Search filters

List of works by Stefanie Vandevijvere

A Novel Approach to Optimize Vitamin D Intake in Belgium through Fortification Based on Representative Food Consumption Data

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

A comparison of the healthiness of packaged foods and beverages from 12 countries using the Health Star Rating nutrient profiling system, 2013-2018

scientific article published on 22 July 2019

A food environments feedback system (FoodBack) for empowering citizens and change agents to create healthier community food places.

scientific article published on 14 November 2017

A proposed approach to monitor private-sector policies and practices related to food environments, obesity and non-communicable disease prevention.

scientific article published on October 2013

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

scientific article

AdHealth: a feasibility study to measure digital food marketing to adolescents through Facebook

scientific article published on 03 September 2020

An 11-country study to benchmark the implementation of recommended nutrition policies by national governments using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index, 2015-2018

scientific article published on 04 January 2019

Anticipatory effects of the implementation of the Chilean Law of Food Labeling and Advertising on food and beverage product reformulation

scientific article published on 27 June 2019

Assessment of Packaged Foods and Beverages Carrying Nutrition Marketing against Canada's Food Guide Recommendations

article

Association of heart rate and blood pressure among European adolescents with usual food consumption: The HELENA study

scientific article published on 21 March 2016

Association of physical activity, waist circumference and body mass index with subjective health among Belgian adults

scientific article published on 11 June 2013

Average daily nitrate and nitrite intake in the Belgian population older than 15 years

scientific article published on 06 July 2011

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

scientific article published on 17 July 2019

Benchmarking as a Public Health Strategy for Creating Healthy Food Environments: An Evaluation of the INFORMAS Initiative (2012-2020)

scientific article published on 22 December 2020

Benchmarking food environment policies for the prevention of diet-related non-communicable diseases in Kenya: National expert panel's assessment and priority recommendations

scientific article published on 06 August 2020

Benchmarking public policies to create healthy food environments compared to best practice: the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index in Guatemala

scientific article published on 19 July 2022

Benchmarking the Nutrition-Related Policies and Commitments of Major Food Companies in Australia, 2018

scientific article published on 22 August 2020

Benchmarking the commitments related to population nutrition and obesity prevention of major food companies in New Zealand

scientific article published on 22 June 2019

Benchmarking the transparency, comprehensiveness and specificity of population nutrition commitments of major food companies in Malaysia

scientific article published on 17 April 2020

Changes in the amount of nutrient of packaged foods and beverages after the initial implementation of the Chilean Law of Food Labelling and Advertising: A nonexperimental prospective study

scientific article published on 28 July 2020

Comment on Muzzioli et al. Are Front-of-Pack Labels a Health Policy Tool? Nutrients 2022, 14, 771

scientific article published in 2022

Comparison of food industry policies and commitments on marketing to children and product (re)formulation in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji

scientific article (publication date: 19 August 2014)

Comparison of two food record-based dietary assessment methods for a pan-European food consumption survey among infants, toddlers, and children using data quality indicators

scientific article

Consumers' food choices, understanding and perceptions in response to different front-of-pack nutrition labelling systems in Belgium: results from an online experimental study

scientific article published on 03 April 2020

Consumption of ultra-processed food products and diet quality among children, adolescents and adults in Belgium

scientific article published on 03 December 2018

Correction to: Objective understanding of the Nutri-score front-of-pack label by European consumers and its effect on food choices: an online experimental study

scientific article published on 16 December 2020

Correlates of dietary energy misreporting among European adolescents: the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence (HELENA) study

scientific article

Cost and Affordability of Diets Modelled on Current Eating Patterns and on Dietary Guidelines, for New Zealand Total Population, Māori and Pacific Households.

scientific article published on 13 June 2018

Creating healthy food environments through global benchmarking of government nutrition policies and food industry practices

scientific article published on 05 March 2014

Declaration of nutrition information on and nutritional quality of Thai ready-to-eat packaged food products

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

Determinants of folate status in pregnant women: results from a national cross-sectional survey in Belgium ⬇️

scientific article published on August 22, 2012

Development and overview of the Government Healthy Food Environment Policy Index for assessing and benchmarking government policies globally

article

Dietary exposure of the Belgian adult population to non-dioxin-like PCBs

scientific article published on 27 June 2013

Dietary exposure of the Belgian population to mineral oil

scientific article published on 07 November 2019

Dietary intake of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs of the Belgian population.

