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Yang Y, Flexner N, Tiscornia MV, Guarnieri L, Blanco-Metzler A, Núñez-Rivas H, Roselló-Araya M, Arévalo-Rodríguez P, Kroker-Lobos MF, Diez-Canseco F, Meza-Hernández M, Yabiku-Soto K, Saavedra-Garcia L, Allemandi L, Nederveen L, L’Abbé MR. Monitoring sodium content in packaged foods sold in the Americas and compliance with the updated regional sodium reduction targets. PLoS One. 2025 Apr 3;20(4):e0304922. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304922. PMID: 40179102; PMCID: PMC11967937. View Online.

Hamamji S, Zaltz D, L’Abbé MR. Cardiometabolic health, socioeconomic status, and 2019 Canada’s Food Guide Food Choices Assessment Score: Findings from the Canadian Health Measures Survey. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2025 Mar 17. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2024-0357. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40096711. View Online.

Ziraldo ER, Jeong H, Blais A, Ahmed M, Uji M, Yang Y, Malik V, Sellen D, L’Abbé MR. Grocery and chain restaurant foods and beverages allowed for sale in Ontario schools: An evaluation against Ontario’s School Food and Beverage Policy. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2025 Mar 17. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2024-0495. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40096710. View Online.

Flexner N, Zaltz D, Greenthal E, Musicus AA, Ahmed M, L’Abbe MR. Estimating the dietary and health impact of implementing mandatory front-of-package nutrient disclosures in the US: A policy scenario modeling analysis. PLoS One. 2025 Feb 24;20(2):e0312638. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312638. PMID: 39992995; PMCID: PMC11849812. View Online.

Middleton CG, Lee JJ, L’Abbé MR. Alignment of menu items offered in Canadian long-term care homes with Canada’s food guide and the Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines. BMC Public Health. 2025 Feb 13;25(1):593. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21803-7. PMID: 39939923; PMCID: PMC11823113. View Online.

Ziraldo E, Ahmed M, Mulligan C, Sellen D, L’Abbé M. Nutrient intakes of Canadian children and adolescents at school by meal occasion and location of food preparation. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2025 Jan 1;50:1-12. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2024-0027. PMID: 39878206. View Online.

Hamamji S, Ahmed M, Zaltz D, L’Abbé MR. Development and Evaluation of a Food Choices Assessment Score (FCAS) Measuring the Healthfulness of Dietary Choices According to 2019 Canada’s Food Guide/Canada’s Dietary Guidelines, using the Canadian Health Measures Survey Food Frequency Questionnaire. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2025 Jan 17. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2024-0305. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39823577. View Online.

Vergeer L, Mulligan C, Jeong H, Khan A, L’Abbé MR. The healthfulness of major food brands according to Health Canada’s nutrient profile model for proposed restrictions on food marketing to children. Public Health Nutr. 2025 Jan 7;28(1):e17. doi: 10.1017/S1368980024002659. PMID: 39764633. View Online.

Christoforou A, Bernstein JT, Dickinson KM, Yang Y, Arcand J, L’Abbé MR. Examining changes in the sodium content of Canadian prepackaged foods: 2013 to 2017. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2024 Dec 5. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0174. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39637365. View Online.

Blais A, Ahmed M, L’Abbé MR, Sellen D, Malik V. Canada-wide survey of school food programs. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2024 Nov 22. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2024-0083. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39576969. View Online.

Ziraldo ER, Hu G, Khan A, L’Abbé MR. Investigating reformulation in the Canadian food supply between 2017 and 2020 and its impact on food prices. Public Health Nutr. 2024 Nov 22:1-27. doi: 10.1017/S136898002400226X. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39575545. View Online.

Jeong H, Yang Y, Mulligan C, L’Abbé MR. Evaluating the application of front-of-package labelling regulations to menu labelling in the Canadian restaurant sector using menu food label information and price (Menu-FLIP) 2020 data. Public Health Nutr. 2024 Oct 31;27(1):e238. doi: 10.1017/S1368980024002143. PMID: 39478431. View Online.

Lee JJ, Mulligan C, Ahmed M, L’Abbé MR. Comparing Canada’s 2018 proposed and 2022 final front-of-pack labelling regulations using generic food composition data and a nationally representative dietary intake survey. Public Health Nutr. 2024 Oct 29;27(1):e223. doi: 10.1017/S1368980024001496. PMID: 39469781; PMCID: PMC11604314. View Online.

Zaltz D, Ahmed M, Vergeer L, Schermel A, L’Abbé MR. Free sugars in the Canadian diet: a research summary and future directions for food policy. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2024 Oct 15. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0632. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39405581. View Online.

Lee JJ, Ziraldo ER, Jeong H, L’Abbé MR. Examining the role of industry lobbying on Canadian front-of-pack labelling regulations. Can J Public Health. 2024 Oct 11. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00950-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39394336. View Online.

Guarnieri L, Castronuovo L, Flexner N, Yang Y, L’Abbe MR, Tiscornia V. Monitoring sodium content in processed and ultraprocessed foods in Argentina 2022: compliance with National Legislation and Regional Targets. Public Health Nutr. 2024 Oct 2;27(1):e193. doi: 10.1017/S1368980024001423. PMID: 39354662. View Online.

