Publications

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Lewis, M.; Nash, S.; Lee, A.J. Cost and Affordability of Habitual and Recommended Diets in Welfare-Dependent Households in Australia. Nutrients 2024, 16, 659. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16050659

Lee, A.J., Herron, LM., Rainow, S., Wells, L., Kenny, I., Kenny, L., Wells, I., Kavanagh, M., Bryce, S., Balmer, L. Improving economic access to healthy diets in first nations communities in high-income, colonised countries: a systematic scoping review. Nutr J 23, 10 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-023-00895-0

van Burgel, E., Fairweather, M., Hill, A., Christian M, FergusonM, Lee A, Funston S, Fredericks B, McMahon E, Pollard C, Brimbelcombe J, Development of a survey tool to assess the environmental determinants of health-enabling food retail practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of remote Australia. BMC Public Health 24, 442 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17945-9 (This includes food pricing component).

Lewis, M.; Nash, S.; Lee, A.J. Cost and Affordability of Habitual and Recommended Diets in Welfare-Dependent Households in Australia. Nutrients 2024, 16, 659. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16050659

Alvarado Alvarado FM, Altamirano Mendieta JE, Encalada Torres LE, et al. (2023). Nutritional legends and consumer perception of processed products. Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Universidad de Cuenca. 41:3. doi: 10.18537/RFCM.41.03.02

Boyland E, Backholer K, Potvin Kent M. Bragg M, Sing F, Karupaiah T, Kelly B. Unhealthy food and non-alcoholic beverage marketing to children in the digital age: research and policy challenges and priorities. Annual Review of Nutrition. Accepted December 2023.

Nicholson E, Kelly B. Establishing the minimum media time sample required to obtain reliable estimates of children’s digital media food marketing exposures. Current Developments in Nutrition 2023; 7 (6). doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2023.100092.

Brooks R, Christidis R, Carah N, Kelly B, Martino F, Backholer K. Turning users into “unofficial brand ambassadors”: marketing of unhealthy food and non-alcoholic beverages on TikTok. BMJ Global Health 2022;7:e009112.

Trübswasser U, Candel J, Genye T, et al. (2022). Benchmarking policy goals and actions for healthy food environments in Ethiopia to prevent malnutrition in all its forms using document analysis. BMJ Open.12:e058480. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2021-058480

Trübswasser U, Talsma EF, Ekubay S, Poelman MP, Holdsworth M, Feskens EJM and Baye K (2022). Factors Influencing Adolescents’ Dietary Behaviors in the School and Home Environment in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Front. Public Health 10:861463. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.861463

Manga, J., Diouf, A., Vandevijvere, S., Diagne, M., Kwadjode, K., Dossou, N., . . . Moubarac, J. (2022). Evaluation and prioritisation of actions on food environments to address the double burden of malnutrition in Senegal: Perspectives from a national expert panel. Public Health Nutrition, 25(8), 2043-2055. doi:10.1017/S1368980022000702

Leu J, Tay Z, van Dam RM, Müller-Riemenschneider F, Lean MEJ, Nikolaou CK, Rebello SA. (2022). “You know what, I’m in the trend as well” – Understanding the inter-play between digital and real-life social influences on the food and activity choices of young adults. Public Health Nutr. 1-50. doi: 10.1017/S1368980022000398. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35184791.

Seah SSY, van Dam RM, Tai BC, Tay Z, Wang MC, Rebello SA. (2022). An evaluation of the healthier dining programme effects on university student and staff choices in Singapore: A cluster-randomized trial. Food Policy.107, 102211.

Lee, A. J., Patay, D., Summons, S., Lewis, M., Herron, L.-M., Nona, F., Canuto, C., Ferguson, M., Twist, A. (2022). “Cost and affordability of healthy, equitable and more sustainable diets in the Torres Strait Islands.” ANZJPH. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13225

Kelly B, Bosward R, Freeman B. Australian Children’s Exposure to, and Engagement With, Web-Based Marketing of Food and Drink Brands: Cross-sectional Observational Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2021;23(7):e28144. doi:10.2196/28144

Lewis, M., McNaughton, S. A., Rychetnik, L., Chatfield, M. D., and Lee, A. J. (2021) “Dietary intake, cost, and affordability by socioeconomic group in Australia.” International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, 18(24), p. 13315. doi:10.3390/ijerph182413315

Lewis, M., McNaughton, S. A., Rychetnik, L. and Lee, A. J. (2021). “Cost and affordability of healthy, equitable and sustainable diets in low socioeconomic groups in Australia.” Nutrients 13(8): 2900. doi:10.3390/nu13082900

Lee, A., Patay, D., Herron, L-M, Tan, R.C., Nicoll, E., Fredericks, B., Lewis, M. (2021) “Affordability of Heathy, Equitable and More Sustainable Diets in Low-Income Households in Brisbane before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Nutrients 13(12): 4386. doi:10.3390/nu13124386

Zorbas, C., Brooks, R., Bennett, R., Lee, A. J., Marshall, J., Naughton, S., Lewis, M., Peeters, A., Backholer, K. (2021) “Costing recommended (healthy) and current (unhealthy) diets in urban and inner regional areas of Australia using remote price collection methods.” Public Health Nutrition p. 1-26. doi: 10.1017/S1368980021004006.

Lee, A. J., Patay, D., Herron, L.-M., Parnell Harrison, E., Lewis, M. (2021) “Affordability of current, and healthy, more equitable, sustainable diets by area of socioeconomic disadvantage and remoteness in Queensland: insights into food choice.” Int. J. Equity Health, 20(1), 153. doi:10.1186/s12939-021-01481-8

Dia, O.E.W., Løvhaug, A.L., Rukundo, P.M. et al. Mapping of outdoor food and beverage advertising around primary and secondary schools in Kampala city, Uganda. BMC Public Health 21, 707 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10661-8

Shen, S., Mackay, S., Lee, A., Ni Mhurchu, C., Sherif, A., & Eyles, H. (2021). Impact of a voluntary industry code for advertising food to children and young people: An analysis of New Zealand television data. Public Health Nutrition, 1-11. doi:10.1017/S1368980021004705

Tan JY, Ong SG, Teng A, Ng B, Yao J, Luo N, Rebello SA. Perspectives of Adult Singaporeans toward Potential Policies to Reduce the Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Beverages-A Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients. 2021 Nov 25;13(12):4231. doi: 10.3390/nu13124231. PMID: 34959783; PMCID: PMC8706143.

Elorriaga N, Moyano DL, López MV, Cavallo AS, Gutierrez L, Panaggio CB, Irazola V. Urban Retail Food Environments: Relative Availability and Prominence of Exhibition of Healthy vs. Unhealthy Foods at Supermarkets in Buenos Aires, Argentina. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(3):944. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18030944

Elorriaga N, Moyano DL, Cavallo AS, Gutierrez L, Panaggio CB, López MV, Irazola V. Entornos alimentarios en los locales de venta de alimentos. Disponibilidad y visibilidad de los alimentos saludables vs no saludables en supermercados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires: Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), February 2021. Technical report [Spanish].

Von Philipsborn, P., Geffert, K., Klinger, C., Hebestreit, A., Stratil, J., & Rehfuess, E. (2021). Nutrition policies in Germany: A systematic assessment with the Food Environment Policy Index. Public Health Nutrition, 1-10. doi:10.1017/S1368980021004742

Laar A, Kelly B, Holdsworth M, Quarpong W, Aryeetey R, Amevinya GS, Tandoh A, Agyemang C, Zotor F, Laar ME, Mensah K, Laryea D, Asiki G, Pradeilles R, Sellen D, L’Abbe MR and Vandevijvere S (2021) Providing Measurement, Evaluation, Accountability, and Leadership Support (MEALS) for Non-communicable Diseases Prevention in Ghana: Project Implementation Protocol. Front. Nutr. 8:644320. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.644320

Batis, C., Marrón-Ponce, J.A., Stern, D. Vandevijvere, S., Barquera, S. & Rivera, JA. Adoption of healthy and sustainable diets in Mexico does not imply higher expenditure on food. Nat Food 2, 792–801 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00359-w

Kidd B, Mackay S, Vandevijvere S, Swinburn B. Cost and greenhouse gas emissions of current, healthy, flexitarian and vegan diets in Aotearoa (New Zealand). BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health, 4, 2021; doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2021-000262

Cruz-Casarrubias, C., Tolentino-Mayo, L., Vandevijvere, S. Barquera, S. Estimated effects of the implementation of the Mexican warning labels regulation on the use of health and nutrition claims on packaged foods. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 18, 76 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01148-1

Mackay, S., Garton, K., Gerritsen, S., Sing, F., Swinburn, B. (2021). How healthy are Aotearoa New Zealand’s food environments? Assessing the impact of recent food policies 2018-2021. The University of Auckland. Report. https://doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.16968478

Backholer K, Gupta A, Zorbas C, Bennett R, Huse O, Chung A, Isaacs A, Golds G, Kelly B, Peeters A. Differential exposure to, and impact of, unhealthy food and non-alcoholic beverage advertising to children by socioeconomic and sociodemographic subgroups: A systematic review of the evidence. Obesity Reviews. 2020 Oct 18. doi: 10.1111/obr.13144.

Calderon, A.A., Vandevijvere, S., Ramirez-Zea, M. & Kroker, F. (2020). Lack of nutrient declarations and low nutritional quality of pre-packaged foods sold in Guatemalan supermarkets. Public Health Nutrition, 23(13):2280-2289. doi:10.1017/S1368980020000336

Cosenza, L., Rez, A.M-J., Ramirez-Zea, M., Vandevijvere, S. & Kroker, F. (2020). Overabundance of unhealthy food advertising targeted to children on Guatemalan television. Health Promotion International, 35(6):1331-1340. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaa002

Harrington, J., Leydon, C., Twohig, C. & Vandevijvere, S. Policies for tackling obesity and creating healthier food environments in Ireland: Food-EPI 2020. Current policies and priority actions. Cork, School of Public Health, University College Cork 2020. ISBN: 978 1 5262 0846 0

Lee, A. J., Kane, S., Herron, L., Matsuyama, M., Lewis, M. (2020) “A tale of two cities: the cost, price-differential and affordability of current and healthy diets in Sydney and Canberra, Australia.” Int. J. of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity 17(1), 80. doi: 10.1186/s12966-020-00981-0

Lewis, M. and Lee, A. J. (2020) “Affording health during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic downturn.” Aust N Z J Public Health 44 (6), 519-520 DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.13045.

Laar, A., Kelly, B., Holdsworth, M., Quarpong, W., Aryeetey, R., Amevinya, G., Tandoh, A., Charles, A., Zotor, F., Laar, M.E., Mensah, K., LAryea, D., Asiki, G., Pradeilles, R., Sellen, D., L’Abbe, M. & Vandevijvere, S. (2020). Providing Measurement, Evaluation, Accountability, and Leadership Support for NCDs Prevention in Ghana: Adapting the INFORMAS Approach. Preprint

Laar, A., Barnes, A., Aryeetey, R., Tandoh, A., Bash, K., Mensah, K., Zotor, F., Vandevijvere, S., Holdsworth, M. (2020) Implementation of healthy food environment policies to prevent nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in Ghana: National experts’ assessment of government action. Food Policy, 93, 101907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101907

Mialon, M., Crosbie, E. & Sacks, G. Mapping of food industry strategies to influence public health policy, research and practice in South Africa. (2020). International Journal of Public Health, 65(Suppl 2):1027–1036. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-020-01407-1

Mialon, M., Corvalan, C., Cediel, G. Scagliusi, F.B. & Reyes, M. (2020). Food industry political practices in Chile: “the economy has always been the main concern”. Globalization and Health, 16, 107. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-020-00638-4

Mialon, M., Gaitan, D., Cediel, G. Crosbie, E., Scagliusi, F.B. & Perez, E.M. (2020). “The architecture of the state was transformed in favour of the interests of companies”: corporate political activity of the food industry in Colombia. Globalization and Health, 16, 97. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-020-00631-x

Ng. S.H., Sacks, G., Kelly, B., Yeatman, H., Robinson, E., Swinburn, B., Vandevijvere, S., Chinna, K., Ismail, M.N. & Karupaiah, T. (2020). Benchmarking the transparency, comprehensiveness and specificity of population nutrition commitments of major food companies in Malaysia. Globalization and Health, 16, 35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-020-00560-9

Sacks, G., Robinson, E., Cameron, A.J., Vanderlee, L., Vandevijvere, S. & Swinburn, B. (2020). Benchmarking the Nutrition-Related Policies and Commitments of Major Food Companies in Australia, 2018. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(17):6118. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176118

