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The aim of this review is to highlight the key issues in relation to food insecurity among children and young people living in Scotland. It provides an overview of the current context of food insecurity more generally within the UK and specifically in Scotland. Food insecurity has risen in Scotland evidenced through responses to national surveys and the dramatic increase in households relying on emergency food provision. Food insecurity is highest among young people, single parent families and single men. The key drivers of food insecurity include insufficient income, welfare reform, food inflation and geo-political events. Evidence suggests that food insecurity is negatively related to sufficient nutritional intake, and the implications for physical and mental health are profound. Policy actions implemented to mitigate the impact of food insecurity on children and young people include the introduction of the Scottish Child Payment, food voucher schemes, free school meals, and holiday food provision. Further evidence is required to evaluate the success of these policies in reducing or mitigating food insecurity. The review concludes by considering the ways in which a rights-based approach to food might benefit children and young people living in Scotland, and argues that wider systemic change is required. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This qualitative study uses Bourdieu's sociology of practice to help understand how different actors in football consider 'unhealthy' sponsorships (defined as promoting gambling, food and drink high in fat, sugar or salt (HFSS), and alcohol) in the English Premier League. Eighteen informants were interviewed including those employed by football clubs and their charitable foundations, others with a commercial interest in the football industry, and members of fan organisations. Their responses were examined using a thematic approach and reflected the distribution of economic and cultural power between the agents in the field of football. Tensions within these fields of power are illustrated diagrammatically between those in possession of economic capital (the clubs), and those who protect the cultural capital of 'their' clubs (the fans). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Leisure and health are human rights that apply to both children and adults. Leisure can enhance health and enable people to participate fully in leisure activities. One of children's main opportunities for leisure is during school holidays. Little previous research has focused on this time in children's lives. This paper presents a review of the literature surrounding school holidays, providing a critique of educational and public health approaches that focus narrowly on children's future outcomes that may be associated with how they spend their time during these leisure periods. It argues that a more sociological understanding, rooted within child-centred approaches to leisure, provides the opportunity for children's agency, participation and citizenship to be investigated more fully. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction Noncommunicable diseases, including cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, cancers and type 2 diabetes, cause an estimated 41 million deaths per year globally, of which 15 million occur between the ages [...], Tobacco, alcohol and foods that are high in fat, salt and sugar generate much of the global burden of noncommunicable diseases. We therefore need a better understanding of how these products are promoted. The promotion of tobacco products through sporting events has largely disappeared over the last two decades, but advertising and sponsorship continues by companies selling alcohol, unhealthy food and sugar-sweetened beverage. The sponsorship of sporting events such as the Olympic Games, the men's FIFA World Cup and the men's European Football Championships in 2016, has received some attention in recent years in the public health literature. Meanwhile, British football and the English Premier League have become global events with which transnational companies are keen to be associated, to promote their brands to international markets. Despite its reach, the English Premier League marketing and sponsorship portfolio has received very little scrutiny from public health advocates. We call for policy-makers and the public health community to formulate an approach to the sponsorship of sporting events, one that accounts for public health concerns. Le tabac, l'alcool et les aliments riches en graisse, en sel et en sucre generent la plus large partie de la charge mondiale des maladies non transmissibles. Il est donc necessaire de mieux comprendre la maniere dont ces produits sont promus. La promotion des produits du tabac dans le cadre d'evenements sportifs a largement disparu au cours des vingt dernieres annees, mais la publicite et le sponsoring par des entreprises qui vendent de l'alcool, des produits alimentaires peu sains et des boissons sucrees sont encore d'actualite. Depuis quelques annees, la litterature sur la sante publique commence a porter son attention sur le sponsoring d'evenements sportifs, tels que les Jeux olympiques, la Coupe du monde masculine de la FIFA ou encore le Championnat d'Europe de football masculin de 2016. Mais dans le meme temps, le football britannique et la Premier League anglaise sont devenus des evenements mondiaux auxquels les multinationales aiment etre associees pour promouvoir leurs marques aupres de marches internationaux. Malgre leur portee, le marketing et le sponsoring de la Premier League anglaise semblent negliges par les defenseurs de la sante publique. Nous appelons les decideurs politiques et la communaute de sante publique a elaborer une approche pour le sponsoring d'evenements sportifs qui reponde aux enjeux de sante publique. El tabaco, el alcohol y los alimentos que son ricos en grasa, como la sal y el azucar, generan gran parte de la carga mundial de enfermedades no contagiosas. Por tanto, necesitamos una mejor comprension de la forma en que se promueven estos productos. La promocion de los productos del tabaco a traves de eventos deportivos ha desaparecido en gran medida en las ultimas dos decadas, pero la publicidad y el patrocinio continuan por parte de las empresas que venden alcohol, alimentos poco saludables y bebidas azucaradas. El patrocinio de eventos deportivos como los Juegos Olimpicos, la Copa Mundial de la FIFA masculina y el Campeonato de Futbol Europeo del 2016 ha recibido cierta atencion en los ultimos anos en la bibliografia sobre salud publica. Mientras tanto, el futbol britanico y la Premier League inglesa se han convertido en eventos globales con los que las empresas transnacionales estan dispuestas a asociarse, para promocionar sus marcas ante los mercados internacionales. A pesar de su alcance, la cartera de comercializacion y patrocinio de la Premier League inglesa apenas han sido objeto de escrutinio por parte de los defensores de la salud publica. Pedimos a los responsables de la formulacion de politicas y a la comunidad de la salud publica que formulen un enfoque para el patrocinio de eventos deportivos, que tenga en cuenta estas preocupaciones sobre la salud publica.