Lee JJ, Mulligan C, L’Abbé M. Development and validity testing of the Canadian Food Scoring System (CFSS), a nutrient profile model based on the recommendations of Canada’s Food Guide 2019. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2024 Oct 1;49(10):1363-1376. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2024-0034. Epub 2024 Jul 16. PMID: 39013203. View Online.

Lee JJ, Ahmed M, Julia C, Ng AP, Paper L, Lou WY, L’Abbé MR. Corrigendum: Examining the diet quality of Canadian adults and the alignment of Canadian front-of-pack labelling regulations with other front-of-pack labelling systems and dietary guidelines. Front Public Health. 2024 Aug 6;12:1448853. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1448853. Erratum for: Front Public Health. 2023 Jun 23;11:1168745. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1168745. PMID: 39165776; PMCID: PMC11333432. View Online.

Lee JJ, Ahmed M, Ng AP, Mulligan C, Flexner N, L’Abbé MR. Correction: Nutrient intakes and top food categories contributing to intakes of energy and nutrients-of-concern consumed by Canadian adults that would require a ‘high-in’ front-of-pack symbol according to Canadian labelling regulations. PLoS One. 2024 Jun 24;19(6):e0306212. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306212. Erratum for: PLoS One. 2023 May 18;18(5):e0285095. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285095. PMID: 38913644; PMCID: PMC11195937. View Online.

Jarvis S, Hadjikakou M, Wu J, Classens M, Chiavaroli L, Sievenpiper J, L’Abbe M, Jenkins D, Malik V. Integrating health, nutrition, and environmental impacts of foods: a life cycle impact assessment and modelling analysis of foods in Canada. Lancet Planet Health. 2024 Apr;8 Suppl 1:S18. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00083-4. PMID: 38632913. View Online.

Lee JJ, Ahmed M, Mouhaffel R, L’Abbé MR. A content and quality analysis of free, popular mHealth apps supporting ‘plant-based’ diets. PLOS Digit Health. 2023 Oct 25;2(10):e0000360. doi: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000360. PMID: 37878657; PMCID: PMC10599568. View Online.

Hu G, Flexner N, Tiscornia MV, L’Abbé MR. Accelerating the Classification of NOVA Food Processing Levels Using a Fine-Tuned Language Model: A Multi-Country Study. Nutrients. 2023 Sep 27;15(19):4167. doi: 10.3390/nu15194167. PMID: 37836451; PMCID: PMC10574618. View Online.

Yang Y, Ahmed M, L’Abbé MR. The Effects of Ontario Menu Labelling Regulations on Nutritional Quality of Chain Restaurant Menu Items-Cross-Sectional Examination. Nutrients. 2023 Sep 15;15(18):3992. doi: 10.3390/nu15183992. PMID: 37764776; PMCID: PMC10538060. View Online.

Wallace A, Martin A, Bédard A, Pitre C, Lemieux S, Randall Simpson JA, Kirkpatrick SI, Hutchinson JM, Williams TE, Westaway AM, Lamarche B, Day M, Guenther PM, Jessri M, L’Abbé MR, Louzada ML, Olstad DL, Prowse R, Reedy J, Vatanparast H, Vena JE, Haines J. Development of the Canadian Eating Practices Screener to assess eating practices based on 2019 Canada’s Food Guide recommendations. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2023 Aug 30. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0081. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37647625. View Online.

Flexner N, Ahmed M, Mulligan C, Bernstein JT, Christoforou AK, Lee JJ, Khandpur N, L’Abbe MR. The estimated dietary and health impact of implementing the recently approved ‘high in’ front-of-package nutrition symbol in Canada: a food substitution scenario modeling study. Front Nutr. 2023 Aug 7;10:1158498. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1158498. PMID: 37614744; PMCID: PMC10443708. View Online.

Lee JJ, Srebot S, Ahmed M, Mulligan C, Hu G, L’Abbé MR. Nutritional quality and price of plant-based dairy and meat analogs in the Canadian food supply system. J Food Sci. 2023 Jul 17. doi: 10.1111/1750-3841.16691. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37458282. View Online.

Lee JJ, Ahmed M, Julia C, Ng AP, Paper L, Lou WY, L’Abbé MR. Examining the diet quality of Canadian adults and the alignment of Canadian front-of-pack labelling regulations with other front-of-pack labelling systems and dietary guidelines. Front Public Health. 2023 Jun 23;11:1168745. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1168745. PMID: 37427256; PMCID: PMC10326271. View Online.

Lee JJ, Ahmed M, Ng AP, Mulligan C, Flexner N, L’Abbé MR. Nutrient intakes and top food categories contributing to intakes of energy and nutrients-of-concern consumed by Canadian adults that would require a ‘high-in’ front-of-pack symbol according to Canadian labelling regulations. PLoS One. 2023 May 18;18(5):e0285095. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285095. PMID: 37200252; PMCID: PMC10194982. View Online.

