Benchmarking as a public health strategy for creating healthy food environments: an evaluation of the INFORMAS initiative (2012–2020)

G Sacks, J Kwon, S Vandevijvere… - Annual review of public …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and obesity are the leading contributors to
poor health worldwide. Efforts to improve population diets need to focus on creating healthy …

A systematic review of the Australian food retail environment: Characteristics, variation by geographic area, socioeconomic position and associations with diet and …

C Needham, G Sacks, L Orellana, E Robinson… - Obesity …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is strong support across multiple sectors for the implementation of policies to create
healthier food environments as part of comprehensive strategies to address obesity and …

The timing, nature and extent of social media marketing by unhealthy food and drinks brands during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand

S Gerritsen, F Sing, K Lin, F Martino, K Backholer… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Concerns have been raised that health and societal causes surrounding the
COVID-19 pandemic were misappropriated by companies to promote their unhealthy …

Matomgivelser. Metoder og indikatorer for kartlegging og overvåkning av matomgivelser i Norge

M Uldahl, LE Torheim - 2023 - fhi.brage.unit.no
Denne rapporten beskriver hva begrepet «matomgivelser» innebærer samt muligheter for
og forslag til kartlegging og overvåkning av matomgivelser i Norge. Rapporten avgrenses til …

Food retail environments in Greater Melbourne 2008–2016: Longitudinal analysis of intra-city variation in density and healthiness of food outlets

C Needham, L Orellana, S Allender, G Sacks… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Obesity prevalence is inequitably distributed across geographic areas. Food environments
may contribute to health disparities, yet little is known about how food environments are …

The frequency and context of snacking among children: an objective analysis using wearable cameras

R Gage, M Girling-Butcher, E Joe, M Smith… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Snacking is a common eating behaviour, but there is little objective data about children's
snacking. We aimed to determine the frequency and context of children's snacking (n= 158; …

Examining the New Zealand school food environment: what needs to change?

D Pillay, A Ali, CA Wham - Nutrition research reviews, 2022 - cambridge.org
Habitual dietary intakes and nutrition behaviours developed during childhood and
adolescence pave the way for similar behaviours to manifest in adulthood. Childhood …

Systemic barriers and equitable interventions to improve vegetable and fruit intake in children: interviews with national food system actors

S Gerritsen, S Harré, B Swinburn, D Rees… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Fruit and vegetable (FV) intake is declining in New Zealand, and over half of New Zealand's
children do not meet the recommendation of two serves of fruit and three serves of …

Poor compliance with school food environment guidelines in elementary schools in Northwest Mexico: A cross-sectional study

Y Hugues, RG Díaz-Zavala, T Quizán-Plata… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background In Mexico, 35.5% of school-age children were overweight or obese in 2018.
The school food environment is important because children spend a significant part of their …

Kids in a candy store: an objective analysis of children's interactions with food in convenience stores

C McKerchar, M Smith, R Gage, J Williman, G Abel… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Increasing rates of childhood obesity worldwide has focused attention on the obesogenic
food environment. This paper reports an analysis of children's interactions with food in …