scientific article published on 26 February 2010

Dietary intake of artificial sweeteners by the Belgian population

scientific article published on 17 November 2011

Dietary intake of hexabromocyclododecane diastereoisomers (α-, β-, and γ-HBCD) in the Belgian adult population

scientific article published on 18 May 2011

Dietary intake of lycopene by the Belgian adult population

scientific article published on 4 January 2013

Dietary sources and sociodemographic and economic factors affecting vitamin D and calcium intakes in Flemish preschoolers

scientific article

Dietary sources of animal and plant protein intake among Flemish preschool children and the association with socio-economic and lifestyle-related factors

scientific article

Dietary sources of fiber intake and its association with socio-economic factors among Flemish preschool children

scientific article

Dimensions of national culture associated with different trajectories of male and female mean body mass index in countries over 25 years

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Disclosures of Coca-Cola funding: transparent or opaque?

scientific article published on 21 March 2018

Do Current Fortification and Supplementation Programs Assure Adequate Intake of Fat-Soluble Vitamins in Belgian Infants, Toddlers, Pregnant Women, and Lactating Women?

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Does a small difference in iodine status among children in two regions of Belgium translate into a different prevalence of thyroid nodular diseases in adults?

scientific article published on 07 August 2011

Eating out of home in Belgium: current situation and policy implications

scientific article published in April 2009

Effect of Formulation, Labelling, and Taxation Policies on the Nutritional Quality of the Food Supply

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Energy and macronutrient intakes in Belgium: results from the first National Food Consumption Survey

scientific article published on 26 February 2010

Erratum: Intake and dietary sources of haem and non-haem iron among European adolescents and their association with iron status and different lifestyle and socio-economic factors

scholarly article published in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Establishing a Belgian Nutrition Society (BNS): Filling the Void

scientific article published on 20 April 2009

Estimate of intake of benzoic acid in the Belgian adult population

scientific article published on July 2009

Estimate of intake of sulfites in the Belgian adult population.

scientific article published on August 2010

Estimate of total salt intake in two regions of Belgium through analysis of sodium in 24-h urine samples

scientific article published on 18 August 2010

Estimation of dietary aluminum exposure of the Belgian adult population: Evaluation of contribution of food and kitchenware ⬇️

scientific article published on February 9, 2013

Evaluation of food and nutrient intake assessment using concentration biomarkers in European adolescents from the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence study

scientific article published on 23 May 2012

Exposure to domoic acid through shellfish consumption in Belgium

article

Extent of implementation of food environment policies by the Malaysian Government: gaps and priority recommendations

scientific article published on 02 October 2018

Feasibility of dietary assessment methods, other tools and procedures for a pan-European food consumption survey among infants, toddlers and children

scientific article published on 10 August 2014

Fibre intake among the Belgian population by sex-age and sex-education groups and its association with BMI and waist circumference

scientific article

Fluoride intake through consumption of tap water and bottled water in Belgium

scientific article

Food cost and adherence to guidelines for healthy diets: evidence from Belgium

scientific article published on 25 November 2020

Food insecurity and its association with changes in nutritional habits among adults during the COVID-19 confinement measures in Belgium

scientific article published on 09 December 2020

Food references and marketing in popular magazines for children and adolescents in New Zealand: a content analysis

scientific article published on 13 August 2014

Food sources and correlates of sodium and potassium intakes in Flemish pre-school children

scientific article published on 6 October 2011

Food swamps by area socioeconomic deprivation in New Zealand: a national study

scientific article published on 22 May 2017

Fortification of bread with iodized salt corrected iodine deficiency in school-aged children, but not in their mothers: a national cross-sectional survey in Belgium

scientific article published on 4 September 2012

Front-of-package nutrition labelling policy: global progress and future directions

scientific article published on 21 March 2018

Future directions to prevent obesity within the context of the Global Syndemic

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Getting serious about protecting New Zealand children against unhealthy food marketing

scientific article published on 03 July 2015

Global benchmarking of children's exposure to television advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages across 22 countries

scientific article published on 11 April 2019

Global trends in ultraprocessed food and drink product sales and their association with adult body mass index trajectories

scientific article published on 17 May 2019

Have we reached a tipping point for sugar-sweetened beverage taxes?