Richmond K, Watson W, Hughes C, Kelly B. Children’s trips to school dominated by unhealthy food advertising in Sydney, Australia. Public Health Research & Practice. 2020;30(1):e3012005. https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp3012005

Sacks, G., Kwon, J., Vandevijvere, S. & Swinburn, B. (2020). Benchmarking as a Public Health Strategy for Creating Healthy Food Environments: An Evaluation of the INFORMAS Initiative (2012–2020). Annual Review of Public Health, 42(1) DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-100919-114442

Sacks, G., Schultz, S., Grigsby-Duffy, L., Robinson, E., Orellana, L., Marshall, J., Cameron, A.J. Inside our supermarkets: assessment of the healthiness of Australian supermarkets, Australia 2020. Melbourne: Deakin University, 2020. ISBN: 978-0-7300-0136-8 Link

Tay, Z., Whitton, C., van Dam, R., Chia, K.S., Swinburn, B., Vandevijvere, S. & Rebello, S.A. (2020). Identifying implementation gaps and priorities for the Singapore government to improve food environment policies: perspectives from a local expert panel. Public Health Nutrition, 1-8. DOI:doi:10.1017/S1368980020003468

Zorbas, C., Lee, A. J., Peeters, A., Lewis, M., Landrigan, T., Backholer, K. (2020) “Streamlined data-gathering techniques to estimate the price and affordability of healthy and unhealthy diets under different pricing scenarios.” Public Health Nutrition 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980020001718

Gamboa, T., Blanco-Metzler, A., Vandevijvere, S., Ramirez-Zea, M. & Kroker, F. (2019). Nutritional Content According to the Presence of Front of Package Marketing Strategies: The Case of Ultra-Processed Snack Food Products Purchased in Costa Rica. Nutrients, 11(11), 2738. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11112738

Karupaiah T, Ng SH, Sacks G, Kelly B, Swinburn B, Yeatman H, Robinson E, Chinna, K, Ismail MN & Vandevijvere S. Benchmarking Food Industry Commitments to Create a Healthier Food Environment: Business Impact Assessment (BIA) – Obesity Malaysia 2019. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, 2019. pp. 1-180. https://doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.12084969

Karupaiah T, Ng SH, Sacks G, Kelly B, Swinburn B, Yeatman H, Robinson E, Chinna, K, Ismail MN & Vandevijvere S. Benchmarking Food Industry Commitments to Create a Healthier, Food Environment: Business Impact Assessment (BIA) – Obesity Malaysia 2019 – Executive Summary. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, 2019. https://doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.12085044

Vandevijvere, S., Mackay, S., D’Souza, E., & Swinburn, B. (2019). The first INFORMAS national food environments and policies survey in New Zealand: A blueprint country profile for measuring progress on creating healthy food environments. Obesity Reviews, Supplement Article, 1–20. DOI: 10.1111/obr.12850

Mackay, S., Ni Mhurchu, C., Swinburn, B., Eyles, H., Young, L., & Gontijo de Castro, T.(2019). State of the Food Supply New Zealand 2019. Auckland, New Zealand:https://auckland.figshare.com/articles/State_of_the_Food_Supply_New_Zealand_2019/9636710

Vandevijvere S, Williams R, Tawfiq E, Swinburn B. A food environments feedback system (FoodBack) for empowering citizens and change agents to create healthier community food places. Health Promotion International. 2019;34(2): 277-290. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dax079

Sacks, G., Vanderlee, L., Robinson. E., Vandevijvere, S., Cameron, A.J., Ni Mhurchu, C., Lee, A., … Swinburn, B. (2019). BIA‐Obesity (Business Impact Assessment—Obesity and population‐level nutrition): A tool and process to assess food company policies and commitments related to obesity prevention and population nutrition at the national level. Obesity Reviews, 1-12. doi.org/10.1111/obr.12878

Dunford,K.E., Ni Mhurchu, C., Huang, L., Vandevijvere, S., Swinburn, B., Pravst, I., … Neal, B.C. (2019). A comparison of the healthiness of packaged foods and beverages from 12 countries using the Health Star Rating nutrient profiling system, 2013-2018. Obesity Reviews, 1-9. doi.org/10.1111/obr.12879

Kasture, A., Vandevijivere, S., Robinson, E., Sacks, G., Swinburn, B. (2019). Benchmarking the commitments related to population nutrition and obesity prevention of major food companies in New Zealand. International Journal of Public Health, 1-11. doi.org/10.1007/s00038-019-01272-7

Kanter, R., Reyes, M., Vandevijvere, S., Swinburn, B., & Corvalán, C. (2019). Anticipatory effects of the implementation of the Chilean Law of Food Labeling and Advertising on food and beverage product reformulation. Obesity Reviews, 1-12. doi.org/10.1111/obr.12870

Asiki, G; Wanjohi, M; Barnes, A; Bash, K; Vandevijvere, S, Muthuri S, Kimani E, Holdsworth, M. (2019). Benchmarking policies for creating healthy food environments in Kenya to prevent diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) country scorecards and priority recommendations for action in Kenya. doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.8251415

Laar, A., Barnes, A., Bash, K., Aryeeley, R., Mensah, K., Vandevijvere, S., & Holdsworth, M. (2019). Benchmarking Ghana’s Policies for Creating Healthy Food Environments. doi:10.17608/k6.auckland.8188763

Zamora-Corrales, I., Jensen, M.L., Vandevijvere, s., & Ramírez-Zea, M. (2019). Television food and beverage marketing to children in Costa Rica: current state and policy implications. Public Health Nutrition, 1-12. doi.org/10.1017/S1368980019000776

Mialon M. & Gomes F. (2019). Public health and the ultra-processed food and drink products industry: corporate political activity of major transnationals in Latin America and the Caribbean. Public Health Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980019000417

Karbasy, K., Vanderlee, L., & L’Abbé, M. (2019). Supporting healthier food environments in the City of Toronto: Current policies and priority actions. Toronto, Canada: Retrieved from http://labbelab.utoronto.ca/projects/local-food-epi-2019/

Karbasy, K., Vanderlee, L., & L’Abbé, M. (2019). Supporting healthier food environments in the Region of Peel: Current Policies and priority actions. Toronto, Canada: Retrieved from http://labbelab.utoronto.ca/projects/local-food-epi-2019/

Karbasy, K., Vanderlee, L., & L’Abbé, M. (2019). Supporting healthier food environments in the City of Greater Sudbury: Current policies and actions. Toronto, Canada: Retrieved from http://labbelab.utoronto.ca/projects/local-food-epi-2019/

Vanderlee, L., Goorang, S., Karbasy, K., Vandevijvere, S. & L’Abbe, M. (2019). Policies to Create Healthier Food Environments in Canada: Experts’ Evaluation and Prioritized Actions Using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(22),4473. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224473

Vanderlee, L., Vergeer, L., Sacks, G., Robinson, E., & L’Abbé, M. (2019). Food and beverage manufacturers in Canada: Policies and commitments to improve the food environment BIA-Obesity Canada 2019. Toronto, Canada: Retrieved from www.labbelab.utoronto.ca/BIA-Obesity-Canada-2019.

Neal, B., Sacks, G., Shahid, M., Taylor, F., Huffman, M. The George Institute for Global Health. (2019). FoodSwitch: State of the Food Supply April 2019. Retrieved from https://www.georgeinstitute.org/sites/default/files/food_supply_report.pdf

Teresa Correa, T., Reyes, M., Smith Taillie, L.P., & Dillman Carpentier, F.R. (2019). The prevalence and audience reach of food and beverage advertising on Chilean television according to marketing tactics and nutritional quality of products. Public Health Nutrition, 22(6), 1113-1124. doi.org/10.1017/S1368980018003130

Kelly, B., Vandevijvere, S., Ng, S., Adams, J., Allemandi, L., Bahena‐Espina, L., …, Swinburn, B. (2019). Global benchmarking of children’s exposure to television advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages across 22 countries. Obesity Reviews This article is part of the upcoming supplement ‘Future Directions on Obesity Prevention’ by the Lancet Commission on Obesity. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/obr.12840

Franco-Arellano, B., Min Ah, K., Vandevijvere, S., Bernstein, J.T., Labonté, M., Mulligan, C., & L’Abbé, M.R. (2019). Assessment of Packaged Foods and Beverages Carrying Nutrition Marketing against Canada’s Food Guide Recommendations. Nutrients, 11(2), 411; doi.org/10.3390/nu11020411

Cetthakriku, N., Phulkerd, S., Jaichuen, N., Sacks, G., & Tangcharoensathien, V. (2019). Assessment of the stated policies of prominent food companies related to obesity and non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention in Thailand. Globalization and Health, 15(12), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-019-0458-x

Nieto, C., Rodríguez.E, Sánchez‐Bazán, K., Tolentino‐Mayo, L., Carriedo‐Lutzenkirchen, A., Vandevijvere, S. & Barquera, S. (2019). The INFORMAS healthy food environment policy index (Food‐EPI) in Mexico: An assessment of implementation gaps and priority recommendations. Obesity Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12814

Vandevijvere, S., Barquera, S., Caceres, G., Corvalan, C., Karupaiah, T., Kroker-Lobos, M.F., L’Abbé, M., Ng, S., Phulkerd, S., Ramirez-Zea, M., Rebello, S.A., Reyes, M., Sacks, G., Sánchez Nóchez, C.M., Sanchez, K., Sanders, D., Spires, M., Swart, R., Tangcharoensathien, V., Tay, Z., Taylor, A., Tolentino-Mayo, L., Van Dam, R., Vanderlee, L., Watson, F., Whitton, C., Swinburn, B. (2019). An 11-country study to benchmark the implementation of recommended nutrition policies by national governments using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index, 2015-2018. Obesity Review. doi: 10.1111/obr.12819.

Lee A; Lewis M. Testing the Price of Healthy and Current Diets in Remote Aboriginal Communities to Improve Food Security: Development of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healthy Diets ASAP (Australian Standardised Affordability and Pricing) Methods. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Dec 19;15(12). pii: E2912. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15122912.

Mialon, M. & Mialon, J. (2018). Analysis of corporate political activity strategies of the food industry: Evidence from France. Public Health Nutrition, 21(18), 3407-3421. doi:10.1017/S1368980018001763

Crino, M., Sacks, G., Dunford, E., Trieu, K., Webster, J., Vandevijvere, S., Swinburn, B., Wu, J.Y. & Neal, B. (2018). Measuring the Healthiness of the Packaged Food Supply in Australia. Nutrients, 10(6), 702. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10060702

Love P, Whelan J, Bell C, Grainger F, Russell C, Lewis M, Lee A. Healthy Diets in Rural Victoria-Cheaper than Unhealthy Alternatives, Yet Unaffordable. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15, 2469.

Lee AJ, Kane S, Lewis M, Good E, Pollard CM, Landrigan TJ and Dick M. Healthy diets ASAP – Australian Standardised Affordability and Pricing methods protocol. Nutrition Journal 2018;17:88. doi: org/10.1186/s12937-018-0396-0

Gupta, P., Mohan, S., Johnson, C., Garg, V., Thout, S.R., Shivashankar, R., Krishnan, A., Neal, B., & Prabhakaran, D. (2018). Stakeholders’ perceptions regarding a salt reduction strategy for India: Findings from qualitative research. PLOS. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201707

Mahesh R, Vandevijvere S, Dominick C, Swinburn B. (2018). Relative contributions of recommended food environment policies to improving population nutrition: Results from a Delphi with international food policy experts. Public Health Nutrition; 21(11):2142-2148. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980018001076

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018, Food-Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI): Benchmarking Current Policies and Determining Priorities for Future Policies for the Malaysian Government 2016-2017, UKM Cetak: Bangi, Selangor.

Vandevijvere S, Mackay S, D’Souza E, Swinburn B. How healthy are New Zealand food environments? A comprehensive assessment 2014-2017. The University of Auckland. Auckland, New Zealand. Full report.

Vandevijvere, S., Molloy, J., de Medeiros, N.H. & Swinburn, B. Unhealthy food marketing around New Zealand schools: a national study. International Journal of Public Health, 63, 1099–1107. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-018-1158-7

Mackay S, Vandevijvere S, Lee A. Ten-year trends in the price differential between healthier and less healthy foods in New Zealand. Nutr Diet. 2018; DOI: 10.1111/1747-0080.12457

Mackay S, Buch T, Vandevijvere S, Xie P, Goodwin R, Korohina E, Funaki-Tahifote M, Lee A, Swinburn B. Cost and affordability of diets modelled on current eating patterns and on dietary guidelines, for New Zealand total population, Māori and Pacific Households. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018;15(6):1255.

