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Journal articles
2024, 'Energy, nutrient and overall healthiness of processed packaged foods in Fiji, a comparison between 2018 and 2020', BMC Public Health, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18787-1
,2024, 'Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours toward Salt and Sugar Consumption in the Central Division of Fiji', Nutrients, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu16193288
,2024, 'Salt and sugar intakes of adults in the central division of Fiji: findings from a nutrition survey in 2022', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101074
,2024, 'Strengthening national salt reduction strategies using multiple methods process evaluations: case studies from Malaysia and Mongolia', Public Health Nutrition, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980023002781
,2024, 'Compliance of the food industry with mandated salt target levels in South Africa: Towards development of a monitoring and surveillance framework', Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2023.105908
,2024, 'Improving the accuracy of blood pressure measuring devices in Australia: a modelled return on investment study', Journal of Human Hypertension, 38, pp. 177 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41371-023-00866-2
,2024, 'Population Subgroups at Risk of Unhealthy Changes in Food and Beverage Consumption During COVID-19 Lockdowns', International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 31, pp. 163 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12529-023-10165-2
,2024, 'Barriers and enablers to salt intake reduction in Australian adults with high blood pressure', British Journal of Nutrition, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114524002174
,2024, 'Food intake in an Australian Aboriginal rural community facing food and water security challenges: A cross-sectional survey', Nutrition and Dietetics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12902
,2024, 'P172 WHAT ARE CONSUMERS’ KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIORS RELATED TO REDUCED-SODIUM SALT? A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW', Journal of Hypertension, 42, pp. e124 - e124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0001063560.68197.8a
,2024, 'Strengthening national salt reduction strategies using mixed methods process evaluations – case studies from Malaysia and Mongolia', Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0029665124001447
,2023, 'Changes in sodium levels in Australian packaged foods between 2014 and 2019: an interrupted time series analysis of the impact of the Victorian Salt Reduction Partnership’s media advocacy strategy', International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 20, pp. 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-023-01475-5
,2023, 'Fifty shades of partnerships: a governance typology for public private engagement in the nutrition sector', Globalization and Health, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-023-00912-1
,2023, 'Food insecurity, COVID-19 and diets in Fiji – a cross-sectional survey of over 500 adults', Globalization and Health, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-023-01004-w
,2023, 'Impact of growth, gonadal hormones, adiposity and the sodium-to-potassium ratio on longitudinal adolescent measures of blood pressure at puberty', Journal of Human Hypertension, 37, pp. 835 - 843, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41371-022-00774-x
,2023, 'Evaluation of a state-wide intervention on salt intake in primary schoolchildren living in Victoria, Australia', Public Health Nutrition, 26, pp. 1456 - 1467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980023000332
,2023, 'Sodium content targets for pre-packaged foods, China: a quantitative study and proposal', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 101, pp. 453 - 469, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.23.289992
,2023, 'Review of national nutrition standards with salt-related criteria for publicly funded institutions around the world', Nutrition Reviews, 81, pp. 647 - 657, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuac080
,2023, 'Do Food and Nutrition Policies in Ethiopia Support the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases through Population-Level Salt Reduction Measures? A Policy Content Analysis', Nutrients, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15071745
,2023, 'An examination of public support for 35 nutrition interventions across seven countries', European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 77, pp. 235 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41430-022-01211-5
,2023, 'Evaluation of a Salt-Reduction Consumer Awareness Campaign Targeted at Parents Residing in the State of Victoria, Australia', Nutrients, 15, pp. 991, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15040991
,2023, 'Protocol for the implementation and evaluation of a community-based behavior change intervention to reduce dietary salt intake in India', Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 25, pp. 175 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jch.14628
,2023, 'Outcomes of a state-wide salt reduction initiative in adults living in Victoria, Australia', European Journal of Nutrition, 62, pp. 3055 - 3067, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-023-03210-z
,2022, 'Agreement between 24-hour urine and 24-hour food recall in measuring salt intake in primary school children in Australia', Nutrition Journal, 21, pp. 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12937-022-00823-8
,2022, 'Incorporating a gender lens into nutrition and health-related policies in Fiji: analysis of policies and stakeholder perspectives', International Journal for Equity in Health, 21, pp. 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-022-01745-x