scientific article

High prevalence of thyroid disorders in pregnant women in a mildly iodine-deficient country: a population-based study

scientific article published on 11 July 2013

High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women: a national cross-sectional survey

scientific article

INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): overview and key principles

scientific article published on October 2013

Identifying implementation gaps and priorities for the Singapore government to improve food environment policies: perspectives from a local expert panel

scientific article published on 13 October 2020

Implementation of healthy food environment policies to prevent nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in Ghana: National experts' assessment of government action

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Increased food energy supply as a major driver of the obesity epidemic: a global analysis

scientific article published in July 2015

Increasing fruit and vegetable intake: where are we at and how do we reach recommendations?

scientific article published on 01 October 2015

Indicators of the relative availability of healthy versus unhealthy foods in supermarkets: a validation study

scientific article

Intake and dietary sources of haem and non-haem iron among European adolescents and their association with iron status and different lifestyle and socio-economic factors

scientific article published on 22 May 2013

Introducing PRISMA as a requirement

scientific article published on 01 October 2015

Iodine deficiency among Belgian pregnant women not fully corrected by iodine-containing multivitamins: a national cross-sectional survey

scientific article

Iron status and its determinants in a nationally representative sample of pregnant women

scientific article published on 24 January 2013

Lack of nutrient declarations and low nutritional quality of pre-packaged foods sold in Guatemalan supermarkets

scientific article published on 26 May 2020

Level of implementation of best practice policies for creating healthy food environments: assessment by state and non-state actors in Thailand

scientific article published on 13 September 2016

Measuring and stimulating progress on implementing widely recommended food environment policies: the New Zealand case study

scientific article

Measuring the Healthiness of the Packaged Food Supply in Australia.

scientific article published on 31 May 2018

Mechanisms for addressing and managing the influence of corporations on public health policy, research and practice: a scoping review

scientific article published on 19 July 2020

Methods for evaluating efforts made by governments to prevent and mitigate corporate influence and conflicts of interest in public health policy

scientific article published on 23 May 2022

Mild iodine deficiency in pregnancy in Europe and its consequences for cognitive and psychomotor development of children: a review

scientific article

Minerals and Trace Elements Intakes and Food Consumption Patterns of Young Children Living in Rural Areas of Tibet Autonomous Region, P.R. China: A Cross-Sectional Survey

scientific article published on March 2017

Modelling the cost differential between healthy and current diets: the New Zealand case study

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

Monitoring and benchmarking government policies and actions to improve the healthiness of food environments: a proposed Government Healthy Food Environment Policy Index.

scientific article published on October 2013

Monitoring and benchmarking population diet quality globally: a step-wise approach

scientific article published on October 2013

Monitoring food and non-alcoholic beverage promotions to children.

scientific article published on October 2013

Monitoring foods and beverages provided and sold in public sector settings.

scientific article published on October 2013

Monitoring policy and actions on food environments: rationale and outline of the INFORMAS policy engagement and communication strategies.

scientific article published on October 2013

Monitoring the availability of healthy and unhealthy foods and non-alcoholic beverages in community and consumer retail food environments globally

scientific article published on October 2013

Monitoring the availability of healthy and unhealthy foods and non-alcoholic beverages in community and consumer retail food environments globally

Monitoring the health-related labelling of foods and non-alcoholic beverages in retail settings

scientific article published on October 2013

Monitoring the impacts of trade agreements on food environments.

scientific article published on October 2013

Monitoring the levels of important nutrients in the food supply

scientific article published on October 2013

Monitoring the price and affordability of foods and diets globally

scientific article published on October 2013

Neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone concentration and psychomotor development at preschool age.

scientific article published on 08 July 2016

Neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone concentrations in Belgium: a useful indicator for detecting mild iodine deficiency?

scientific article

Neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone level is influenced by neonatal, maternal, and pregnancy factors

scientific article published on 2 September 2015

New Media but Same Old Tricks: Food Marketing to Children in the Digital Age.

scientific article

No Association between Elevated Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone at Birth and Parent-Reported Problem Behavior at Preschool Age.

scientific article published on 19 December 2016

Nutrition and health claims on healthy and less-healthy packaged food products in New Zealand

scientific article published on 9 August 2016

Nutritional Content According to the Presence of Front of Package Marketing Strategies: The Case of Ultra-Processed Snack Food Products Purchased in Costa Rica

