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Table 2 Number of industry- and non-industry- affiliated organizations and corporations1 listed in lobbying registrations overall and by initiative

From: Lobbying and nutrition policy in Canada: a quantitative descriptive study on stakeholder interactions with government officials in the context of Health Canada’s Healthy Eating Strategy

Number of organizations and corporations by initiative (n)

Industry 

n (%)

Non-Industry 

n (%)

All

Communication and media

Food and beverage

Other

All

All

Beverage only

Dairy

Grain and pulse

Meat

Other food and beverage manufacturing and production

Food and beverage retail

Nutritional quality of the food supply (n = 11)

8 (73)

0 (0)

8 (73)

0 (0)

1 (9)

0 (0)

1 (9)

5 (45)

1 (9)

0 (0)

3 (27)

Canada’s Food Guide (n = 23)

19 (83)

1 (4)

18 (78)

3 (13)

8 (35)

1 (4)

2 (9)

4 (17)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (17)

Front-of-pack labelling (n = 21)

18 (86)

1 (5)

17 (81)

2 (10)

7 (33)

0 (0)

3 (14)

5 (24)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (14)

Marketing to children (n = 29)

25 (86)

7 (24)

16 (55)

3 (10)

3 (10)

2 (7)

1 (3)

4 (14)

3 (10)

2 (7)

4 (14)

Healthy Eating Strategy (overall)2

(N = 48)

43 (90)

9 (19)

32 (67)

3 (6)

11 (23)

3 (6)

3 (6)

8 (17)

4 (8)

2 (4)

5 (10)

  1. 1 Includes all organizations and corporations represented by at least 1 registrant in lobbying registrations
  2. 2 Includes general entries about the Healthy Eating Strategy and entries specific to any of the initiatives included in this study