Scoping review of studies on food marketing in Latin America: Summary of existing evidence and research gaps

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To document the evidence about marketing of ultra-processed foods and “non-alcoholic” beverages in Latin America. METHODS We performed a structured search of quantitative and qualitative studies in PubMed, SciELO and LILACS, published between January 2000 and May 2017 and conducted in Latin America. We conducted a quality assessment following a standardized tool and a thematic analysis to identify key typologies of marketing across studies RESULTS Out of 521 studies screened by title and abstract, we included 36 in this review; 27 of them analyzed television advert...