Challenges to the development of taxation policies for sugar-sweetened beverages in Colombia.

Frequent consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) is related to the risks of developing overweight, obesity, cavities, diabetes and other diseases. Policies to significantly increase taxes on SSB have proven to be effective in reducing their consumption. The political debate on implementing these taxes in Colombia shows a series of barriers to placing this policy on the political agenda, and therefore, to its approval.

Barriers to Overcoming Child Hunger and Malnutrition: Applying a Human Rights Approach to Improve Policy and Action.

Analyze key barriers to achieving children's right to food under Colombia's food and nutrition security policies and programs. A literature review was conducted along with 17 semi-structured expert interviews. The law framework on the right to food was applied to analyze findings.

"The architecture of the state was transformed in favour of the interests of companies": corporate political activity of the food industry in Colombia.

Background: In Colombia, public health policies to improve food environments, including front-of-pack nutrition labelling and marketing restrictions for unhealthy products, are currently under development. Opposition to these policies by the food industry is currently delaying and weakening these efforts. This opposition is commonly known as 'corporate political activity' (CPA) and includes instrumental (action-based) strategies and discursive (argument-based) strategies.

'I had never seen so many lobbyists': food industry political practices during the development of a new nutrition front-of-pack labelling system in Colombia.

Objective: To identify and monitor food industry use of political practices during the adoption of nutrition warning labels (WL) in Colombia.

Design: Document analysis of publicly available information triangulated with interviews.

Setting: Colombia.