and the UK). Data fro…
How food regulations help or hinder the implementation of policies to promote healthy population diets
Objective: Governments are seeking to regulate food environments to promote health by restricting sales and marketing of processed foods high in fat, sugar and sodium. We aimed to evaluate whether the legal instruments in member states of the Western Pacific Region (WPR) mandate the declaration of nutrient composition for nutrients of concern in relation to Codex Alimentarius and non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention. Design: We undertook con…
Business (6 works) · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (5 works) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Marketing (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works)