Are young adults’ discussions of public health nutrition policies associated with common food industry discourses? A qualitative pilot study

Abstract

Objective: Unhealthy diets are a key risk factor for chronic disease, with young adults (18–30 years old) in high‐income countries like Australia and the UK particularly at risk. Improved public health nutrition policies can help address unhealthy diets in the population, but many of the more regulatory policies are opposed by food industry groups. This research explores how young adults in Australia and the UK discuss a range of topical public health nutrition policies and analyses whether and how their views may be associated with food industry discourses.