Vandevijvere S, Aitken C, Swinburn B. Volume, nature and potential impact of advertisements on Facebook and YouTube by food brands popular in New Zealand. N Z Med J. 2018; Apr 13;131(1473):14-24.

Vandevijvere S, Kasture A, Mackay S, Swinburn B. Food company policies for healthier food environments. Company assessments and recommendations using the Business Impact Assessment on obesity and population nutrition (BIA-Obesity) tool. New Zealand 2017. 2018. The University of Auckland, Auckland.

Vandevijvere S, Young N, Mackay S, Swinburn B, Gahegan M. Modelling the cost differential between healthy and current diets: the New Zealand case study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2018; 15:16; DOI.org/10.1186/s12966-018-0648-6

Vandevijvere S, Mackay S, Swinburn B. Measuring and stimulating progress on implementing widely recommended food environment policies: the New Zealand case study. Health Research Policy and Systems 2018; 16 (3); DOI.org/10.1186/s12961-018-0278-0.

Vandevijvere S, Waterlander W, Molloy J, Nattrass H, Swinburn B. Towards healthier supermarkets: a national study of in-store food availability, prominence and promotions in New Zealand. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 01/2018; DOI.org/10.1038/s41430-017-0078-6.

R.Kanter, L. Vanderlee, S. Vandevijvere. (2018). Front-of-package nutrition labelling policy: global progress and future directions. Public health Nutrition, 21(8), 1399-1408. DOI.org/10.1017/S1368980018000010

S.Pongutta, P. Chongwatpol, P, Tantayapirak & S. Vandevijvere. (2018). Declaration of nutrition information on and nutritional quality of Thai ready-to eat packaged food products. Public health Nutrition, 21(8), 1409-1417. DOI.org/10.1017/S1368980017003792

Jaichuen, N., Vandevijvere, S., Kelly, B., Vongmongkol, V., Phulkerd, S., & Tangcharoensathien, V. (2018). Unhealthy food and non-alcoholic beverage advertising on children’s, youth and family free-to-air and digital television programmes in Thailand. BMC Public Health. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5675-3

Kanter, R., Reyes, M., Swinburn, B., Vandevijvere, S. & Corvalan, C. (2018). The Food Supply Prior to the Implementation of the Chilean Law of Food Labeling and Advertising. Nutrients, 11(1), 52. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11010052

Allemandi L, Castronuovo L, Tiscornia M V, Ponce M, Schoj V. Food advertising on Argentinean television: are ultra-processed foods in the lead? Public Health Nutrition. 2017; 1-9. DOI:10.1017/S1368980017001446

Cauchi D, Reiff S, Knai C, Gauci C, Spiteri J. Television food advertising to children in Malta. Health Promotion International. 2017;32(3):419-429. DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dav105

Cauchi D, Pliakas T, Knai C. Food environments in Malta: associations with store size and area-level deprivation. Food Policy. 2017; (71): 39-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.07.004

Kanter R, Reyes M, Corvalán C. Photographic methods for measuring packaged food and beverage products in supermarkets. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3945/cdn.117.001016

Labonté, M., T. Poon, C. Mulligan, J.T. Bernstein, B. Franco-Arellano, and M.R. L’Abbé. Comparison of global nutrient profiling systems for restricting the commercial marketing of foods and beverages of low nutritional quality to children in Canada. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2017; 106(6).1471-1481. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.117.161356.

Mackay S, Vandevijvere S, Xie P, Lee A, Swinburn S. Paying for convenience: comparing the cost of takeaway meals with their healthier home-cooked counterparts in NZ. Public Health Nutrition. 2017; June 1-8; https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980017000805

Mediano Stoltze F, Barker JO, Kanter R, Corvalán C, Reyes M, Taillie LS, Dillman Carpentier FR. Prevalence of child-directed and general audience marketing strategies on the front of beverage packaging: the case of Chile. Public Health Nutr. 2017:1-11. doi: 10.1017/S1368980017002671.

Mialon M, Mialon J. Corporate political activity of the dairy industry in France: an analysis of publicly available information. Public Health Nutrition. 2017; (13):2432-2439 doi:1017/S1368980017001197

Naidoo N, van Dam RM, Ng S, Tan CS, Chen S, Lim JY, Chan MF, Chew L, Rebello SA. Determinants of eating at local and western fast-food venues in an urban Asian population: a mixed methods approach. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2017 May 25;14(1):69. doi: 10.1186/s12966-017-0515-x. PMID: 28545458; PMCID: PMC5445485.

Nieto C, Rincon-Gallardo Patino S, Tolentino-Mayo L, Carriedo A, Barquera S. Characterization of breakfast cereals available in the Mexican market: Sodium and sugar content. Nutrients. 2017; 16;9(8). pii: E884.; doi: 10.3390/nu9080884

Phulkerd S, Vandevijvere S, Lawrence M, Tangcharoensathien V, Sacks G. Level of implementation of best practice policies for creating healthy food environments: assessment by state and non-state actors in Thailand. Public Health Nutrition. 2017; 20(3):381-390. DOI:10.1017/S1368980016002391

Phulkerd S, Tangcharoensathien V. Policy Brief. Assessing Thai Government’s performance in tackling obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs): Level of implementation of food environment policy & major recommendations. August 2017

Phulkerd S, Sacks G, Vandevijvere S, Worsley A, Lawrence M. Barriers and potential facilitators to the implementation of government policies on front-of-pack food labeling and restriction of unhealthy food advertising in Thailand. Food Policy. 2017; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.07.014

Ravuvu A, Friel S, Thow A M, Snowdon W, Wate J. Monitoring the impact of trade agreements on national food environments: trade imports and population nutrition risks in Fiji. Globalization and Health. 2017; 13(1) 33. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-017-0257-1

Ravuvu A, Friel S, Thow A M, Snowdon W, Wate J. Protocol to monitor trade agreement food-related aspects: the Fiji case study. Health Promotion International. 2017; dax020. https://doi-org.ezproxy.auckland.ac.nz/10.1093/heapro/dax020

Sushil Z, Vandevijvere S, Exeter D, Swinburn B. Food swamps by area socioeconomic deprivation in New Zealand: A national study. International Journal of Public Health. 2017;62(8):869-877. DOI:10.1007/s00038-017-0983-4

Tiscornia MV, Heredia-Blonval K, Allemandi L, Blanco-Metzler A, Ponce M, Montero-Campos MA, Castronuvo L, Schoj V. Sugar content in non-alcoholic beverages marketed in Argentina and Costa Rica. Revista Argent Salud Pública. 2017; 8(30): 20-25.

Vandevijvere S, Mackay S, Swinburn B. Benchmarking Food Environments 2017: Progress by the New Zealand Government on implementing recommended food environment policies and priority recommendations. Report number: ISBN 978-0-473-40555-7, Affiliation: The University of Auckland, DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.33039.28323

Vandevijvere S, Soupen A, Swinburn B. Unhealthy food advertising directed to children on New Zealand television: extent, nature, impact and policy implications. Public Health Nutrition. 2017; 05, DOI:10.1017/S1368980017000775

Vandevijvere S, Mackenzie T, Ni Mhurchu C: Indicators of the relative availability of healthy versus unhealthy foods in supermarkets: A validation study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2017; 14(1):53; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0512-0

Vandevijvere S, Sagar K, Kelly B, Swinburn B. Unhealthy food marketing to New Zealand children and adolescents through the internet. The New Zealand Medical Journal. 2017; 130(1450):32-43. DOI: 10.1186/s12966-017-0570-3

Vanderlee L, Goorang S, Karbasy K, Schermel A, L’Abbe M. Creating healthier food environments in Canada: Current policies and priority actions – Summary report. Toronto; University of Toronto, 2017. Available at: www.labbelab.utoronto.ca/Food-EPI-Canada-2017

Al-Ani H H, Devi A, Eyles H, Swinburn B, Vandevijvere S. Nutrition and health claims on healthy and less-healthy packaged food products in New Zealand. British Journal of Nutrition. 2016. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114516002981
Kraak VI, Vandevijvere S, Sacks G, Brinsden H, Hawkes C, Barquera S, Lobstein T, Swinburn BA: Progress achieved in restricting the marketing of high-fat, sugary and salty food and beverage products to children. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. 04/2016; 94(7), 540-548. Article link
Lee A, Kane S, Ramsey R, Good E, Dick M. Testing the price and affordability of healthy and current (unhealthy) diets and the potential impacts of policy change in Australia. BMC Public Health. 2016; 16(315). doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2996-y
Martínez Steele E, Baraldi LG, Louzada M L da C, Moubarac JC, Mozaffarian D, Monteiro CA. Ultra-processed foods and added sugars in the US diet: Evidence from a nationally representative cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2016; 6:e009892. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009892
Mialon M, Swinburn B, Sacks G. A proposed approach to systematically identify and monitor the corporate activity of the food industry with respect to public health using publicly available information. Obes Rev. 2015; 16(7): 519-530. doi: 10.1111/obr.12289
Mialon M, Swinburn B, Wate J, Tukana I, Sacks G. Analysis of the corporate political activity of major food industry actors in Fiji. Glob Health. 2016;12(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s12992-016-0158-8
Mialon M, Swinburn B, Allenders S, Sacks G. Systematic examination of publicly-available information reveals the diverse and extensive corporate political activity of the food industry in Australia. BMC Pub Health. 2016; 16(1):283. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2955-7
Ni Mhurchu C, Mckenzie T, Vandevijvere S: Protecting New Zealand children from exposure to the marketing of unhealthy foods and drinks: a comparison of three nutrient profiling systems to classify foods. The New Zealand Medical Journal. 09/2016; 129(1441), 41-53. Article link
Phulkerd S, Lawrence M, Vandevijvere S, Sacks G, Worsley A, Tangcharoensathien V. A review of methods and tools to assess the implementation of government policies to create healthy food environments for preventing obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases. Implementation Science. 2016; 11(1): 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s13012-016-0379-5
Rincón-Gallardo Patiño S, Tolentino-Mayo L, Alejandro Flores Monterrubio E, Harris J L, Vandevijvere S, Rivera J A, Barquera S. Nutritional quality of foods and non-alcoholic beverages advertised on Mexican television according to three nutrient profile models. BMC Public Health. 2016; 16:733. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3298-0
Sacks G, Vandevijvere S: Poor nutrition-related policies and practices of global food companies under the spotlight. Public Health Nutrition. 03/2016; 19(6), 955-957. doi: 10.1017/S1368980016000549
Vandevijvere S, Sushil Z, Exeter DJ, Swinburn B. Obesogenic Retail Food Environments Around New Zealand Schools: A National Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2016; doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.03.013