Potvin Kent M, Soares Guimarães J, Amson A, Pauzé E, Remedios L, Bagnato M, Pritchard M, Onwo A, Wu D, L’Abbé M, Mulligan C, Vergeer L, Weippert M. Sex differences in children’s exposure to food and beverage advertisements on broadcast television in four cities in Canada. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2023 May;43(5):222-230. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.43.5.02. PMID: 37195652; PMCID: PMC10237258. View Online.

Bernstein JT, Christoforou AK, Ng AP, Weippert M, Mulligan C, Flexner N, L’Abbe MR. Canadian Free Sugar Intake and Modelling of a Reformulation Scenario. Foods. 2023 Apr 25;12(9):1771. doi: 10.3390/foods12091771. PMID: 37174309; PMCID: PMC10178368. View Online.

Flexner N, Christoforou AK, Bernstein JT, Ng AP, Yang Y, Fernandes Nilson EA, Labonté MÈ, L’Abbe MR. Estimating Canadian sodium intakes and the health impact of meeting national and WHO recommended sodium intake levels: A macrosimulation modelling study. PLoS One. 2023 May 10;18(5):e0284733. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284733. PMID: 37163471; PMCID: PMC10171671. View Online.

Mulligan C, Vergeer L, Kent MP, L’Abbé MR. Child-appealing packaged food and beverage products in Canada-Prevalence, power, and nutritional quality. PLoS One. 2023 May 3;18(5):e0284350. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284350. PMID: 37134046; PMCID: PMC10156002. View Online.

Ng AP, Jessri M, L’Abbé MR. Adherence to a priori dietary patterns in relation to obesity: results from two cycles of the Canadian National Nutrition Survey. Public Health Nutr. 2023 May 2:1-13. doi: 10.1017/S1368980023000903. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37129093. View Online.

Flexner N, Bernstein JT, Weippert MV, Labonté MÈ, Christoforou AK, Ng AP, L’Abbe MR. How Many Diet-Related Non-Communicable Disease Deaths Could Be Averted or Delayed If Canadians Reduced Their Consumption of Calories Derived from Free Sugars Intake? A Macrosimulation Modeling Study. Nutrients. 2023 Apr 11;15(8):1835. doi: 10.3390/nu15081835. PMID: 37111054; PMCID: PMC10140857. View Online.

Jawad A, Mulligan C, Savona N, L’Abbé MR. Qualitative analysis of front-of package labeling policy interactions between stakeholders and Health Canada. Front Public Health. 2023 Apr 6;11:982908. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.982908. PMID: 37089483; PMCID: PMC10115994. View Online.

Flexner N, Ng AP, Ahmed M, Khandpur N, Acton RB, Lee JJ, L’Abbe MR. Estimating the dietary and health impact of implementing front-of-pack nutrition labeling in Canada: A macrosimulation modeling study. Front Nutr. 2023 Mar 17;10:1098231. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1098231. PMID: 37006927; PMCID: PMC10065472. View Online.

Potvin Kent M, Soares Guimaraes J, Pritchard M, Remedios L, Pauzé E, L’Abbé M, Mulligan C, Vergeer L, Weippert M. Differences in child and adolescent exposure to unhealthy food and beverage advertising on television in a self-regulatory environment. BMC Public Health. 2023 Mar 23;23(1):555. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15027-w. PMID: 36959572; PMCID: PMC10037770. View Online.

Bernstein JT, Christoforou AK, Flexner N, L’Abbe MR. Comparing the nutritional composition of foods and beverages in the Canadian Nutrient File to a large representative database of Canadian prepackaged foods and beverages. PLoS One. 2023 Mar 13;18(3):e0280028. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280028. PMID: 36913344; PMCID: PMC10010505. View Online.

Hu G, Ahmed M, L’Abbé MR. Natural language processing and machine learning approaches for food categorization and nutrition quality prediction compared with traditional methods. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 Mar;117(3):553-563. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2022.11.022. Epub 2022 Dec 23. PMID: 36872019. View Online.

Ahmed M, Ng AP, Christoforou A, Mulligan C, L’Abbé MR. Top Sodium Food Sources in the American Diet-Using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Nutrients. 2023 Feb 6;15(4):831. doi: 10.3390/nu15040831. PMID: 36839189; PMCID: PMC9962803. View Online.

Potvin Kent M, Pauzé E, Remedios L, Wu D, Soares Guimaraes J, Pinto A, Bagnato M, Pritchard M, L’Abbé M, Mulligan C, Vergeer L, Weippert M. Advertising expenditures on child-targeted food and beverage products in two policy environments in Canada in 2016 and 2019. PLoS One. 2023 Jan 11;18(1):e0279275. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279275. PMID: 36630326; PMCID: PMC9833551. View Online.

Padilla-Moseley J, Blanco-Metzler A, L’Abbé MR, Arcand J. A Program Evaluation of a Dietary Sodium Reduction Research Consortium of Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries in Latin America. Nutrients. 2022; 14(20):4311. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14204311. View Online.

Mulligan C, Lee JJ, Vergeer L, Ahmed M, L’Abbé MR. Evaluating the potential implications of Canadian front-of-pack labelling regulations in generic and branded food composition databases. BMC Public Health. 2022 Oct 6;22(1):1866. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14269-4. PMID: 36203128; PMCID: PMC9535871. View Online.

