Television (Australia)

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• Channel 10

  • Removing sugary drinks and sweets from checkouts could put an end to pester power and help solve obesity epidemic.

• Channel 9

  • Major supermarkets’ nutrition policies slammed by experts

• Channel 7

  • Deakin University has ranked Australian supermarkets first out of 100 on their policies on health and nutrition

• SBS

  • Call to ban junk at supermarket checkouts

Inside our Supermarkets

Print and online media

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• Herald Sun

  • Supermarkets should dump lollies from checkouts, promote healthier options: experts

• The Age

  • Aldi and IGA score low in obesity prevention efforts, supermarket report card shows

• Sydney Morning Herald

  • Aldi and IGA score low in obesity prevention efforts, supermarket report card shows

• ABC Online

  • Supermarkets fail scorecard on obesity

• Ten Network

  • Supermarkets urged to ditch junk food, promote healthier food options

• SBS World News Australia

  • Supermarkets respond to calls to act on nation's obesity problem

• Australian Food News

  • Australian supermarkets told to increase commitment to health

• Choice

  • Australian supermarkets fail health test, study finds

• Yahoo! News Australia

  • Why last-minute checkout treats may soon be a thing of the past

• News.com.au

  • Aldi and IGA given low ranking in supermarket healthy eating report

• Courier mail

  • Supermarkets should dump lollies from checkouts, promote healthier options

Radio (Australia)

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• AM radio (31 items): 2GB (Sydney), 2SM (Sydney), 3AW (Melbourne), 4BC (Brisbane), 5AA (Adelaide), 6PR (Perth), ABC Radio (National), Cruise (Adelaide), Radio National (Canberra), SEN (Melbourne)

• FM radio (7 items): ABC Central Vic, Curtin FM (Perth), Hot FM (Sunshine Coast), MIX FM (Adelaide), TR FM (Traralgon), WAVE FM (Wollongong)

Launch date: 26 February 2018

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Deakin University media release

Total media items (26 Feb to 01 Mar 2018): 140 items

Total audience reach: 9,759,037 people (as per Isentia)

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Television (Australia)

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• Channel 7

  • Experts Push To Ban Characters On Unhealthy Foods

• Channel 9

  • Cartoon mascots could be scrapped from packaged foods

Inside our Food and Beverage Manufacturers

Print and online media

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• Herald Sun

  • Deakin study analyses Aussie food manufacturers addressing obesity crisis

  • New research has named the worst food and drinks health wise, with half not up to standard

  • Cartoon characters should be banned from food packaging, says obesity expert

• The Age

  • Laziest food companies exposed in scathing 'obesity prevention' report card

• Sydney Morning Herald

  • Laziest food companies exposed in scathing 'obesity prevention' report card

• Daily Telegraph

  • Cartoon characters should be banned from food packaging, says obesity expert

• Courier Mail

  • Worst food companies named and shamed

• Canberra Times

  • Laziest food companies exposed in scathing obesity prevention report card

• 9News.com.au
  • Cartoon mascots could be scrapped from packaged foods

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Radio (Australia)

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• AM radio (17 items): 2GB (Sydney), ABC Radio (Adelaide, Sydney), ABC News (Melbourne Breakfast), 6PR (Perth), 2CC (Canberra), 3AW (Melbourne), Cruise (Adelaide)

• FM radio (12 items): GOLD FM (Melbourne), BAY FM (Geelong), 7LA (Launceston), KIIS 101.1 (Melbourne), HO FM (Hobart), MIX FM (Adelaide), 98.5 Sonshine FM (Perth)

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International coverage

Singapore

(Site: foodnavigator-asia.com)

• 'Full of loopholes': Aussie food firms' nutrition policies ranked as obesity soars

UK

(Sites: thisismoney.co.uk, dailymail.co.uk, mailonsunday.co.uk, nla-eclipsweb.com)

• Food companies doing the LEAST to combat childhood obesity named and shamed - as it's revealed which brands are misleading consumers about how healthy their products are

• Where will it end? Paddle Pop Lion on the chopping block as PC police say cartoons should be BANNED from unhealthy food

United States

(Site: expressdigest.com)