Cameron AJ, Sayers SJ, Sacks G, Thornton LE. Do the foods advertised in Australian supermarket catalogues reflect national dietary guidelines? Health Promotion International. 2015; 1-9. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dav089
Canella DS, Levy RB, Borletto Martins AP, Claro RM, Moubarac JC, Baraldi LG, Cannon G, Monteiro CA. Ultra-Processed Food Products and Obesity in Brazilian Households (2008–2009). PLOS One. 2014; 9(3): e92752. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092752
Charlton EL, Kähkönen LA, Sacks G, Cameron AJ. Supermarkets and unhealthy food marketing: An international comparison of the content of supermarket catalogues/circulars. Preventive Medicine. 2015; 81: 167-173. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.08.023
da Costa Louzada ML, Baraldi LG, Steele EM, Borletto Martins AP, Canella DS, Moubarac JC, Levy RB, Cannon G, Afshin A, Imamura F, Mozaffarian D, Monteiro CA. Consumption of ultra-processed foods and obesity in Brazilian adolescents and adults. Preventive Medicine. 2015; 81: 9-15. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.07.018
da Costa Louzada ML, Borletto Martins AP, Canella DS, Baraldi LG, Levy RB, Claro RM, Moubarac JC, Cannon G, Monteiro CA. Ultra-processed foods and the nutritional dietary profile in Brazil. Rev Saúde Pública. 2015; 49: 38. doi: 0.1590/S0034-8910.2015049006132
Crino M, Sacks G, Vandevijvere S, Swinburn B, Neal B. The Influence on Population Weight Gain and Obesity of the Macronutrient Composition and Energy Density of the Food Supply. Current Obesity Reports. 2015; 4(1):1-10, doi: 10.1007/s13679-014-0134-7
Kelly B, Vandevijvere S, Freeman B, Jenkin G. New media but same old tricks: Food Marketing to children in the digital age. Current Obesity Reports. 2015; 4(1): 37-45, doi: 10.1007/s13679-014-0128-5
Mahesh, R. Food Policy Evidence Reviews. Reviews extracted from unpublished Masters thesis: ‘The Relative Contributions of Food Policies to Improving Population Nutrition – Weighting System For The INFORMAS Food-EPI Tool: A Delphi Study’. Masters of Public Health, The University of Auckland, 2015.
Mialon M, Swinburn B, Sacks G. A proposed approach to systematically identify and monitor the corporate political activity of the food industry with respect to public health using publicly available information. Obesity Reviews. 2015; 16(7): 519-530, doi: 10.1111/obr.12289
Moubarac JC. Ultra-processed products in Latin America: Trends, impact on obesity, policy implications. Report to the Pan American Health Organization. Washington DC: PAHO. Link to publication.
Ng SH, Kelly B, Se CH, Sahathevan S, Chinna K, Ismail MN, Karupaiah, T. Reading the mind of children in response to food advertising: A cross-sectional study of Malaysian schoolchildren’s attitudes towards food and beverages advertising on television. BMC Public Health. 2015; 15: 1047. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2392-z
Sacks G, Mialon M, Vandevijvere S, Trevena H, Snowdon W, Crino M, Swinburn B. Comparison of food industry policies and commitments on marketing to children and product (re)formulation in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. Critical Public Health. 2015; 25(3): 299-319, doi: 10.1080/09581596.2014.946888
Swinburn B, Kraak V, Rutter H, Vandevijvere S, Lobstein T, Sacks G, Gomes F, Marsh T, Magnusson R. Strengthening of accountability systems to create healthy food environments and reduce global obesity. The Lancet. 2015; 385(9986): 2534–2545, doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61747-5
Vandevijvere S, Swinburn B. Pilot test of the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) to increase government actions for creating healthy food environments. BMJ Open. 2015; 5(1): e006194. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006194
Vandevijvere S, Chow CC, Hall KD, Umali E, Swinburn B. Increased food energy supply as a major driver of the obesity epidemic: A global analysis. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2015; 93(7): 446-456, doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.150565
Vandevijvere C, Dominick C, Anandita Devi, Swinburn B. The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index: Findings of an expert panel in New Zealand. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2015; 93(5): 294-302, doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.145540
Vandevijvere S, Swinburn B. Time to move beyond industry self-regulation of food marketing in New Zealand. NZMJ.2015; 128(1423):93-94. Article link

A supplement outlining the strategy for each of the INFORMAS modules has been published online (open access). The series of 12 papers and 2 commentaries gives an informative overview of the project aims, goals and action plans.

INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases, Research, Monitoring and Action Support): rationale, framework and approach. The International Association for the Study of Obesity and Wiley have published the supplement without any financial support.

October 2013, Volume 14, Issue Supplement S1, Pages 1–164

All of the articles can be viewed here

INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): overview and key principles (pages 1–12) B. Swinburn, G. Sacks, S. Vandevijvere, S. Kumanyika, T. Lobstein, B. Neal, S. Barquera, S. Friel, C. Hawkes, B. Kelly, M. L’Abbé, A. Lee, J. Ma, J. Macmullan, S. Mohan, C. Monteiro, M. Rayner, D. Sanders, W. Snowdon, C. Walker and INFORMAS
Monitoring policy and actions on food environments: rationale and outline of the INFORMAS policy engagement and communication strategies (pages 13–23) H. Brinsden, T. Lobstein, J. Landon, V. Kraak, G. Sacks, S. Kumanyika, B. Swinburn, S. Barquera, S. Friel, C. Hawkes, B. Kelly, M. L’Abbé, A. Lee, J. Ma, J. Macmullen, S. Mohan, C. Monteiro, B. Neal, M. Rayner, D. Sanders, W. Snowdon, S. Vandevijvere, C. Walker and INFORMAS
Monitoring and benchmarking government policies and actions to improve the healthiness of food environments: a proposed Government Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (pages 24–37) B. Swinburn, S. Vandevijvere, V. Kraak, G. Sacks, W. Snowdon, C. Hawkes, S. Barquera, S. Friel, B. Kelly, S. Kumanyika, M. L’Abbé, A. Lee, T. Lobstein, J. Ma, J. Macmullan, S. Mohan, C. Monteiro, B. Neal, M. Rayner, D. Sanders, C. Walker and INFORMAS
A proposed approach to monitor private-sector policies and practices related to food environments, obesity and non-communicable disease prevention (pages 38–48) G. Sacks, B. Swinburn, V. Kraak, S. Downs, C. Walker, S. Barquera, S. Friel, C. Hawkes, B. Kelly, S. Kumanyika, M. L’Abbé, A. Lee, T. Lobstein, J. Ma, J. Macmullan, S. Mohan, C. Monteiro, B. Neal, M. Rayner, D. Sanders, W. Snowdon, S. Vandevijvere and INFORMAS
Monitoring the levels of important nutrients in the food supply (pages 49–58) B. Neal, G. Sacks, B. Swinburn, S. Vandevijvere, E. Dunford, W. Snowdon, J. Webster, S. Barquera, S. Friel, C. Hawkes, B. Kelly, S. Kumanyika, M. L’Abbé, A. Lee, T. Lobstein, J. Ma, J. Macmullan, S. Mohan, C. Monteiro, M. Rayner, D. Sanders, C. Walker and INFORMAS
Monitoring food and non-alcoholic beverage promotions to children (pages 59–69) B. Kelly, L. King, L. Baur, M. Rayner, T. Lobstein, C. Monteiro, J. Macmullan, S. Mohan, S. Barquera, S. Friel, C. Hawkes, S. Kumanyika, M. L’Abbé, A. Lee, J. Ma, B. Neal, G. Sacks, D. Sanders, W. Snowdon, B. Swinburn, S. Vandevijvere, C. Walker and INFORMAS
Monitoring the health-related labelling of foods and non-alcoholic beverages in retail settings (pages 70–81) M. Rayner, A. Wood, M. Lawrence, C. N. Mhurchu, J. Albert, S. Barquera, S. Friel, C. Hawkes, B. Kelly, S. Kumanyika, M. L’Abbé, A. Lee, T. Lobstein, J. Ma, J. Macmullan, S. Mohan, C. Monteiro, B. Neal, G. Sacks, D. Sanders, W. Snowdon, B. Swinburn, S. Vandevijvere, C. Walker and INFORMAS
Monitoring the price and affordability of foods and diets globally (pages 82–95) A. Lee, C. N. Mhurchu, G. Sacks, B. Swinburn, W. Snowdon, S. Vandevijvere, C. Hawkes, M. L’Abbé, M. Rayner, D. Sanders, S. Barquera, S. Friel, B. Kelly, S. Kumanyika, T. Lobstein, J. Ma, J. Macmullan, S. Mohan, C. Monteiro, B. Neal, C. Walker and INFORMAS
Monitoring foods and beverages provided and sold in public sector settings (pages 96–107) M. L’Abbé, A. Schermel, L. Minaker, B. Kelly, A. Lee, S. Vandevijvere, P. Twohig, S. Barquera, S. Friel, C. Hawkes, S. Kumanyika, T. Lobstein, J. Ma, J. Macmullan, S. Mohan, C. Monteiro, B. Neal, M. Rayner, G. Sacks, D. Sanders, W. Snowdon, B. Swinburn, C. Walker and INFORMAS
Monitoring the availability of healthy and unhealthy foods and non-alcoholic beverages in community and consumer retail food environments globally (pages 108–119) C. Ni Mhurchu, S. Vandevijvere, W. Waterlander, L. E. Thornton, B. Kelly, A. J. Cameron, W. Snowdon, B. Swinburn and INFORMAS
Monitoring the impacts of trade agreements on food environments (pages 120–134) S. Friel, L. Hattersley, W. Snowdon, A.-M. Thow, T. Lobstein, D. Sanders, S. Barquera, S. Mohan, C. Hawkes, B. Kelly, S. Kumanyika, M. L’Abbe, A. Lee, J. Ma, J. Macmullan, C. Monteiro, B. Neal, M. Rayner, G. Sacks, B. Swinburn, S. Vandevijvere, C. Walker and INFORMAS
Monitoring and benchmarking population diet quality globally: a step-wise approach (pages 135–149) S. Vandevijvere, C. Monteiro, S. M. Krebs-Smith, A. Lee, B. Swinburn, B. Kelly, B. Neal, W. Snowdon, G. Sacks and INFORMAS
INFORMAS and advocacy for public health nutrition and obesity prevention (pages 150–156) T. Lobstein, H. Brinsden, J. Landon, V. Kraak, A. Musicus and J. Macmullan
INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): summary and future directions (pages 157–164) S. Kumanyika

Devi A, Eyles H, Rayner M, Ni Mhurchu C, Swinburn B, Lonsdale-Cooper E, Vandevijvere S. Nutritional quality, labelling and promotion of breakfast cereals on the New Zealand market. Appetite. 2014; 81(1): 253-260, doi:10.1016/j.appet.2014.06.019
Ng H, Kelly B, Hee SC, Chinna K, Jamil SM, Shanthi K, Noor IM, Karupaiah T. Obesogenic television food advertising to children in Malaysia: Sociocultural variations. Journal of Global Health Action. 2014, 7: 25169, doi: 10.3402/gha.v7.25169
No E, Kelly B, Devi A, Swinburn B, Vandevijvere S. Food references and marketing in popular magazines for children and adolescents in New Zealand. A content analysis. Appetite. 2014; 83: 75-81, doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.08.013
Swinburn, B, Dominick, CH, Vandevijvere, S. Benchmarking food environments: Experts’ Assessments of policy gaps and priorities for the New Zealand Government. Auckland: University of Auckland, 2014. ISBN 978-0-473-29309-3 (Online), ISBN 978-0-473-29283-6 (Print). Report available here
Vandevijvere S, Swinburn B. Creating healthy food environments through global benchmarking of government nutrition policies and food industry practices. Archives of Public Health. 2014: 72:7. doi:10.1186/2049-3258-72-7
Vandevijvere S, Swinburn B. Reducing childhood overweight and obesity in New Zealand through setting a clear and achievable target. NZMJ. 2014; 127(1406): 10-15. ISSN 1175-8716.
Vandevijvere S, D’Souza E, Swinburn B. The potential of citizen engagement and empowerment for obesity prevention in New Zealand. NZMJ. 2014; 127(1406): 98-100. ISSN 1175-8716.
Vandevijvere S, Swinburn B. Towards global benchmarking of food environments and policies to reduce obesity and diet-related non-conmmunicable diseases: design and methods for nation-wide surveys. BMJ Open. 2014; 4(5): e005339. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005339

Publications by Country

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Lee, A. J., Patay, D., Summons, S., Lewis, M., Herron, L.-M., Nona, F., Canuto, C., Ferguson, M., Twist, A. (2022) “Cost and affordability of healthy, equitable and more sustainable diets in the Torres Strait Islands.” ANZJPH. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13225

Lewis, M. and Lee, A. J. (2020) “Affording health during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic downturn.” Aust N Z J Public Health 44 (6), 519-520 DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.13045.

Sacks, G., Robinson. E., Vandevijvere, S., Cameron, A.J., Ni Mhurchu, C., Lee, A., … Swinburn, B. (2019). BIA‐Obesity (Business Impact Assessment—Obesity and population‐level nutrition): A tool and process to assess food company policies and commitments related to obesity prevention and population nutrition at the national level. Obesity Reviews, 1-12. doi.org/10.1111/obr.12878

Lee A, Affordability of fruit and vegetables and dietary quality worldwide-Commentary, The Lancet Global Health, Invited contribution, Published Online, August 23, 2016http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30206-6, 4: October 2016

Lewis M and Lee A, Costing ‘healthy’ food baskets in Australia – A systematic review of food price and affordability monitoring tools, protocols and methods, Public Health Nutrition 19: (16) 2872-2886, published online November 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980016002160

Lee AJ, Kane S, Ramsey R, Good E, Dick M Testing the price and affordability of healthy and current (unhealthy) diets and the potential impacts of policy change in Australia, BMC Public Health 2016, 16:315 doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2996-y

Reports

Policies for tackling obesity and creating healthier food environments 2019 progress update Australian governments March 2019. https://www.foodpolicyindex.org.au/

Inside our Supermarkets Australia 2018: Assessment of company policies and commitments related to obesity prevention and nutrition.https://www.insideourfoodcompanies.com.au

Inside our Food and Beverage Manufacturers Australia 2018: Assessment of company policies and commitments related to obesity prevention and nutrition.https://www.insideourfoodcompanies.com.au/

Inside our Quick Service Restaurants Australia 2018: Assessment of company policies and commitments related to obesity prevention and nutrition.https://www.insideourfoodcompanies.com.au/

Policies for tackling obesity and creating healthier food environments Scorecard and priority recommendations for Australian governments. 2017 Food policy Index. https://www.insideourfoodcompanies.com.au/

A healthy diet is cheaper than junk food but a good diet is still too expensive for some. The Conversation, May 25, 2016 https://theconversation.com/a-healthy-diet-is-cheaper-than-junk-food-but-a-good-diet-is-still-too-expensive-for-some-57873

Are healthy diets really more expensive. TAPPC Findings brief https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=11&ved=2ahUKEwihuLKBrNHhAhVSJHIKHc9UDucQFjAKegQIAhAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreventioncentre.org.au%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F03%2F1702_FB_LEE_4p_final_lr.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1KJYb0r03csIF8FCY6VCyI

Healthy Diets ASAP (Australian Standardised Affordability and Pricing) survey, Canberra: The price, price differential and affordability of current (unhealthy) and healthy diets and potential impacts of policy change; Final report to ACT Health, 20 May 2016 (Lee A, Kane S, Lewis M)

Healthy Diets ASAP (Australian Standardised Affordability and Pricing) survey, Sydney: The price, price differential and affordability of current (unhealthy) and healthy diets and potential impacts of policy change; Final report to NSW Department of Health, 20 May 2016 (Lee A, Kane S, Lewis M)

Presentations

Lee A, Kane S and Lewis M, Are heathy diets really more expensive?, International congress of Obesity, World Obesity, Vancouver, Canada, 1-4 May 2016 (poster presentation).