Potvin Kent M, Pauzé E, Bagnato M, Soares Guimaraes J, Pinto A, Remedios L, Pritchard M, L’Abbé MR, Mulligan C, Vergeer L, Weippert M. Advertising expenditures across media on food and beverage products heavily advertised on youth-appealing television stations in Canada. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2022 Sep 29. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2022-0219. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36174233. View Online.

Paper L, Ahmed M, Lee JJ, Kesse-Guyot E, Touvier M, Hercberg S, Galan P, Salanave B, Verdot C, L’Abbé MR, Deschamps V, Julia C. Cross-sectional comparisons of dietary indexes underlying nutrition labels: nutri-score, Canadian ‘high in’ labels and Diabetes Canada Clinical Practices (DCCP). Eur J Nutr. 2022 Aug 12. doi: 10.1007/s00394-022-02978-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35960367. View Online.

Potvin Kent M, Pauzé E, Bagnato M, Guimarães JS, Pinto A, Remedios L, Pritchard M, L’Abbé MR, Mulligan C, Vergeer L, Weippert M. Food and beverage advertising expenditures in Canada in 2016 and 2019 across media. BMC Public Health. 2022 Aug 1;22(1):1458. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13823-4. PMID: 35915428; PMCID: PMC9340686. View Online.

Yang Y, Weippert M, Ahmed M, L’Abbé MR. Cross-Sectional Nutritional Information and Quality of Canadian Chain Restaurant Menu Items in 2020. Am J Prev Med. 2022 Sep 22:S0749-3797(22)00413-5. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2022.07.015. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36155709. View Online.

Gaucher-Holm A, Mulligan C, L’Abbé MR, Potvin Kent M, Vanderlee L. Lobbying and nutrition policy in Canada: a quantitative descriptive study on stakeholder interactions with government officials in the context of Health Canada’s Healthy Eating Strategy. Global Health. 2022 May 26;18(1):54. doi: 10.1186/s12992-022-00842-4. PMID: 35619107; PMCID: PMC9137051. View Online.

Hamel V, Nardocci M, Flexner N, Bernstein J, L’Abbé MR, Moubarac JC. Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods Is Associated with Free Sugars Intake in the Canadian Population. Nutrients. 2022 Feb 8;14(3):708. doi: 10.3390/nu14030708. PMID: 35277065; PMCID: PMC8840758. View Online.

Vergeer L, Ahmed M, Vanderlee L, Mulligan C, Weippert M, Franco-Arellano B, Dickinson K, Bernstein JT, Labonté MÈ, L’Abbé MR. The relationship between voluntary product (re) formulation commitments and changes in the nutritional quality of products offered by the top packaged food and beverage companies in Canada from 2013 to 2017. BMC Public Health. 2022 Feb 10;22(1):271. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-12683-2. PMID: 35144589. View Online.

Ahmed M, Schermel A, Lee J, Weippert M, Franco-Arellano B and L’Abbé M. Development of the Food Label Information Program: A Comprehensive Canadian Branded Food Composition Database. Front. Nutr. 2022;8:825050. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.825050. View Online.

Warren C, Hobin E, Manuel DG, Anderson LN, Hammond D, Jessri M, Arcand J, L’Abbé M, Li Y, Rosella LC, Manson H, Smith BT. Socioeconomic position and consumption of sugary drinks, sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% juice among Canadians: a cross-sectional analysis of the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition. Can J Public Health. 2022 Feb 9. doi: 10.17269/s41997-021-00602-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35138596. View Online.

Brassard D, Elvidge Munene LA, St Pierre S, Gonzalez A, Guenther PM, Jessri M, Vena JE, Olstad DL, Vatanparast H, Prowse R, Lemieux S, L’Abbé MR, Garriguet D, Kirkpatrick SI, Lamarche B. Evaluation of the Healthy Eating Food Index (HEFI)-2019 measuring adherence to Canada’s Food Guide 2019 recommendations on healthy food choices. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2022 Jan 14. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2021-0416. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35030069. View Online.

Brassard D, Elvidge Munene LA, St Pierre S, Guenther PM, Kirkpatrick SI, Slater J, Lemieux S, Jessri M, Haines J, Prowse R, Olstad DL, Garriguet D, Vena JE, Vatanparast H, L’Abbé MR, Lamarche B. Development of the Healthy Eating Food Index (HEFI)-2019 measuring adherence to Canada’s Food Guide 2019 recommendations on healthy food choices. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2022 Jan 14. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2021-0415. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35030038. View Online.

Laar A, Kelly B, Holdsworth M, Quarpong W, Aryeetey R, Amevinya GS, Tandoh A, Agyemang C, Zotor F, Laar ME, Mensah K, Laryea D, Asiki G, Pradeilles R, Sellen D, L’Abbe MR, Vandevijvere S. Providing Measurement, Evaluation, Accountability, and Leadership Support (MEALS) for Non-communicable Diseases Prevention in Ghana: Project Implementation Protocol. Front Nutr. 2021 Aug 18;8:644320. View Online.