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

Nutritional Content, Labelling and Marketing of Breakfast Cereals on the Belgian Market and Their Reformulation in Anticipation of the Implementation of the Nutri-Score Front-Of-Pack Labelling System

scientific article published on 25 March 2020

Nutritional Quality of Hidden Food and Beverage Advertising Directed to Children: Extent and Nature of Product Placement in Mexican Television Programs

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Nutritional quality of foods and non-alcoholic beverages advertised on Mexican television according to three nutrient profile models

scientific article

Nutritional quality, labelling and promotion of breakfast cereals on the New Zealand market

scientific article

Obesogenic Retail Food Environments Around New Zealand Schools: A National Study

scientific article published on 20 April 2016

Objective understanding of the Nutri-score front-of-pack label by European consumers and its effect on food choices: an online experimental study

scientific article published on 19 November 2020

Objective understanding of the front-of-pack nutrition label Nutri-Score by European consumers

scientific article published in 2020

On the pitfalls of disclosure statements

scientific article published on 01 February 2016

Optimization of iodine intake in Belgium

scientific article published on 21 April 2011

Overabundance of unhealthy food advertising targeted to children on Guatemalan television

scientific article published on 14 February 2020

Overall and within-food group diversity are associated with dietary quality in Belgium

scientific article published on 08 June 2010

Paying for convenience: comparing the cost of takeaway meals with their healthier home-cooked counterparts in New Zealand.

scientific article

Pilot test of the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) to increase government actions for creating healthy food environments

scientific article

Plant and animal protein intake and its association with overweight and obesity among the Belgian population

scientific article

Policies to Create Healthier Food Environments in Canada: Experts' Evaluation and Prioritized Actions Using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI)

scientific article published on 14 November 2019

Poor nutrition-related policies and practices of global food companies under the spotlight

scientific article

Progress achieved in restricting the marketing of high-fat, sugary and salty food and beverage products to children

scientific article

Projected reduction in healthcare costs in Belgium after optimization of iodine intake: impact on costs related to thyroid nodular disease

scientific article

Proposed methods for evaluating efforts made by governments to prevent and mitigate corporate influence and conflicts of interest in public health policy

scientific article published in 2022

Proposed new industry code on unhealthy food marketing to children and young people: will it make a difference?

scientific article published on 17 February 2017

Protecting New Zealand children from exposure to the marketing of unhealthy foods and drinks: a comparison of three nutrient profiling systems to classify foods

scientific article published on 9 September 2016

Protocol of the PSYCHOTSH study: association between neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone concentration and intellectual, psychomotor and psychosocial development at 4-5 year of age: a retrospective cohort study

scientific article

Providing Measurement, Evaluation, Accountability, and Leadership Support (MEALS) for Non-communicable Diseases Prevention in Ghana: Project Implementation Protocol

publication published on 18 August 2021

Reducing Food Loss And Waste While Improving The Public's Health

scientific article published on November 2015

Reducing childhood overweight and obesity in New Zealand through setting a clear and achievable target

scientific article published on 28 November 2014

Relative contributions of recommended food environment policies to improve population nutrition: results from a Delphi study with international food policy experts

scientific article published on 02 May 2018

Repeated 24-hour recalls versus dietary records for estimating nutrient intakes in a national food consumption survey ⬇️

scientific article published on November 11, 2011

Reproducibility and validity of a diet quality index for children assessed using a FFQ.

scientific article published on 10 March 2010

Response to 'Front-of-package nutrition labels need to be assessed on their nutrition science rigour' by Lawrence and Woods

scientific article published on 12 June 2018

Shaping Physical, Economic, and Policy Components of the Food Environment to Create Sustainable Healthy Diets

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Simulation of total dietary iodine intake in Flemish preschool children ⬇️

scientific article published on November 7, 2011

Socio-economic inequalities in diet and body weight: evidence, causes and intervention options

scientific article published in April 2015

Sociocultural Influences on Food Choices and Implications for Sustainable Healthy Diets

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Sodium reduction and the correction of iodine intake in Belgium: Policy options

scientific article

Strength of EU-level food environment policies and priority recommendations to create healthy food environments

scientific article published on 9 March 2022

Strengthening of accountability systems to create healthy food environments and reduce global obesity

scientific article

Sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: an update on the year that was 2017.

scientific article

Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes in 2018: a year of reflections and consolidation

scientific article published on 19 November 2018

Television food and beverage marketing to children in Costa Rica: current state and policy implications