Lee A, Measuring the price of healthy and current diets, International Conference on Diet and Activity Methods, Brisbane September 2015.

Lee A, Monitoring and benchmarking food price and affordability internationally; Third INFORMAS meeting, QUT Brisbane, September 2016.

Lee A, Food Prices Symposium, ISBNPA Conference, Edinburgh June 2015 (co-convenor).

Lee A, Measuring the cost of healthy diets, Food Prices Methods Symposium, ISBNPA Conference, Edinburgh June 2015.

Lee A, Nutrition policy and the price of healthy food, Research Collaboration meeting, Australian China Centre for Public Health, Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China, 10-12 May 2015.

Workshop

National Healthy Diets ASAP Forum, sought and achieved agreement on final methods for nationally standardised food price and affordability surveys. Brisbane, Australia 10 March 2016.

Arcand J, Jefferson K, Schermel A, Shah F, Trang S, Kutlesa D, Lou W, L’Abbe MR. 2016. Examination of food industry progress in reducing the sodium content of packaged foods in Canada: 2010 to 2013. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2016 Jun;41(6):684-90. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2015-0617. Epub 2016 Apr 26. PMID: 27113326

Bernstein JT, Schermel A, Mills CM, L’Abbé MR. 2016. Total and free sugar content of Canadian prepackaged foods and beverages. Nutrients. 2016;8(9): E582. DOI: 10.3390/nu8090582

Semnani-Azad Z, Scourboutakos MJ, L’Abbé MR. 2016. Kids’ Meals from Chain Restaurants: Exceedingly High in Calories, Fats, and Sodium. BMC Nutrition 2016: 2:16 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-016-0056-8

Schermel A, Wong CL, L’Abbé MR. 2016. Are Foods with Fat-Related Claims Useful for Weight Management? Appetite 2016;96:154-159. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.09.003

Emrich TE, Qi Y, Cohen JE, Lou WY, L’Abbe MR. 2015. Front-of-pack symbols are not a reliable indicator of products with healthier nutrient profiles. Appetite 2015; 84(1): 148-153. (featured on www.foodnavigator.com)

Scourboutakos MJ, Semnani-Azad Z, L’Abbe MR. 2015. Added Sugars in Kids’ Meals from Chain Restaurants. Prevent Med Rep EPub Available Online 1 Dec 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2014.11.003

Arcand J, Scourboutakos MJ, Au JT, L’Abbe MR. 2014 Trends in trans fatty acids in the Canadian food supply: an updated analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014;100(4):1116-23. Epub 2014 Aug 6. DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.088732

Arcand J, Au JTC, Schermel A, L’Abbe MR. 2014. A comprehensive analysis of sodium levels in the Canadian packaged food supply. Am J Prev Med 2014;46(6):633–642. DOI:10.1016/j.amepre.2014.01.012

Scourboutakos MJ, L’Abbe MR. 2014. Changes in sodium levels in chain restaurant foods in Canada (2010-2013): a longitudinal study. Can Med Assoc J Open 2014 Oct 1;2(4):E343-51. DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.088732 PMID: 25553327

Scourboutakos MJ, Semnani-Azad Z, L’Abbe MR. 2013. Restaurant Meals: Almost a Full Day’s Worth of Calories, Fats, and Sodium. JAMA Intern Med. 2013; 173(14):1373-4. DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6159

Scourboutakos MJ, L’Abbé MR. 2013. Sodium Levels in Canadian Fast-food and Sit-down Restaurants. Can J Public Health 2013; 104(1):e2-e8. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/cjph.104.3683

Schermel A, Emrich TE, Arcand J, Wong CL, L’Abbé MR. 2013. Nutrition marketing on processed food packages in Canada: 2010 Food Label Information Program. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2013; 38(6):666-72. DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2012-0386

Scourboutakos MJ, L’Abbé MR. 2012. Restaurant menus: calories, caloric density, and serving size. Am J Prevent Med. 43(3):249-255, DOI:10.1016/j.amepre.2012.05.018

Franco-Arellano B, Bernstein JT, Norsen S, Schermel A and L’Abbé MR (2017). “Assessing nutrition and other claims on food labels: A repeated cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian food supply”. BMC Nutrition. 3(74) https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-017-0192-9

L’Abbé M, Schermel A, Minaker L, Kelly B, Lee A, Vandevijvere S, Twohig P, Barquera S, Friel S, Hawkes C, Kumanyika S, Lobstein T, Ma J, Macmullan, J, Mohan S, Monteiro C, Neal B, Rayner M, Sacks G, Sanders D, Snowdon W, Swinburn B, Walker C. Monitoring foods and beverages provided and sold in public sector settings, Obesity Reviews, 2013; 14(S1), 96-107, DOI: 10.1111/obr.12079

Arcand J, L’Abbe M, Newton G. 2013. Hospital Salt — Reply. Response to Morton Satin’s (Salt Institute) letter regarding study “Evaluation of sodium levels in hospital patient menus”, JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Mar 11;173(5):391-2. DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2545

Arcand J,Steckham, K, Tzianetas R, L’Abbé MR, Newton GE. Evaluation of sodium levels in hospital patient menus. Arch Intern Med. 2012; 172 (16) 1261-62, doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2368

Giacobone, G., Tiscornia, M.V., Guarnieri, L.,Castronuovo, L., Mackay, S., Allemandi, L.. Measuring cost and affordability of current vs. healthy diets in Argentina: an application of linear programming and the INFORMAS protocol. BMC Public Health 21, 891 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10914-6

Allemandi, L., Castronuovo, L., Tiscornia, M. V., Ponce, M., & Schoj, V. (2017). Food advertising on Argentinean television: are ultra-processed foods in the lead?. Public Health Nutrition, 1-9, DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017001446 Tiscornia MV, Heredia-Blonval K, Allemandi L,

Blanco-Metzler A, Ponce M, Montero-Campos MA, CastronuovoL, Schoj V. Sugar Content in Non-Alcoholic Beverages Marketed in Argentina and Costa Rica. Revista Argent Salud Pública, 2017; 8 (30): 20-25.

Castronuovo, L., Gutkowski, P., Tiscornia, V., & Allemandi, L. (2016). Las madres y la publicidad de alimentos dirigida a niños y niñas: percepciones y experiencias. Salud Colectiva, 12(4).

Allemandi, L., Tiscornia, M. V., Ponce, M., Castronuovo, L., Dunford, E., & Schoj, V. (2015). Sodium content in processed foods in Argentina: compliance with the national law. Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy, 5(3), 197, DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2015.04.01

Allemandi, L., Garipe, L., Schoj, V., Pizarro, M., & Tambussi, A. (2013). Análisis del contenido de sodio y grasas trans de los alimentos industrializados en Argentina. argent. salud publica, 4(15), 14-19.

Castronuovo, L., Allemandi, L., Tiscornia, V., & Schoj, V. (2013). Sodium Reduction Policies In Argentina: An Analysis Of The “less Salt More Life” Initiative. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 63, 927.

The Food Monitoring Group. (2013). Progress with a global branded food composition database. Food chemistry, 140(3), 451-457. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.10.065

Dunford, E., Webster, J., Metzler, A. B., Czernichow, S., Mhurchu, C. N., Wolmarans, P., … & Barquera, S. (2012). International collaborative project to compare and monitor the nutritional composition of processed foods. European journal of preventive cardiology, 19(6), 1326-1332. DOI: 10.1177/1741826711425777

Huang, L., Li, N., Barzi, F., Ma, G., Trevena, H., Dunford, E., . . . Neal, B. (2015). A systematic review of the prevalence of nutrition labels and completeness of nutrient declarations on pre-packaged foods in China. J Public Health (Oxf), 37(4), 649-658, DOI:10.1093/pubmed/fdu091

Huang, L., Neal, B., Dunford, E., Ma, G., Wu, J. H., Crino, M., & Trevena, H. (2016). Completeness of nutrient declarations and the average nutritional composition of pre-packaged foods in Beijing, China. Prev Med Rep, 4, 397-403, DOI:10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.08.002

Publications and conference presentations (with INFORMAS protocols)

Gamboa T, Blanco-Metzler A, Vandevijvere S, Ramirez-Zea, Kroker-Lobos MF. Claims and promotional strategies declared on front-of-pack processed and ultra-processed products related with children and adolescents’ obesity in Costa Rica. Poster presentation American Society of Nutrition, Experimental Biology, Chicago, April 2017.

Publications and conference presentations (without INFORMAS protocols)

Tiscornia MV, Heredia-Blonval K, Allemandi L, Blanco-Metzler A, Ponce M, Montero-Campos MA, Castronuvo L, Schoj V. Sugar Content in Non-Alcoholic Beverages Marketed in Argentina and Costa Rica. Revista Argent Salud Pública, 2017; 8 (30): 20-25.

Blanco A; Montero MA; Heredia K; Cubillo N; Benavides K; Alfaro V; Núñez, H; Legetic, B; L’Abbe, M. Experiences in Costa Rica implementing a comprehensive program for salt reduction. In: II World Nutrition Conference. Cape Town, South Africa. August 30-September 2, 2016.

Blanco-Metzler A, Montero-Campos MA; Heredia-Blonval K; Legetic B; Grajeada R; L’Abbe M. Progresses and plans of the Program to Reduce Salt/ Sodium Intake in the Population of Costa Rica. In: II World Nutrition Conference. Cape Town, South Africa. August 30-September 2, 2016.

Montero- Campos M, Blanco-Metzler A, Chan-Chan V. 2015 Sodium in breads and snacks of high consumption in Costa Rica. Basal content and verification of nutritional labeling. Rev Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición (ALAN) 65(1): 36-43.

Report presented to Ministry of Health and Advisers of Costa Rica on “Analysis of the situation of the supply and acquisition of non-alcoholic sweetened beverages in households in Costa Rica”. Tres Ríos, Costa Rica. February 15, 2015. (Adriana Blanco Katrina Heredia, and María de los Ángeles Montero).

Report presented to Ministry of Health and Advisers of Costa Rica on “Situation of nutrition labeling in Costa Rica”. Tres Ríos, Costa Rica. November 12, 2014. (Adriana Blanco, Katrina Heredia, Adrián Fatjó and MA Montero).

Blanco-Metzler A, de Pablo S, Samman N, Salazar de Ariza J, Masson L, de Núñez L y Wenzel de Menezes, E. LATINFOODS activities and challenges during the period of 2009-2012. Revista Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición Volumen 64, No 3, 2014.

Heredia-Blonval K, Blanco-Metzler A, Montero-Campos M, Dunford E. The salt content of products from popular fast-food chains in Costa Rica. 2014 Appetite 83: 173-177.

Blanco-Metzler A, Heredia-Blonval K, Dunford E, Montero-Campos MA. Adaptation of smartphone technology to collect and examine the nutritional composition of processed foods in Costa Rica. 10th International Food Data Conference, Granada, Spain. September 2013.

Blanco-Metzler A by The Food Monitoring Group. 2013. Progress with a global branded food composition database. Food Chemistry, 140 (3): 451–457.

Heredia-Blonval K, Blanco-Metzler A, Dunford E, Montero-Campos MA. Salt content in products of the most popular fast-food chains visited by families in Costa Rica. 10th International Food Data Conference, Granada, Spain. September 2013.