Blanco-Metzler A, Vega-Solano J, Franco-Arellano B, Allemandi L, Larroza RB, Saavedra-Garcia L, Weippert M, Sivakumar B, Benavides-Aguilar K, Tiscornia V, Sequera Buzarquis G, Guarnieri L, Meza-Hernández M, Cañete Villalba F, Castronuovo L, Schermel A, L’Abbé MR, Arcand J. Changes in the Sodium Content of Foods Sold in Four Latin American Countries: 2015 to 2018. Nutrients. 2021 Nov 16;13(11):4108. doi: 10.3390/nu13114108. PMID: 34836362; PMCID: PMC8624930. View Online.

Christoforou A, Norsen S, Bernstein J, L’Abbe M. Examining the Prevalence, Nutritional Quality and Marketing of Foods with Voluntary Nutrient Additions in the Canadian Food Supply. Nutrients 2021;13:3115. View Online.

Lee JJ, Ahmed M, Zhang T, Weippert MV, Schermel A, L’Abbé MR. The Availability and Quality of Food Labelling Components in the Canadian E-Grocery Retail Environment. Nutrients. 2021 Jul 29;13(8):2611. doi: 10.3390/nu13082611. PMID: 34444771; PMCID: PMC8399674. View Online.

Ng AP, Jessri M, L’Abbe MR. Using partial least squares to identify a dietary pattern associated with obesity in a nationally-representative sample of Canadian adults: Results from the Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition 2015. PLoS One. 2021 Aug 5;16(8):e0255415. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255415. PMID: 34351952; PMCID: PMC8341606. View Online.

Bertinato J, Qiao C, L’Abbe MR. Iodine Status of Canadian Children, Adolescents and Women of Childbearing Age. The Journal of Nutrition. 2021; nxab268. View Online.

Ahmed M, Mandic I, Lou W, Goodman L, Jacobs I, L’ Abbé MR. Dietary Intakes From Ad Libitum Consumption of Canadian Armed Forces Field Rations Compared With Usual Home Dietary Intakes and Military Dietary Reference Intakes. Mil Med. 2021 Jun 12:usab222. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usab222. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34117489. View Online.

Hack S, Jessri M, L’Abbé MR. Nutritional quality of the food choices of Canadian children. BMC Nutr. 2021 May 29;7(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s40795-021-00422-6. PMID: 34049592; PMCID: PMC8164219. View Online.

Parpia AS, L’Abbé M, Arcand J, Darling PB. Response to Response to Sharma Parpia et al. (2018): The accuracy of Canadian Nutrient File data for reporting phosphorus, potassium, sodium and protein in select meat, poultry and fish products. Can J Public Health. 2021 May 27. doi: 10.17269/s41997-021-00545-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34046858. View Online.

Ahmed M, Praneet Ng A, L’Abbe MR. Nutrient intakes of Canadian adults: results from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS)-2015 Public Use Microdata File. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 May 21:nqab143. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab143. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34020449. View Online.

Roblin L, Ng AP, Ahmed M, L’Abbe M, Karbasy K, Gough K. Eating in Ontario: What Do We Know? Comparing intake of key nutrients, vegetables and fruit in Ontario with Canadian intake and dietary recommendations: a report based on CCHS 2015 – Nutrition. Toronto: Nutrition Connections, Ontario Public Health Association; June 2021, 55 p. Nutrients Report | Press Release

Roblin L, Ng AP, Ahmed M, L’Abbe M. Beverage Intakes in Ontario: What Do We Know? A report based on CCHS 2015 – Nutrition Survey. Toronto: Nutrition Connections, Ontario Public Health Association; June 2021. 39p. Beverage Report | Press Release

Mulligan C, Potvin Kent M, Vergeer L, Christoforou AK, L’Abbé MR. Quantifying Child-Appeal: The Development and Mixed-Methods Validation of a Methodology for Evaluating Child-Appealing Marketing on Product Packaging. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 29;18(9):4769. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094769. PMID: 33947116. View Online.

Vergeer L, Franco-Arellano B, Tjong GB, Bernstein JT, L’Abbé MR. The Level of Processing, Nutritional Composition and Prices of Canadian Packaged Foods and Beverages with and without Gluten-Free Claims. Nutrients. 2021 Apr 2;13(4):1183. doi: 10.3390/nu13041183. PMID: 33918418; PMCID: PMC8066194. View Online.

Mulligan C, Jawad A, Kent MP, Vanderlee L, L’Abbé MR. Stakeholder interactions with the federal government related to Bill S-228 and marketing to kids in Canada: a quantitative descriptive study. CMAJ Open. 2021 Mar 22;9(1):E280-E287. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20200086. PMID: 33757965. View Online.

Smith BT, Hack S, Jessri M, Arcand J, McLaren L, L’Abbé MR, Anderson LN, Hobin E, Hammond D, Manson H, Rosella LC, Manuel DG. The Equity and Effectiveness of Achieving Canada’s Voluntary Sodium Reduction Guidance Targets: A Modelling Study Using the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition. Nutrients. 2021 Feb 27;13(3):779. doi: 10.3390/nu13030779. PMID: 33673550; PMCID: PMC7997239. View Online.

