Smart food policies for obesity prevention

C Hawkes, TG Smith, J Jewell, J Wardle, RA Hammond…�- The lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Prevention of obesity requires policies that work. In this Series paper, we propose a new
way to understand how food policies could be made to work more effectively for obesity�…

[HTML][HTML] Poverty, price and preference barriers to improving diets in sub-Saharan Africa

DD Headey, O Ecker, AR Comstock, MT Ruel�- Global Food Security, 2023 - Elsevier
Suboptimal diets are the most important preventable risk factor for the global burden of non-
communicable diseases. The EAT-Lancet reference diet was therefore developed as a�…

The behavioural constellation of deprivation: Causes and consequences

GV Pepper, D Nettle�- Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2017 - cambridge.org
Socioeconomic differences in behaviour are pervasive and well documented, but their
causes are not yet well understood. Here, we make the case that a cluster of behaviours is�…

[HTML][HTML] Experiences and perceptions of nutritional health and wellbeing amongst food insecure women in Europe: A qualitative meta-ethnography

Z Bell, S Scott, S Visram, J Rankin, C Bambra…�- Social Science &�…, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the 2008 global financial crisis, there has been a rise in the number of people
experiencing food insecurity. Particularly vulnerable are mothers with young children�…

[HTML][HTML] Meat consumption reduction in Italian regions: health co-benefits and decreases in GHG emissions

S Farchi, M De Sario, E Lapucci, M Davoli…�- PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Animal agriculture has exponentially grown in recent decades in response to
the rise in global demand for meat, even in countries like Italy that traditionally eat a�…

A systematic review of psychosocial explanations for the relationship between socioeconomic status and body mass index

MA Claassen, O Klein, B Bratanova, N Claes…�- Appetite, 2019 - Elsevier
A negative association between socioeconomic status (SES) and levels of
overweight/obesity is consistently found in high-and middle-income countries. Yet, there is�…

A community perspective of COVID-19 and obesity in children: Causes and consequences

M Tsenoli, JEM Smith, MAB Khan�- Obesity Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
The pandemic of childhood obesity that has been increasing over the last decade has
collided with the current pandemic of COVID-19. Enforced behavioural changes have�…

[HTML][HTML] Barriers and facilitators to healthy eating in disadvantaged adults living in the UK: a scoping review

RA Briazu, F Masood, L Hunt, C Pettinger, C Wagstaff…�- BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
In the UK people living in disadvantaged communities are less likely than those with higher
socio-economic status to have a healthy diet. To address this inequality, it is crucial�…

[HTML][HTML] We still don't know that our children need vitamin D daily: a study of parents' understanding of vitamin D requirements in children aged 0-2 years

RE Day, R Krishnarao, P Sahota, MS Christian�- BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background Vitamin D deficiency has been highlighted as a serious public health problem
in the United Kingdom. One in four toddlers are not achieving the recommended intake for�…

[HTML][HTML] The effect of food vouchers and an educational intervention on promoting healthy eating in vulnerable families: A pilot study

ML Miguel-Berges, A Jimeno-Mart�nez, A Larruy-Garc�a…�- Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cost has been reported as the main barrier to healthy eating in vulnerable groups. We
aimed to evaluate the effect of a nutrition education intervention on adherence to�…