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Ten-year trends in the price differential between healthier and less healthy foods in New Zealand

scientific article published on 23 July 2018

The CIVISANO protocol: a mixed-method study about the role of objective and perceived environmental factors on physical activity and eating behavior among socioeconomically disadvantaged adults

scientific article published on 5 October 2022

The Changing Landscape of Food Deserts and Swamps over More than a Decade in Flanders, Belgium

scientific article published in 2022

The Cost of Diets According to Their Caloric Share of Ultraprocessed and Minimally Processed Foods in Belgium

scientific article published on 11 September 2020

The Food Supply Prior to the Implementation of the Chilean Law of Food Labeling and Advertising

article

The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report

scientific article published on 28 January 2019

The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index in Poland: Implementation Gaps and Actions for Improvement

scientific article published on 2 June 2022

The INFORMAS healthy food environment policy index (Food-EPI) in Mexico: An assessment of implementation gaps and priority recommendations

scientific article published on 07 January 2019

The Influence on Population Weight Gain and Obesity of the Macronutrient Composition and Energy Density of the Food Supply

scientific article published on March 2015

The changing landscape of food deserts and swamps in Flanders, Belgium

scientific article published in 2022

The effect of a shelf placement intervention on sales of healthier and less healthy breakfast cereals in supermarkets: A co-designed pilot study

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

The first INFORMAS national food environments and policies survey in New Zealand: A blueprint country profile for measuring progress on creating healthy food environments

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

The gap between food-based dietary guidelines and usual food consumption in Belgium, 2004.

scientific article published on 22 April 2008

The healthy food environment policy index: findings of an expert panel in New Zealand

scientific article published on 17 March 2015

The obesity transition: stages of the global epidemic

scientific article published on 28 January 2019

The potential impact of an implemented income redistribution package on obesity prevalence in New Zealand

scientific article published on 10 November 2020

The potential of a human rights approach for accelerating the implementation of comprehensive restrictions on the marketing of unhealthy foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children

scientific article published on 5 January 2018

The potential of citizen engagement and empowerment for obesity prevention in New Zealand

scientific article

The role of the perceived environment for recreational walking among adults in socioeconomically disadvantaged situations: A study using walk-along interviews

scientific article published in September 2023

Three Decades of New Zealand Adults Obesity Trends: An Estimation of Energy Imbalance Gaps Using System Dynamics Modeling

scientific article published on 27 May 2019

Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) Concentration at Birth in Belgian Neonates and Cognitive Development at Preschool Age.

scientific article

Time to move beyond industry self-regulation of food marketing in New Zealand

scientific article published in October 2015

Towards comprehensive global monitoring of food environments and policies to reduce diet-related non-communicable diseases

scientific article published on 4 November 2013

Towards global benchmarking of food environments and policies to reduce obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases: design and methods for nation-wide surveys

scientific article

Towards healthier supermarkets: a national study of in-store food availability, prominence and promotions in New Zealand

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

Trends in the Extent and Nature of Food Advertising Targeted to Children and Adolescents in Uganda (The FACe-U project protocol)

scientific article published in 2023

Two countries, similar practices: The political practices of the food industry influencing the adoption of key public health nutrition policies in Guatemala and Panama

scientific article published in 2022

Unhealthy food advertising directed to children on New Zealand television: extent, nature, impact and policy implications

scientific article published on 26 May 2017

Unhealthy food and non-alcoholic beverage advertising on children's, youth and family free-to-air and digital television programmes in Thailand.

scientific article published on 15 June 2018

Unhealthy food marketing around New Zealand schools: a national study

scientific article published on 27 August 2018

Unhealthy food marketing to New Zealand children and adolescents through the internet

scientific article published on 17 February 2017

Uptake of Nutri-Score during the first year of implementation in Belgium

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Urinary sodium and iodine concentrations among Belgian adults: results from the first national Health Examination Survey

scientific article published on 08 October 2020

Validation of a food quantification picture book targeting children of 0–10 years of age for pan-European and national dietary surveys ⬇️

scientific article published on June 27, 2013

Volume, nature and potential impact of advertisements on Facebook and YouTube by food brands popular in New Zealand

scientific article published on 13 April 2018

WHO report on ending childhood obesity echoes earlier recommendations

scientific article published on 01 January 2016

Why a global convention to protect and promote healthy diets is timely

scientific article published on 01 November 2014

Young adults: beloved by food and drink marketers and forgotten by public health?

scientific article

Paulina is supported by:

About Paulina

Help