Mulligan C, Franco-Arellano B, Ahmed M, Vergeer L, Dickinson KM, L’Abbé MR. Comparing how Canadian packaged food products align with the 2007 and 2019 versions of Canada’s Food Guide. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2021 Feb 17. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2020-0620. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33596121. View Online.

Franco-Arellano B, Vanderlee L, Ahmed M, Oh A, L’Abbé MR. Consumers’ Implicit and Explicit Recall, Understanding and Perceptions of Products with Nutrition-Related Messages: An Online Survey. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 6;17(21):8213. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17218213. PMID: 33172128; PMCID: PMC7664426. View Online.

Vergeer L, Vanderlee L, Sacks G, Robinson E, Mackay S, Young L, Mulligan C, L’Abbé MR. The Development and Application of a Tool for Quantifying the Strength of Voluntary Actions and Commitments of Major Canadian Food Companies to Improve the Nutritional Quality of Their Products. Curr Dev Nutr. 2020 Sep 22;4(10):nzaa151. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzaa151. PMID: 33134791; PMCID: PMC7580911. View Online.

Vanderlee L, Franco-Arellano B, Ahmed M, Oh A, Lou W, L’Abbé MR. The efficacy of ‘high in’ warning labels, health star and traffic light front-of-package labelling: an online randomised control trial. Public Health Nutr. 2020 Oct 6:1-13. doi: 10.1017/S1368980020003213. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33019950. View Online.

Mulligan C, Potvin Kent M, Christoforou AK, L’Abbé MR. Inventory of marketing techniques used in child-appealing food and beverage research: a rapid review. Int J Public Health. 2020;10.1007/s00038-020-01444-w. doi:10.1007/s00038-020-01444-w. View Online.

Murphy SA, Weippert MV, Dickinson KM, Scourboutakos MJ, L’Abbé MR. Cross-Sectional Analysis of Calories and Nutrients of Concern in Canadian Chain Restaurant Menu Items in 2016. Am J Prev Med. 2020;S0749-3797(20)30223-3. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2020.05.005. View Online.

Vergeer L, Ahmed M, Franco-Arellano B, Mulligan C, Dickinson K, Bernstein JT, Labonté MÈ, L’Abbé MR. Methodology for the Determination of Fruit, Vegetable, Nut and Legume Points for Food Supplies without Quantitative Ingredient Declarations and Its Application to a Large Canadian Packaged Food and Beverage Database. Foods. 2020;9(8):E1127. Published 2020 Aug 15. doi:10.3390/foods9081127. View Online.

Bernstein JT, Christoforou AK, Weippert M, L’Abbé MR. Reformulation of sugar contents in Canadian prepackaged foods and beverages between 2013 and 2017 and resultant changes in nutritional composition of products with sugar reductions. Public Health Nutr. 2020;1-9. doi:10.1017/S1368980020001159. View Online.

Ahmed M, Mandic I, Desilets E, Smith I, Sullivan-Kwantes W, Jones PJ, Goodman L, Jacobs I, L’Abbé M. Energy Balance of Canadian Armed Forces Personnel during an Arctic-Like Field Training Exercise. Nutrients. 2020;12(6):1638. Published 2020 Jun 2. doi:10.3390/nu12061638. View Online.

Franco-Arellano B, Arcand J, Kim MA, Schermel A, L’Abbé MR. Progress towards eliminating industrially produced trans-fatty acids in the Canadian marketplace, 2013-2017. Public Health Nutr. 2020;23(13):2257-2267. doi:10.1017/S1368980019004816. View Online.

Vergeer L, Vanderlee L, Ahmed M, Franco-Arellano B, Mulligan C, Dickinson K, L’Abbé MR. A comparison of the nutritional quality of products offered by the top packaged food and beverage companies in Canada. BMC Public Health. 2020;20(1):650. Published 2020 May 11. doi:10.1186/s12889-020-08828-w. View Online. 

Hack S, Jessri M, L’Abbé MR. Evaluating Diet Quality of Canadian Adults Using Health Canada’s Surveillance Tool Tier System: Findings from the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition. Nutrients. 2020;12(4):1113. Published 2020 Apr 16. doi:10.3390/nu12041113. View Online.

Mulligan C, Christoforou AK, Vergeer L, Bernstein JT, L’Abbé MR. Evaluating the Canadian Packaged Food Supply Using Health Canada’s Proposed Nutrient Criteria for Restricting Food and Beverage Marketing to Children. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(4). pii: E1250. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041250. View Online.

Franco-Arellano B, Vanderlee L, Ahmed M, Oh A, L’Abbé M. Influence of front-of-pack labelling and regulated nutrition claims on consumers’ perceptions of product healthfulness and purchase intentions: A randomized controlled trial. Appetite. 2020;149:104629. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2020. View Online.

Ahmed M, Oh A, Vanderlee L, Franco-Arellano B, Schermel A, Lou W, L’Abbé MR. A randomized controlled trial examining consumers’ perceptions and opinions on using different versions of a FoodFlip© smartphone application for delivery of nutrition information. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2020;17(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s12966-020-0923-1. View Online.

Bernstein JT, Christoforou AK, Mulligan C, L’Abbé MR. Examining the relationship between sugars contents of Canadian foods and beverages and child-appealing marketing. Can J Public Health. 2020. doi: 10.17269/s41997-019-00276-3. View Online. 