,2022, 'Research protocol for impact assessment of a project to scale up food policies in the Pacific', Health Research Policy and Systems, 20, pp. 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00927-x
,2022, 'Scaling-up food policies in the Pacific Islands: protocol for policy engagement and mixed methods evaluation of intervention implementation', Nutrition Journal, 21, pp. 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12937-022-00761-5
,2022, 'Strengthening implementation of diet-related non-communicable disease prevention strategies in Fiji: a qualitative policy landscape analysis', Globalization and Health, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-022-00859-9
,2022, 'The tide of dietary risks for noncommunicable diseases in Pacific Islands: an analysis of population NCD surveys', BMC Public Health, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13808-3
,2022, 'Gender roles, generational changes and environmental challenges: An intersectional interpretation of perceptions on healthy diets among iTaukei women and men in Fiji', Public Health Nutrition, 25, pp. 3146 - 3157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022001677
,2022, 'Advancing Health Research Impact through a Systemic Multi-Sectoral Approach: A Protocol for Introducing Reduced-Sodium Salts and Salty Condiments in Vietnam', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912937
,2022, 'A Global Review of National Strategies to Reduce Sodium Concentrations in Packaged Foods', Advances in Nutrition, 13, pp. 1820 - 1833, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmac048
,2022, 'Understanding Enablers and Barriers to the Implementation of Nutrition Standards in Publicly Funded Institutions in Victoria', Nutrients, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14132628
,2022, 'The association of energy and macronutrient intake with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease and dementia: findings from 120 963 women and men in the UK Biobank', British Journal of Nutrition, 127, pp. 1858 - 1867, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000711452100266X
,2022, 'Sodium and Health: Old Myths and a Controversy Based on Denial', Current Nutrition Reports, 11, pp. 172 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13668-021-00383-z
,2022, 'Applying systems thinking to identify enablers and challenges to scale-up interventions for hypertension and diabetes in low-income and middle-income countries: Protocol for a longitudinal mixed-methods study', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053122
,2022, 'Reducing salt intake: a systematic review and meta-analysis of behavior change interventions in adults', Nutrition Reviews, 80, pp. 723 - 740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuab110
,2022, 'Implementing effective salt reduction programs and policies in low- and middle-income countries: learning from retrospective policy analysis in Argentina, Mongolia, South Africa and Vietnam', Public Health Nutrition, 25, pp. 805 - 816, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S136898002100344X
,2022, 'Australian Ready Meals: Does a Higher Health Star Rating Mean Lower Sodium Content?', Nutrients, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14061269
,2022, '2022 World Hypertension League, Resolve To Save Lives and International Society of Hypertension dietary sodium (salt) global call to action', Journal of Human Hypertension, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41371-022-00690-0
,2022, 'The potential scalability of salt substitutes as an intervention to lower population sodium levels', Salud Publica de Mexico, 64, pp. 6 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.21149/12788
,2021, 'An evaluation of the Victorian Salt Reduction Partnership’s advocacy strategy for policy change', Health Research Policy and Systems, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-021-00759-1
,2021, 'Are there socio-demographic differences in salt behaviours and fruit and vegetable consumption in Australian adults? A nationally representative cross-sectional survey', Nutrition Journal, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12937-021-00734-0
,2021, 'Stakeholder perspectives on the effectiveness of the Victorian Salt Reduction Partnership: a qualitative study', BMC Nutrition, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-021-00414-6
,2021, 'The cost-effectiveness of government actions to reduce sodium intake through salt substitutes in Vietnam', Archives of Public Health, 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00540-4
,2021, 'Impact of color-coded and warning nutrition labelling schemes: A systematic review and network meta-analysis', PLoS Medicine, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003765
,2021, 'Translation and Impact of Funded Australian Cardiovascular Research: A Review With Perspective', Heart Lung and Circulation, 30, pp. 1442 - 1448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2021.04.025
,2021, 'A Systematic Review of Salt Reduction Initiatives around the World: A Midterm Evaluation of Progress towards the 2025 Global Non-Communicable Diseases Salt Reduction Target', Advances in Nutrition, 12, pp. 1768 - 1780, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmab008
,2021, 'Barriers and facilitators to implementing reduced-sodium salts as a population-level intervention: A qualitative study', Nutrients, 13, pp. 3225, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13093225
,2021, 'Packaged food supply in Fiji: Nutrient levels, compliance with sodium targets and adherence to labelling regulations', Public Health Nutrition, 24, pp. 4358 - 4368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S136898002100224X
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