• Paddle Pop Lion on the chopping block as PC police say cartoons should be BANNED from unhealthy food

Launch date: 26 March 2018

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Deakin University Media Release

Total media items (25 Mar to 27 Mar 2018): 66 items

Total audience reach: 4,990,459 people (as per Isentia)

Television (Australia)

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• ABC News

  • Fast food companies slow on nutrition action: Report

  • Interview with Jack Cowin, Executive chairman, competitive foods

• Channel 9

  • Australian take away giants ‘not doing enough to reduce obesity’

• SBS Viceland

  • Some of the so-called ‘healthy’ options are anything but

• Channel 7

  • Fast food outlets ranked on tackling obesity

Inside our Quick Service Restaurants

Print and online media

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• The Age

  • 3/100: The fast-food company with the worst health score

• Sydney Morning Herald

  • 3/100: The fast-food company with the worst health score

• Herald Sun

  • Fast food companies not tackling obesity crisis

  • Push for ‘default’ healthy drinks and sides with fast food

  • Obesity experts want food chains to serve salad and water to kids in place of fizzy drinks and fries

• SBS News

  • Fast food companies not tackling obesity

• Sydney Morning Herald

  • 3/100: The fast-food company with the worst health score

  • Should the ‘obesity’ industry have to swallow a tax?

• Courier Mail

  • Fast food companies not tackling obesity crisis

• Daily Mail Australia

  • Fast food companies not tackling obesity

  • Fast food restaurants punished in new health rankings as one popular eatery scores just three out of 100

• TenDaily

  • Your favourite fast food joint may be healthier than you think

• Daily Telegraph Australia

  • Fast food chains don’t make you kid fat. You do

• The New Daily

  • Grill’d ‘healthy burgers’ actually less healthy than McDonald’s Big Mac

• News.com.au

  • Fast food companies not tackling obesity

• Australian Food News

  • Fast food companies not doing enough to address obesity crisis Deakin Uni research

• 9News.com.au

  • Australian takeaway giants not doing enough to reduce obesity

Radio (Australia)

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• AM radio (28 items): ABC News (Melbourne), 2CC (Canberra), 5AA (Adelaide), 2SM (Sydney), 6PR (Perth), ABC Radio (Brisbane, Ballarat, Canberra), 4BC (Brisbane), SEN (Melbourne), 3AW (Melbourne), 2GB (Sydney)

• FM radio (33 items): NOVA (Brisbane, Perth, Sydney), Smooth FM (Sydney), ABC North West Qld, STAR FM, HO FM (Hobart), 98.5 Sonshine FM, HOT FM, MIX 94.5, Curtin FM (Perth), WAVE FM (Wollongong), POWER FM (Wollongong), 2MCE (National), i98 FM (Wollongong), 2GO FM (Gosford), 7LA (Launceston), 8SUN (Alice Springs)

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International coverage

New Zealand

(Sites: insideretail.co.nz, newshub.co.nz, nz.news.yahoo.com, nzherald.co.nz)

• Domino’s, Subway fail to tackle obesity

• Australia's most unhealthy fast food spots revealed

• Fast food companies not tackling obesity

• Can you guess which fast food company in Australia gets the worst health score?

UK

(Sites: thisismoney.co.uk, dailymail.co.uk, mailonsunday.co.uk, nla-eclipsweb.com)

• Mothers said parents are to blame for obesity, not fast food chains

• 'It's not fast food's problem, it's yours': Mother slams parents who blame restaurants selling cheap and greasy meals for the growing child obesity crisis

• Fast food companies not tackling obesity

• Popular fast food chain given health score of three out of 100

• Fast food restaurants punished in new health rankings as one popular eatery scores just three out of 100 - and not a single chain got more than 50

United States

(Sites: expressdigest.com, celebrityrave.com)

• Robin Bailey said parents are to blame for obesity, not fast food chains

• Fast food restaurants given health rankings with one popular chain scoring only three out of 100

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Launch date: 28 May 2018

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Deakin University Media Release

Total media items (27 May to 01 Jun 2018): 127 items

Total audience reach: 6,976,025 people (as per Isentia)