Tait CA, L’Abbé MR, Smith PM, Watson T, Kornas K, Rosella LC. Adherence to Predefined Dietary Patterns and Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes in the Canadian Adult Population. Can J Diabetes. 2020;44(2):175-183.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2019.06.002. View Online.

Labonté ME, Emrich TE, Scarborough P, Rayner M, L’Abbé MR. Traffic light labelling could prevent mortality from noncommunicable diseases in Canada: A scenario modelling study. PLoS One. 2019;14(12):e0226975. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226975. View Online. View PDF.

Vanderlee L, Goorang S, Karbasy K, Vandevijvere S, L’Abbé MR. Policies to Create Healthier Food Environments in Canada: Experts’ Evaluation and Prioritized Actions Using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI). Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(22). pii: E4473. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224473. View Online. View PDF.

Vergeer L, Veira P, Bernstein JT, Weippert M, L’Abbé MR. The Calorie and Nutrient Density of More- Versus Less-Processed Packaged Food and Beverage Products in the Canadian Food Supply. Nutrients. 2019;11(11). pii: E2782. doi: 10.3390/nu11112782. View Online. View PDF.

Jefferson K, Semnani-Azad Z, Wong C, L’Abbé MR, Arcand J. Changing Sodium Knowledge, Attitudes and Intended Behaviours Using Web-Based Dietary Assessment Tools: A Proof-Of-Concept Study. Nutrients. 2019;11(9):E2186. doi: 10.3390/nu11092186. View Online. View PDF.

Ahmed M, Mandic I, Lou W, Goodman L, Jacobs I, L’Abbé MR. Comparison of dietary intakes of Canadian Armed Forces personnel consuming field rations in acute hot, cold, and temperate conditions with standardized infantry activities. Mil Med Res. 2019;6(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s40779-019-0216-7. View Online. View PDF.

Dunford EK, Ni Mhurchu C, Huang L, Vandevijvere S, Swinburn B, Pravst I, Tolentino-Mayo L, Reyes M, L’Abbe M, Neal BC. A comparison of the healthiness of packaged foods and beverages from 12 countries using the Health Star Rating nutrient profiling system, 2013-2018. Obes Rev. 2019. doi: 10.1111/obr.12879. View Online.

Sacks G, Vanderlee L, Robinson E, Vandevijvere S, Cameron AJ, Ni Mhurchu C, Lee A, Ng SH, Karupaiah T, Vergeer L, L’Abbé M, Swinburn B. 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. Obes Rev. 2019. doi: 10.1111/obr.12878. View Online.

Scourboutakos MJ, Orr S, Hobin E, Murphy SA, Manson H, L’Abbé MR. 2019. Assessing the early impact of menu-labeling on calories in chain restaurants in Ontario, Canada. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2019; 56(6):e195-203. doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2019.01.017. View Online.

Campbell NRC, He FJ, Tan M, et al. The International Consortium for Quality Research on Dietary Sodium/Salt (TRUE) position statement on the use of 24‐hour, spot, and short duration (<24 hours) timed urine collections to assess dietary sodium intake. J Clin Hypertens. 2019. doi: 10.1111/jch.13551. View Online. View PDF.

Mandic I, Ahmed M, Rhind S, Goodman L, L’Abbe M, Jacobs I. The effects of exercise and ambient temperature on dietary intake, appetite sensation, and appetite regulating hormone concentrations. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2019;16:29. doi: 10.1186/s12986-019-0348-5. eCollection 2019. View Online. View PDF.

Arcand J, Blanco-Metzler A, Benavides Aguilar K, L’Abbe MR, Legetic B. Sodium Levels in Packaged Foods Sold in 14 Latin American and Caribbean Countries: A Food Label Analysis. Nutrients. 2019 Feb 11;11(2). pii: E369. doi: 10.3390/nu11020369. View Online. View PDF.

Franco-Arellano B, Kim MA, Vandevijvere S, Bernstein JT, Labonté MÈ, Mulligan C, L’Abbé MR. Assessment of Packaged Foods and Beverages Carrying Nutrition Marketing against Canada’s Food Guide Recommendations. Nutrients. 2019 Feb 15;11(2). pii: E411. doi: 10.3390/nu11020411. View Online. View PDF.

Vandevijvere S, Barquera S, Caceres G, Corvalan C, Karupaiah T, Kroker-Lobos MF, L’Abbé M, et al. 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 Reviews 2019; doi: 10.1111/obr.12819. View Online.

Labonté MÈ, Poon T, Gladanac B, Ahmed M, Franco-Arellano B, Rayner M, L’Abbé MR. Nutrient Profile Models with Applications in Government-Led Nutrition Policies Aimed at Health Promotion and Noncommunicable Disease Prevention: A Systematic Review. Adv Nutr. 2018 Nov 1;9(6):741-788. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmy045. View Online.

Vergeer L, Vanderlee L, Potvin Kent M, Mulligan C, L’Abbé MR. The effectiveness of voluntary policies and commitments in restricting unhealthy food marketing to Canadian children on food company websites. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2018 Oct 1. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2018-0528. View Online. View PDF. Supplementary Material.