Montero Campos MA, Blanco-Metzler A, Chan Chan V, Heredia-Blonval K. Verification of sodium content in breads and snacks in Costa Rica. 10th International Food Data Conference, Granada, Spain. September 2013.

Blanco-Metzler A, Montero-Campos MA, Núñez-Rivas H, Gamboa-Cerda C, Sánchez G. Avances en la reducción del consumo de sal y sodio en Costa Rica. Rev Panam Salud Publica [online]. 2012, 32 (4): 316-320.http://www.scielosp.org/pdf/rpsp/v32n4/11.pdf.

Blanco-Metzler A by FAO/INFOODS. 2012. FAO/INFOODS Guidelines for Checking Food Composition Data prior to the Publication of a User Table/Database-Version 1.0. FAO, Rome Available on line: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/food_composition/documents/Guidelines_data_checking_02.pdf

Blanco-Metzler A by The Food Monitoring Group. 2012. International collaborative project to compare and track the nutritional composition of fast foods. BMC Public Health, 12:559. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/559

Jiménez J., Gómez G., Pérez A. and Blanco-Metzler A. 2012. Estimation of glycemic index of peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) cooked fruits and chips, and pitahaya (Hylocereus spp.) pulp. ALAN, 62 (3):242-248. http://www.alanrevista.org/ediciones/2012/3/?i=art6

Blanco-Metzler A, Roselló-Araya M, Núñez-Rivas HP. 2011. Situación basal de la información nutricional declarada en las etiquetas de los alimentos comercializados en Costa Rica. Revista Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición, 61 (1): 87-95.

Dunford E, Webster J, Blanco A, Wolmarans P, L’Abbe M, Ni Mhurchu C, Yan L, Czernichow S, MacGregor G, Van Rossum C, Westenbrink S, Snowdon S, de Núñez L, Shoj V, Hassell T, Wenzel de Menezes E, Ortiz J, Salazar de Ariza J, Barquera S, Reyes Garcia M, Neal B. Protocol for an international collaborative project to compare and monitor the nutritional composition of processed foods. 2011 Europ. J. of Cardiov. Prevention & Rehabilitation. Publicado en línea 4-10-2011, doi: 10.1177/17418267114257771.

Kanter R, Corvalán C, Reyes M . Photographic methods for measuring packaged food and beverage products in supermarkets. Curr Devel Nutr 2017;1(10): e001016. doi: 10.3945/cdn.117.001016

Watson F, Taylor A, Rayner M, Lobstein T, Hinks R. (2018). Priority actions for addressing the obesity epidemic in England. Public Health Nutr; 21(5):1002-1010. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017003500

Ravuvu, A., Friel, S., Thow, A. M., Snowdon, W., & Wate, J. (2017). Protocol to monitor trade agreement food-related aspects: the Fiji case study. Health Promotion International, dax020, DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dax020

Ravuvu, A., Friel, S., Thow, A. M., Snowdon, W., & Wate, J. (2017). Monitoring the impact of trade agreements on national food environments: trade imports and population nutrition risks in Fiji. Globalization and Health, 13(1), 33, DOI: 10.1186/s12992-017-0257-1

Mialon M, Swinburn B, Wate J, Tukana I, Sacks G. Monitoring the corporate political activity of the food industry with regard to public health in low and middle income countries: lessons from Fiji. Globalization, 2016;12(1):1, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-016-0158-8

Tolley, H., Snowdon, W., Wate, J., Durand, A. M., Vivili, P., McCool, J., … & Richards, N. (2016). Monitoring and accountability for the Pacific response to the non-communicable diseases crisis. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 958, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3614-8

Astika, R., Snowdon, W., & Drauna, M. Exposure to advertising of ‘junk food’ in Fiji. 2013. Fiji Journal of Public Health, 2(1), 36-37.

Hope, S. F., Snowdon, W., Carey, L. B., & Robinson, P. (2013). ‘Junk food’ promotion to children and adolescents in Fiji. Fiji Journal of Public Health,2(1), 27-35.

Snowdon, W., Raj, A., Reeve, E., Guerrero, R. L., Fesaitu, J., Cateine, K., & Guignet, C. (2013). Processed foods available in the Pacific Islands. Globalization and Health, 9(1), 53, DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-9-53

Laar, A., Barnes, A., Aryeetey, R., Tandoh, A., Bash, K., Mensah, K., Zotor, F., Vandevijvere, S., Holdsworth, M. (2020). Implementation of healthy food environment policies to prevent nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in Ghana: National experts’ assessment of government action. Food Policy 93, 101907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101907

Technical report

Salt content of processed foods India. http://www.georgeinstitute.org/sites/default/files/salt-content-of-processed-foods-in-india–june-16.pdf

Report on the comparative nutritional profile of 943 food And beverage products marketed by 12 large companies in India. https://www.accesstonutrition.org/sites/in16.atnindex.org/files/resources/india_product_profile_report_tgi.pdf

Publications

Karupaiah T, Ng SH, Sacks G, Kelly B, Swinburn B, Yeatman H, Robinson E, Chinna, K, Ismail MN & Vandevijvere S. Benchmarking Food Industry Commitments to Create a Healthier Food Environment: Business Impact Assessment (BIA) – Obesity Malaysia 2019 – Executive Summary. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, 2019. https://doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.12085044

Ng SH, Kelly B, Se CH, Sahathevan S, Chinna K, Ismail MN, Karupaiah, T. Reading the mind of children in response to food advertising: A cross-sectional study of Malaysian schoolchildren’s attitudes towards food and beverages advertising on television. BMC Public Health. 2015; 15: 1047. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2392-z

Ng H, Kelly B, Hee SC, Chinna K, Jamil SM, Shanthi K, Noor IM, Karupaiah T. Obesogenic television food advertising to children in Malaysia: Sociocultural variations. Journal of Global Health Action. 2014, 7: 25169, DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.25169

Cauchi D., Reiff, S., Knai, C., Gauci, C., Spiteri, J. Television food advertising to children in Malta. Health Promotion International 2017 Jun 1;32(3):419-429, DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dav105

Cauchi D., Pliakas T., Knai C. (2017). Food environments in Malta: associations with store size and area-level deprivation. Food Policy 2017 Jul (71) 39-47, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.07.004

Cauchi D., Rutter H., Knai C. An obesogenic island in the Mediterranean: mapping potential drivers of obesity in Malta. Public Health Nutrition 2015 Mar 10:1-13, DOI: 10.1017/S1368980015000476

Rincon-Gallardo Patino, S., Tolentino-Mayo, L., Flores Monterrubio, E.A., Wandevijvere, S., Rivera J.A., Barguera, S. 2016. Nutritional quality of foods and non-alcoholic beverages advertised on Mexican television according to three nutrient profile models. BMC public Health, 16(733), 1-11, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3298-0

Vandevijvere, S., Molloy, J., Hassen de Medeiros, N., Swinburn, B. (2018). Unealthy food marketing around New Zealand schools: a national study. Int J Public Health, 63(9), 1099-1107. doi: 10.1007/s00038-018-1158-7

Vandevijvere S, Mackay S, D’Souza E, Swinburn B. How healthy are New Zealand food environments? A comprehensive assessment 2014-2017. The University of Auckland. Auckland, New Zealand. Full report.

Mackay, S., Vandevijvere, S., Lee, A. (2018). Ten-year trends in the price differential between healthier and less healthy foods in New Zealand. Nutr Diet. doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12457

Mackay, S., Buch, T., Vandevijvere, S., Goodwin, R., Korohina, E., Funaki-Tahifote, M., Lee, A., Swinburn, B. (2018). Cost and Affordability of Diets Modelled on Current Eating Patterns and on Dietary Guidelines, for New Zealand Total Population, Maori and Pacific Households. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 15(6), 1255. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15061255.

Mahesh, R., Vandevijvere, S., Clare Dominick, C., & Swinburn B. (2018). Relative contributions of recommended food environment policies to improve population nutrition: results from a Delphi study with international food policy experts. Public Health Nutrition, 21(11), 1-7. doi:10.1017/S1368980018001076

Stefanie Vandevijvere, S., Aitken, C., & Swinburn, B. (2018). Volume, nature and potential impact of advertisements on Facebook and YouTube by food brands popular in New Zealand. the new Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1473), 14-24. www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Mackay S, Vandevijvere S, Xie P, Lee A, Swinburn B. Paying for convenience: comparing the cost of takeaway meals with their healthier home-cooked counterparts in New Zealand. Public Health Nutrition 06/2017; DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017000805

Vandevijvere, S, Soupen A, Swinburn B. Unhealthy food advertising directed to children on New Zealand television: extent, nature, impact and policy implications. Public Health Nutrition 05/2017, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980017000775

Sushil Z, Vandevijvere, S, Exeter D, Swinburn B. Food swamps by area socioeconomic deprivation in New Zealand: A national study. International Journal of Public Health 05/2017, DOI:10.1007/s00038-017-0983-4

Vandevijvere, S, Mackenzie T, Ni Mhurchu C. Indicators of the relative availability of healthy versus unhealthy foods in supermarkets: A validation study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 04/2017; 14(53)., https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0512-0

Ni Mhurchu C, Mackenzie T, Vandevijvere, S: Protecting New Zealand children from exposure to the marketing of unhealthy foods and drinks: a comparison of three nutrient profiling systems to classify foods. The New Zealand medical journal 09/2016; 129(1441). http://hdl.handle.net/2292/36437

Al-Ani H, Devi A, Eyles H, Swinburn B, Vandevijvere, S: Nutrition and health claims on healthy and less-healthy packaged food products in New Zealand. The British journal of nutrition 08/2016; -1, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114516002981

Vandevijvere, S, Sushil Z, Exeter D, Swinburn B. Obesogenic Retail Food Environments Around New Zealand Schools: A National Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 04/2016; 51(3), DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.03.013

Sacks G, Mialon M, Vandevijvere S, Trevena H, Snowdon W, Crino M, Swinburn B. Comparison of food industry policies and commitments on marketing to children and product (re)formulation in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. Critical Public Health. 2015; 25(3): 299-319, DOI: 1080/09581596.2014.946888

Vandevijvere S, Swinburn B. Pilot test of the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) to increase government actions for creating healthy food environments. BMJ Open. 2015; 5(1): e006194. DOI:1136/bmjopen-2014-006194

Vandevijvere C, Dominick C, Anandita Devi, Swinburn B. The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index: Findings of an expert panel in New Zealand. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2015; 93(5): 294-302, DOI: 2471/BLT.14.145540

Devi A, Eyles H, Rayner M, Ni Mhurchu C, Swinburn B, Lonsdale-Cooper E, Vandevijvere S. Nutritional quality, labelling and promotion of breakfast cereals on the New Zealand market. Appetite.2014; 81(1): 253-260, DOI:1016/j.appet.2014.06.019

No E, Kelly B, Devi A, Swinburn B, Vandevijvere S. Food references and marketing in popular magazines for children and adolescents in New Zealand. A content analysis. Appetite. 2014; 83: 75-81, DOI: 1016/j.appet.2014.08.013

Swinburn, B., Dominick, C, Vandevijvere, S. 2014 Benchmarking food environments: Experts’ Assessments of Policy Gaps and Priorities for the New Zealand Government. Report number: ISBN: 978-0-473-29283-6, The University of Auckland.Stefanie Vandevijvere, Karuna Sagar, Bridget Kelly, Boyd Swinburn: Unhealthy food marketing to New Zealand children and adolescents through the internet. The New Zealand medical journal 02/2017; 130(1450).

Vandevijvere S, Swinburn B. Towards global benchmarking of food environments and policies to reduce obesity and diet-related non-conmmunicable diseases: design and methods for nation-wide surveys.BMJ Open. 2014; 4(5): e005339. DOI:1136/bmjopen-2014-005339

Leu J, Tay Z, van Dam RM, Müller-Riemenschneider F, Lean MEJ, Nikolaou CK, Rebello SA. “You know what, I’m in the trend as well” – Understanding the inter-play between digital and real-life social influences on the food and activity choices of young adults. Public Health Nutr. 2022 Feb 21:1-50. doi: 10.1017/S1368980022000398. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35184791.

Seah SSY, van Dam RM, Tai BC, Tay Z, Wang MC, Rebello SA. An evaluation of the healthier dining programme effects on university student and staff choices in Singapore: A cluster-randomized trial. Food Policy, 2022 107, 102211.

Tay Z, Whitton C, van Dam RM, Chia KS, Swinburn B, Vandevijvere S, Rebello SA. Identifying implementation gaps and priorities for the Singapore government to improve food environment policies: perspectives from a local expert panel. Public Health Nutr. 2020 Oct 13:1-8. doi: 10.1017/S1368980020003468. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33046170.

