Publications by Module

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2023

Recine, E., da Silva, A. C. F., Sugai, A., Gentil, P., & de Castro Junior, P. C. (2023). Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) Brazil – Final Report. https://doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.22152569.v1

2022

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

2021

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

2020

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.

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

2019

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

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

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., 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.

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

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.

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

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, 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, 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. Link to 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

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.

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, 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

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

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.

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

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 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 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.

Wood, B., Williams, O., Baker, P. et al. (2021). The influence of corporate market power on health: exploring the structure-conduct-performance model from a public health perspective. Globalization & Health 17 (41). doi: 10.1186/s12992-021-00688-2

Sacks, G.; Robinson, E; Cameron AJ; et al. (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). doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176118

Robinson, E.; Blake, M.; Sacks, G. (2020). Benchmarking Food and Beverage Companies on Obesity Prevention and Nutrition Policies: Evaluation of the BIA-Obesity Australia Initiative, 2017-2019. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.147

Ng, S.; Sacks, G.; Kelly, B; et al. (2020). Benchmarking the transparency, comprehensiveness and specificity of population nutrition commitments of major food companies in Malaysia. Globalization & Health 16 (35). doi: 10.1186/s12992-020-00560-9

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Sacks, G.; Swinburn, B; Kraak, V; et al. (2013). A proposed approach to monitor private-sector policies and practices related to food environments, obesity and non-communicable disease prevention. Obesity Reviews 14 (S1). doi.org/10.1111/obr.12074

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.09.017

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”. 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, 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

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. Appetite 83: 173-177, 2014. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.08.027

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: 10.9778/cmajo.20140028. PMID: 25553327

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

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.

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

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

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/docrep/017/ap810e/ap810e.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. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-559

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.

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

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: 10.1177/1741826711425777

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

Kelly, B., Backholer, K., Boyland, E., Kent, M. P., Bragg, M. A., Karupaiah, T., & Ng, S. (2023). Contemporary Approaches for Monitoring Food Marketing to Children to Progress Policy Actions. Current Nutrition Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13668-023-00450-7

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

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

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