Overview
Domain | Assessment | What was measured? |
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Food composition |
Proportion of products classified as unhealthy, for: packaged foods (2018), non-alcoholic beverages (2019), and the fast food supply (2020). |
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Food labelling |
Proportion of eligible packaged food and drinks that display the Health Star Rating, and average rating of those that do vs. those that don’t display (2019); proportion of fast-food chains that provide nutrition information(2020); prevalence of nutrient content claims and health claims on ‘less healthy’ packaged foods (2014) |
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Food prices and affordability |
Overall spending on ‘discretionary’ foods (2016); cost of healthy diets relative to current diets (2016); change in prices of healthier and less healthy foods over time (2021); prevalence of price promotions for junk foods in supermarket flyers (2020) |
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Food promotion |
Average rate and proportion of unhealthy food and drink advertisements on TV (2018), company websites (2020), Facebook and YouTube posts (2019); rate of exposure and density of unhealthy advertisements in outdoor areas important to children (2014-2016); proportion of food and drink sponsorships of children’s sport clubs that are from fast food chains (2019/2020). |
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Food in settings |
Schools: proportion of ‘milk and water only’ schools (2016), proportion of food for sale that is ‘occasional’ (2016), prevalence of food and beverage-related fundraising (2016); Hospitals: number of District Health Boards that fully adopted the National Healthy Food and Drink Policy (2021). |
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Food retail |
Supermarkets: ratio of junk food^ price promotions to fresh fruit and vegetable promotions in supermarket flyers (2020), average proportion of aisle end-caps, island bins, and checkouts within each supermarket that are junk food free (2020); scored commitments related to nutrition and obesity prevention of the major supermarkets (2017); Fast food retail: scored commitments related to nutrition and obesity prevention of the major fast food chains (2017); Recreation centres: proportion of Auckland Council leisure centres where water fountains are the only drinks available (2020), and where sugary drinks are not sold (2020); level of policy met for the drinks section of the Food and Drinks Guidelines for Cafeterias (2020). |
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Private sector |
Policies and commitments of food and non-alcoholic beverage manufacturers, supermarkets, and fast food outlets; product healthiness (average Health Star Rating of product portfolio) for packaged food and non-alcoholic beverage manufacturers, including supermarket own-brands. |
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Government policies |
Expert assessment of Government’s level of implementation of policies and infrastructure support for improving the healthiness of food environments against international best practice (2020). |
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Equity |
Promotion: density and proportion of junk food advertisements around low vs. high decile schools (2016); Food in schools: proportion of foods offered for sale that are ‘occasional’ items in most deprived compared to least deprived schools (primary and secondary)(2016); In-store environments: average proportion of aisle end-caps, island bins and checkouts within each supermarket that are junk food free, in most deprived and least deprived neighbourhoods (2020); Food retail: density of unhealthy outlets around most vs least deprived urban schools (2014), availability of fast-food and takeaway outlets, convenience stores, and supermarkets in most vs least deprived areas (2014); Food prices and affordability: cost of a healthy diet as a proportion of income for median-income, low-income groups, and groups receiving income support (2016).
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*Green = ‘promotes health’; Orange = ‘needs improvement to promote health’; Red = ‘unhealthy’.