Benchmarking the implementation of policies to create healthy food environments compared to best practice: A case study from Singapore Z Tay, C Whitton, RM van Dam, KS Chia, S Vandevijvere, B Swinburn, SA Rebello, Oral Presentation, International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity Meeting, Prague Czeech Republic, 2019

Monitoring the online food and beverage marketing environment in Singapore. S Seah, C Whitton, XH Chua, YT See, NA Syed Hussain, PX Ng, FA Malek, SA Rebello, Poster Presentation, International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity Meeting, Prague Czeech Republic, 2019

Development of a tool to measure the healthfulness of common food service environments in Singapore- the Food Environment Assessment in Singapore Tool (FEAST) study Z Tay, RM van Dam, J Ho, CS Tan, SA Rebello, Poster Presentation, International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity Meeting, Prague Czeech Republic, 2019

Tay Z, Whitton C, van Dam RM, Rebello SA, Food EPI Singapore Report Benchmarking policies in creating healthier food environments: Current policies and recommended actions. National University of Singapore, 2018. Available at: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/blog.nus.edu.sg/dist/e/9343/files/2019/04/Food-EPI-Singapore-2018-Full-Report_final-5.pdf

Tay Z, Whitton C, van Dam RM, Rebello SA, Food EPI Singapore Executive Summary Benchmarking policies in creating healthier food environments: Current policies and recommended actions. National University of Singapore, 2018. https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/blog.nus.edu.sg/dist/e/9343/files/2019/04/Food-EPI-Singapore-2018-Executive-Summary_final-4.pdf

LAVRIŠA, Živa, PRAVST, Igor. Assessing the average sodium content of prepacked foods with nutrition declarations: the importance of sales data. Nutrients, 2014, 9(6): 3501-3515, doi: 3390/nu6093501
DEBELJAK, Katarina, PRAVST, Igor, KOŠMELJ, Katarina, KAČ, Milica. ˝Healthier˝ and ˝less heathy˝ classifications according to three nutrient profiling systems relative to nutrition and health claims on food labels. Acta alimentaria, 2015, 44(4): 561-569, doi: 1556/066.2015.44.0028
PRAVST, Igor, KUŠAR, Anita. Consumers’ exposure to nutrition and health claims on pre-packed foods: use of sales weighting for assessing the food supply in Slovenia. Nutrients, 2015, 7(11): 9353-9368, doi: 3390/nu7115474
HIEKE, Sophie, KULJANIC, N., PRAVST, Igor, MIKLAVEC, Krista, KAUR, A., BROWN, Kerry Ann, EGAN, Bernadette M., PFEIFER, Katja, GRACIA, Azucena, RAYNER, Mike. Prevalence of nutrition and health-related claims on pre-packaged foods: a five-country study in Europe. Nutrients, 2016, 8(3): 1-17, doi: 3390/nu8030137
ŽMITEK, Katja, PRAVST, Igor. Iodisation of salt in Slovenia: increased availability of non-iodised salt in the food supply. Nutrients, 2016, 7(8):1-7, doi: 3390/nu8070434
KAUR, Asha, SCARBOROUGH, P., HIEKE, Sophie, KUŠAR, Anita, PRAVST, Igor, RAATS, Monique, RAYNER, Mike. The nutritional quality of foods carrying health-related claims in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia and the United Kingdom. European journal of clinical nutrition, 2016, 70: 1388-1395, doi: 1038/ejcn.2016.114
LAVRIŠA, Živa, PRAVST, Igor. Television food advertising to children in Slovenia: analyses using a large 12-month advertising dataset. International Journal of Public Health, 2016, 61(9): 1049-1057, doi: 1007/s00038-016-0896-7
PRAVST, Igor, LAVRIŠA, Živa, KUŠAR, Anita, MIKLAVEC, Krista, ŽMITEK, Katja. Changes in average sodium content of prepacked foods in Slovenia during 2011-2015. Nutrients, 2017, 9(9): 1-11, doi: 3390/nu9090952
LAVRIŠA, Živa, ERJAVEC, Karmen, PRAVST, Igor. Trends in marketing foods to children in Slovenian magazines: a content analysis. Public health nutrition, 2018, 21(18): 3344-3353, doi: 1017/S1368980018002513
ZUPANIČ, Nina, HRIBAR, Maša, PIVK KUPIROVIČ, Urška, KUŠAR, Anita, ŽMITEK, Katja, PRAVST, Igor. Limiting trans fats in foods: use of partially hydrogenated vegetable oils in prepacked foods in Slovenia. Nutrients, 2018, 10(3), doi: 3390/nu10030355
ZUPANIČ, Nina, MIKLAVEC, Krista, KUŠAR, Anita, ŽMITEK, Katja, FIDLER MIS, Nataša, PRAVST, Igor. Total and free sugar content of pre-packaged foods and non-alcoholic beverages in Slovenia. Nutrients, 2018, 10(2):151, doi: 3390/nu10020151
ZUPANIČ, Nina, PRAVST, Igor. Conference abstract: Free sugar content in sugar-sweetened beverages in Slovenia. European journal of public health, 2018, 28(S4): 176-177, doi: 1093/eurpub/cky213.519
DUNFORD, E. K., NI MHURCHU, C., VANDEVIJVERE, S., SWINBURN, B., KUŠAR, Anita, PRAVST, Igor, TOLENTINO-MAYO, L., REYES, M., L’ABBE, M., NEAL, B. C. Conference abstract (EPH 2018): The comparative healthiness of 367,500 packaged food and beverages from 12 countries. European journal of public health, 2018, 28 (S4): 232-233, doi: 1093/eurpub/cky213.680
KELLY, B., VANDEVIJVERE, S., HOE, N. S., PRAVST, Igor, BOYLAND, E., ROYO-BORDONADA, M. A., CALLEJA, P., POTVIN KENT, M., JAICHUEN, N., KARUPAIAH, T., ALLEMANDI, L., COSENZA, E. L., TUTUO WATE, J., ZAMORA-CORRALES, I., GONZÁLEZ-ZAPATA, L. I., MCHIZA, Z. J. R., ZENG, L., SWINBURN, B. Conference abstract (EPH 2018): Benchmarking children’s potential exposures to television unhealthy food advertising globally. European journal of public health, 2018, 28(S4): 231-232, doi: 1093/eurpub/cky213.676
PIVK KUPIROVIČ Urška, MIKLVEC Krista, HRIBAR Maša, KUŠAR Anita, ŽMITEK Katja, PRAVST Igor, Nutrient profiling is needed to improve the nutritional quality of the foods labelled with health-related claims. Nutrients 2019, 11(2), 287; doi: 3390/nu11020287

Jaichuen, N., Vandevijvere, S., Kelly, B., Vongmongkol, V., Phulkerd, S., & Tangcharoensathien, V. (2018). BMC Public Health (2018). Unhealthy food and non-alcoholic beverage advertising on children’s, youth and family free-to-air and digital television programmes in Thailand. Public Health. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5675-3

Phulkerd S, Tangcharoensathien V. Policy Brief. Assessing Thai Government’s Performance in Tackling Obesity and Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs): Level of Implementation of Food Environment Policy & Major Recommendations (now available in English; Thai version will be released soon). August 2017

Phulkerd S, Jaichuen N, Cetthakrikul N, Tangcharoensathien V. Report on private sector on title “Assessment of food industry policies and practices to create healthy food environments for preventing obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases in Thailand.”. (now available in English on IHPP website). December 2016.

Publications by Module

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2022

2021

2020

2019

Larr, A., Barnes, A., Bash, K., Aryeeley, R., Mensah, K., Vandevijvere, S., & Holdsworth, M. (2019). Benchmarking Ghana’s Policies for Creating Healthy Food Environments. doi:10.17608/k6.auckland.8188763

Policies for tackling obesity and creating healthier food environments 2019 progress update Australian governments March 2019. https://www.foodpolicyindex.org.au/

2018

Mahesh R, Vandevijvere S, Dominick C, Swinburn B. (2018). Relative importance of recommended food environment policies to improving population nutrition: Results from a Delphi with international food policy experts. Public Health Nutrition; 21(11):2142-2148. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980018001076

Vandevijvere S, Mackay S, D’Souza E, Swinburn B. (2018). How healthy are New Zealand food environments? A comprehensive assessment 2014-2017. The University of Auckland, Auckland. ISBN: 978-0-473-44488-4. Full report.

Watson F, Taylor A, Rayner M, Lobstein T, Hinks R. (2018). Priority actions for addressing the obesity epidemic in England. Public Health Nutr; 21(5):1002-1010. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017003500

2017

Australian Prevention Partnership Centre, Deakin University, INFORMAS. Policies for tackling obesity and creating healthier food environments. Scorecard and priority recommendations for Australian governments. February 2017 www.foodpolicyindex.org.au

Phulkerd, S, Sacks, G, Vandevijvere S, Worsley, A & Lawrence, M. Barriers and potential facilitators to the implementation of government policies on front-of-pack food labeling and restriction of unhealthy food advertising in Thailand. Food Policy. 2017; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.07.014

Phulkerd S, Vandevijvere S, Lawrence M, Tangcharoensathien V, Sacks G. Level of implementation of best practice policies for creating healthy food environments: assessment by state and non-state actors in Thailand. Public Health Nutr. 2017 Feb;20(3):381-390. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980016002391

University Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017, Technical Report Food-Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI): Benchmarking of, and Priorities for, Food Environment Policy for the Malaysian Government, UKM Publisher: Bangi, Selangor.

The Food-EPI Australia project team. (2017). Policies for tackling obesity and creating healthier food environments: scorecard and priority recommendations for Australian governments. Melbourne: Deakin University.

2016

Food Environment Policy Index (Food-Epi) for England. The Food Foundation November 2016 www.foodfoundation.org.uk

Phulkerd S, Lawrence M, Vandevijvere S, Sacks G, Worsley A, Tangcharoensathien V. A review of methods and tools to assess the implementation of government policies to create healthy food environments for preventing obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases. Implementation Science 2016; 11(1): 1-13. DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0379-5

2015

Vandevijvere C, Dominick C, Devi A, Swinburn B. The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index: Findings of an expert panel in New Zealand. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2015; 93(5): 294-302, DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.145540

2014

Swinburn, B., Dominick, C., Vandevijvere, S. Benchmarking food environments: Experts’ Assessments of Policy Gaps and Priorities for the New Zealand Government. 2014 Report number: ISBN: 978-0-473-29283-6, The University of Auckland.

Karupaiah T, Ng SH, Sacks G, Kelly B, Swinburn B, Yeatman H, Robinson E, Chinna, K, Ismail MN & Vandevijvere S. Benchmarking Food Industry Commitments to Create a Healthier Food Environment: Business Impact Assessment (BIA) – Obesity Malaysia 2019 – Executive Summary. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, 2019. https://doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.12085044

Karupaiah T, Ng SH, Sacks G, Kelly B, Swinburn B, Yeatman H, Robinson E, Chinna, K, Ismail MN & Vandevijvere S. Benchmarking Food Industry Commitments to Create a Healthier Food Environment: Business Impact Assessment (BIA) – Obesity Malaysia 2019 – Executive Summary. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, 2019. https://doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.12084969

Inside our Supermarkets Australia 2018: Assessment of company policies and commitments related to obesity prevention and nutrition.https://www.insideourfoodcompanies.com.au

Inside our Food and Beverage Manufacturers Australia 2018: Assessment of company policies and commitments related to obesity prevention and nutrition.https://www.insideourfoodcompanies.com.au/

Inside our Quick Service Restaurants Australia 2018: Assessment of company policies and commitments related to obesity prevention and nutrition.https://www.insideourfoodcompanies.com.au/

Mialon, M & Mialon, J. Corporate political activity of the dairy industry in France: an analysis of publicly available information. Public Health Nutrition. 2017; DOI:1017/S1368980017001197

Mialon M, Swinburn B, Allender, S, Sacks G. (2017). ‘Maximising shareholder value’: A detailed insight into the corporate political activity of the Australian food industry. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 41. DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12639.

Sacks, G. Swinburn, B. Cameron, A. Ruskin, G. How food companies influence evidence and opinion – straight from the horse’s mouth Critical Public Health 2017. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2017.1371844

Mialon M, Swinburn B, Allenders S, Sacks G. Systematic examination of publicly-available information reveals the diverse and extensive corporate political activity of the food industry in Australia. BMC Pub Health. 2016; 16(1): 283. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2955-7

Mialon M, Swinburn B, Wate J, Tukana I, Sacks G. Monitoring the corporate political activity of the food industry with regard to public health in low and middle income countries: lessons from Fiji. Globalization & Health. 2016; 12(18): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-016-0158-8

Sacks G, Vandevijvere S. (2016). Poor nutrition-related policies and practices of global food companies under the spotlight. Public Health Nutrition. 19. 955. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980016000549

Phulkerd S, Jaichuen N, Cetthakrikul N, Tangcharoensathien V. Report on private sector on title “Assessment of food industry policies and practices to create healthy food environments for preventing obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases in Thailand. (now available in English on IHPP website). December 2016.

Mialon M, Swinburn B, Sacks G. A proposed approach to systematically identify and monitor the corporate political activity of the food industry with respect to public health using publicly available information. Obesity Reviews. 2015; 16(7): 519-530, DOI: 10.1111/obr.12289

Alvarado Alvarado, F.M., Altamirano Mendieta, J.E., Encalada Torres, L.E., Morales Avilez, D.E., Tolentino Mayo, M.L., Abril-Ulloa, Victoria. Nutritional legends and consumer perception of processed products. Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Universidad de Cuenca 41,3 (2023). https://doi.org/10.18537/RFCM.41.03.02

Kanter. R., Reyes, M., & Corvalán, C. Photographic methods for measuring packaged food and beverage products in supermarkets. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3945/cdn.117.001016

Al-Ani H H, Devi A, Eyles H, Swinburn B, Vandevijvere S. Nutrition and health claims on healthy and less-healthy packaged food products in New Zealand. British Journal of Nutrition. 2016. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114516002981

Nieto, C, Rincon-Gallardo Patino, S, Tolentino-Mayo, L, Carriedo, A & Barquera, S. Characterization of Breakfast Cereals Available in the Mexican Market: Sodium and Sugar Content. Nutrients 2017. 2017; DOI: 10.3390/nu9080884

Tiscornia MV, Heredia-Blonval K, Allemandi L, Blanco-Metzler A, Ponce M, Montero-Campos MA, CastronuovoL, Schoj V. Sugar Content in Non-Alcoholic Beverages Marketed in Argentina and Costa Rica. Revista Argent Salud Pública, 2017; 8 (30): 20-25.

Arcand J, Jefferson K, Schermel A, Shah F, Trang S, Kutlesa D, Lou W, L’Abbe MR. 2016. Examination of food industry progress in reducing the sodium content of packaged foods in Canada: 2010 to 2013. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2016 Jun;41(6):684-90. DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2015-0617. Epub 2016 Apr 26. PMID: 27113326

Bernstein JT, Schermel A, Mills CM, L’Abbé MR. 2016. Total and free sugar content of Canadian prepackaged foods and beverages. Nutrients. 2016;8(9): E582. DOI: 10.3390/nu8090582

Semnani-Azad Z, Scourboutakos MJ, L’Abbé MR. 2016. Kids’ Meals from Chain Restaurants: Exceedingly High in Calories, Fats, and Sodium. BMC Nutrition 2016: 2:16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-016-0056-8

Crino M, Sacks G, Vandevijvere S, Swinburn B, Neal B. The Influence on Population Weight Gain and Obesity of the Macronutrient Composition and Energy Density of the Food Supply. Current Obesity Reports. 2015; 4(1):1-10, DOI: 10.1007/s13679-014-0134-7

da Costa Louzada ML, Borletto Martins AP, Canella DS, Baraldi LG, Levy RB, Claro RM, Moubarac JC, Cannon G, Monteiro CA. Ultra-processed foods and the nutritional dietary profile in Brazil. Rev Saúde Pública. 2015; 49: 38. DOI: 0.1590/S0034-8910.2015049006132

Report presented to Ministry of Health and Advisers of Costa Rica on “Analysis of the situation of the supply and acquisition of non-alcoholic sweetened beverages in households in Costa Rica”. INCIENSA. Tres Ríos, Costa Rica. February 15, 2015. (Adriana Blanco Katrina Heredia, and María de los Ángeles Montero).

Scourboutakos MJ, Semnani-Azad Z, L’Abbe MR. 2015. Added Sugars in Kids’ Meals from Chain Restaurants. Prevent Med Rep EPub. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2014.11.003

Arcand J, Au JTC, Schermel A, L’Abbe MR. 2014. A comprehensive analysis of sodium levels in the Canadian packaged food supply. Am J Prev Med 2014;46(6):633–642. DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.01.012

Heredia-Blonval K, Blanco-Metzler A, Montero-Campos M, Dunford E. The salt content of products from popular fast-food chains in Costa Rica. Appetite 83: 173-177, 2014. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.08.027

Allemandi, L., Garipe, L., Schoj, V., Pizarro, M., & Tambussi, A. (2013). Análisis del contenido de sodio y grasas trans de los alimentos industrializados en Argentina. Rev. argent. salud publica, 4(15), 14-19.

Blanco-Metzler A by The Food Monitoring Group. 2013. Progress with a global branded food composition database. Food Chemistry, 140 (3): 451–457. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.10.065

Scourboutakos MJ, L’Abbé MR. 2013. Sodium Levels in Canadian Fast-food and Sit-down Restaurants. Can J Public Health 2013; 104(1):e2-e8. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/cjph.104.3683

Scourboutakos MJ, L’Abbé MR. 2012. Restaurant menus: calories, caloric density, and serving size. Am J Prevent Med. 43(3):249-255. DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.05.018

Technical report: Salt content of processed foods India. http://www.georgeinstitute.org/sites/default/files/salt-content-of-processed-foods-in-india-june-16.pdf

Technical report on the comparative nutritional profile of 943 food and beverage products marketed by 12 large companies in India

https://www.accesstonutrition.org/sites/in16.atnindex.org/files/resources/india_product_profile_report_tgi.pdf

Vandevijvere S, Aitken C, Swinburn B. Volume, nature and potential impact of advertisements on Facebook and YouTube by food brands popular in New Zealand. N Z Med J. 2018; Apr 13;131(1473):14-24. Link.

Allemandi, L., Castronuovo, L., Tiscornia, M. V., Ponce, M., & Schoj, V. (2017). Food advertising on Argentinean television: are ultra-processed foods in the lead? Public Health Nutrition, 1-9. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017001446

Cauchi D., Reiff, S., Knai, C., Gauci, C., Spiteri, J. Television food advertising to children in Malta. Health Promotion International 2017 Jun 1;32(3):419-429, DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dav105

Vandevijvere S, Sagar K, Kelly B, Swinburn B. Unhealthy food marketing to New Zealand children and adolescents through the internet. The New Zealand medical journal 02/2017; 130(1450).

Vandevijvere S, Soupen A, Swinburn B: Unhealthy food advertising directed to children on New Zealand television: extent, nature, impact and policy implications. Public Health Nutrition 05/2017, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980017000775

Castronuovo, L., Gutkowski, P., Tiscornia, V., & Allemandi, L. (2016). Las madres y la publicidad de alimentos dirigida a niños y niñas: percepciones y experiencias. Salud Colectiva, 12(4).

Ni Mhurchu C, Mackenzie T, Vandevijvere S. Protecting New Zealand children from exposure to the marketing of unhealthy foods and drinks: a comparison of three nutrient profiling systems to classify foods. The New Zealand medical journal 09/2016; 129(1441). http://hdl.handle.net/2292/36437

Rincón-Gallardo Patiño S, Tolentino-Mayo L, Alejandro Flores Monterrubio E, Harris J L, Vandevijvere S, Rivera J A, Barquera S. Nutritional quality of foods and non-alcoholic beverages advertised on Mexican television according to three nutrient profile models. BMC Public Health. 2016; 16:733. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3298-0

Kelly B, Vandevijvere S, Freeman B, Jenkin G. New media but same old tricks: Food Marketing to children in the digital age. Current Obesity Reports. 2015; 4(1): 37-45, DOI: 10.1007/s13679-014-0128-5

Astika, R., Snowdon, W., & Drauna, M. Exposure to advertising of ‘junk food’ in Fiji. 2013. Fiji Journal of Public Health, 2(1), 36-37.

Hope, S. F., Snowdon, W., Carey, L. B., & Robinson, P. (2013). Junk food’ promotion to children and adolescents in Fiji. Fiji Journal of Public Health,2(1), 27-35.

Lewis, M. and Lee, A. J. (2020) “Affording health during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic downturn.” Aust N Z J Public Health 44 (6), 519-520 DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.13045.

Mackay S, Buch T, Vandevijvere S, Goodwin R, Korohina E, Funaki-tahifote M, Lee A, Swinburn B, Cost and affordability of diets modelled on current eating patterns and on dietary guidelines for New Zealand total population, Maori and Pacific household, Int J Environ. Res. Public health 2018, 15 (6), 1255.

Mackay S, Vandevijvere S, Lee A. Ten-year trends in the price differential between healthier and less healthy foods in New Zealand. Nutr Diet. 2018; DOI: 10.1111/1747-0080.12457

Lee A, Affordability of fruit and vegetables and dietary quality worldwide-Commentary, The Lancet Global Health, Invited contribution, Published Online, August 23, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30206-6, 4: October 2016

Lee A, Kane S, Ramsey R, Good E, Dick M. Testing the price and affordability of healthy and current (unhealthy) diets and the potential impacts of policy change in Australia. BMC Public Health. 2016; 16(315). DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2996-y

Cauchi D., Pliakas T., Knai C. (2017). Food environments in Malta: associations with store size and area-level deprivation. Food Policy 2017 Jul (71) 39-47, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.07.004

Sushil Z, Vandevijvere S, Exeter D, Swinburn B. Food swamps by area socioeconomic deprivation in New Zealand: A national study. International Journal of Public Health 05/2017, DOI: 10.1007/s00038-017-0983-4

Vandevijvere S, Mackenzie T, Ni Mhurchu C. Indicators of the relative availability of healthy versus unhealthy foods in supermarkets: A validation study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 04/2017; 14(53). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0512-0

Vandevijvere S, Sushil Z, Exeter D, Swinburn B. Obesogenic Retail Food Environments Around New Zealand Schools: A National Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 04/2016; 51(3), DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.03.013

Cameron AJ, Sayers SJ, Sacks G, Thornton LE. Do the foods advertised in Australian supermarket catalogues reflect national dietary guidelines? Health Promotion International. 2015; 1-9. DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dav089

Charlton EL, Kähkönen LA, Sacks G, Cameron AJ. Supermarkets and unhealthy food marketing: An international comparison of the content of supermarket catalogues/circulars. Preventive Medicine. 2015; 81: 167-173. DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.08.023

L’Abbé M, Schermel A, Minaker L, Kelly B, Lee A, Vandevijvere S, Twohig P, Barquera S, Friel S, Hawkes C, Kumanyika S, Lobstein T, Ma J, Macmullan J, Mohan S, Monteiro C, Neal B, Rayner M, Sacks G, Sanders D, Snowdon W, Swinburn B, Walker C. INFORMAS. Monitoring foods and beverages provided and sold in public sector settings, Obesity Reviews, 2013; 14(S1), 96-107, DOI:10.1111/obr.12079

Arcand J, Steckham K, Tzianetas R, L’Abbé MR, Newton GE. 2012. Evaluation of sodium levels in hospital patient menus. Arch Intern Med. 2012; 172 (16) 1261-62. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2368

Martínez Steele E, Baraldi LG, Louzada M L da C, Moubarac JC, Mozaffarian D, Monteiro CA. Ultra-processed foods and added sugars in the US diet: Evidence from a nationally representative cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2016; 6:e009892. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009892

da Costa Louzada ML, Baraldi LG, Steele EM, Borletto Martins AP, Canella DS, Moubarac JC, Levy RB, Cannon G, Afshin A, Imamura F, Mozaffarian D, Monteiro CA. Consumption of ultra-processed foods and obesity in Brazilian adolescents and adults. Preventive Medicine. 2015; 81: 9-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.07.018

Cauchi D., Rutter H., Knai C. An obesogenic island in the Mediterranean: mapping potential drivers of obesity in Malta. Public Health Nutrition 2015 Mar 10:1-13. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980015000476

Swinburn, Boyd & Kraak, Vivica & Rutter, Harry & Vandevijvere, Stefanie & Lobstein, Tim & Sacks, Gary & Gomes, Fabio & Marsh, Tim & Magnusson, Roger. (2015). Strengthening of accountability systems to create healthy food environments and reduce global obesity. The Lancet. 385. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61747-5

Vandevijvere, Stefanie & Sacks, Gary & Brinsden, Hannah & Lobstein, Tim & Swinburn, Boyd. (2015). INFORMAS. Measuring the drivers of obesity, disease, health, wellbeing. [Sick societies]. World Nutrition. 6. 184.

Vandevijvere S, Swinburn B. Towards global benchmarking of food environments and policies to reduce obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases: design and methods for nation-wide surveys. BMJ Open. 2014; 4(5): e005339. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005339