Poon T, Labonté ME, Mulligan C, Ahmed M, Dickinson KM, L’Abbé MR. Comparison of nutrient profiling models for assessing the nutritional quality of foods: a validation study. British Journal of Nutrition. 2018;120(5):567-582. View Online. View PDF. Supplementary Material.

Franco-Arellano B, Labonté ME, Bernstein J and L’Abbé MR. Examining the nutritional quality of Canadian packaged foods and beverages with and without nutrition claims. Nutrients. 2018;10(7): E832. View Online. View PDF.

Mulligan C, Labonté ME, Vergeer L, L’Abbé MR. Assessment of the Canadian Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative’s Uniform Nutrition Criteria for Restricting Children’s Food and Beverage Marketing in Canada. Nutrients. 2018;10(7): 803. View Online. View PDF.

Scourboutakos MJ, Murphy SA, L’Abbé MR. Association between salt substitutes/enhancers and changes in sodium levels in fast-food restaurants: a cross-sectional analysis. CMAJ Open. 2018;6(1): E118-E125. View Online. View PDF.

Nishi SK, Jessri M, L’Abbé M. Assessing the Dietary Habits of Canadians by Eating Location and Occasion: Findings from the Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.2. Nutrients. 2018;10(6): 682. View Online. View PDF.

Raine KD, Atkey, K, Olstad DL, Ferdinands AR, Beaulieu D, Buhler S, Campbell N, Cook B, L’Abbé MR, Lederer A, Mowat D, Maharaj J, Nykiforuk C, Shelley J, Street J. Healthy food procurement and nutrition standards in public facilities: evidence synthesis and consensus policy recommendations. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada. 2018;38(1). doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.38.1.03. View Online. View PDF.

Bernstein J, Labonte M, Franco-Arellano B, Schermel A, L’Abbe MR. A free sugars daily value
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Labonté MÈ, Poon T, Mulligan C, Bernstein JT, Franco-Arellano B, L’Abbé MR. Comparison of global nutrient profiling systems for restricting the commercial marketing of foods and beverages of low nutritional quality to children in Canada. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Oct 25. pii: ajcn161356. View Online. View PDF.

Franco-Arellano B, Bernstein JT, Norsen S, Schermel A and L’Abbé MR. Assessing nutrition and other claims on food labels: A repeated cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian food supply. BMC Nutrition. 2017;3: 74. View Online. View PDF.

Hobin E, Bollinger B, Sacco J, Liebman E, Vanderlee L, Zuo F, Rosella L, L’Abbe MR, Manson H, Hammond D. Consumers’ Response to an On-Shelf Nutrition Labelling System in Supermarkets: Evidence to Inform Policy and Practice. The Milbank Quarterly 2017; 95(3):494-534. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12277. View Online. View PDF.

Blanco-Metzler A, Moreira Claro R, Heredia-Blonval K, Caravaca Rodríguez I, Montero-Campos M, Legetic B and L’Abbe MR. Baseline and Estimated Trends of Sodium Availability and Food Sources in the Costa Rican Population during 2004–2005 and 2012–2013. Nutrients 2017;9(9):1020. doi: 10.3390/nu9091020. View Online. View PDF.

Vanderlee L and L’Abbe M. Commentary – Food for thought on Food Environments. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada 2017;37(9). doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.37.9.01. View Online. View PDF.

Bernstein JT, Lou W, L’Abbe MR. Examining the relationship between free sugar and calorie contents in Canadian prepacked foods and beverages. Foods 2017;6(9). pii: E75. doi: 10.3390/foods6090075. View Online. View PDF.

Bernstein JT, Franco-Arellano B, Schermel A, Labonté, M, L’Abbé MR. Healthfulness and nutritional composition of Canadian prepackaged foods with and without sugar claims. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism 2017;42(11):1217-1224. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2017-0169. View Online. View PDF.

Jessri M, Ng AP, L’Abbé MR. Adapting the Healthy Eating Index 2010 for the Canadian Population: Evidence from the Canadian National Nutrition Survey. Nutrients 2017;9(8):E910. doi: 10.3390/nu9080910. View Online. View PDF. Supplementary Tables.

Nilson EAF, Spaniol AM, Gonçalves VSS, Moura I, Silva SA, L’Abbé M, Jaime PC. Sodium Reduction in Processed Foods in Brazil: Analysis of Food Categories and Voluntary Targets from 2011 to 2017. Nutrients 2017;9(7):742. doi:10.3390/nu9070742. View Online. View PDF.

Nilson EAF, Spaniol AM, Gonçalves VSS, Oliveira ML, Campbell N, L’Abbé M, Jaime PC. The Impact of Voluntary Targets on the Sodium Content of Processed Foods in Brazil, 2011-2013. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2017. doi: 10.1111/jch.13044. View Online. View PDF.

Chan JYM, Scourboutakos MJ, L’Abbé MR. Unregulated serving sizes on the Canadian nutrition facts table – an invitation for manufacturer manipulations. BMC Public Health 2017;17(1):418. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4362-0. View Online. View PDF.

Scourboutakos MJ, Franco-Arellano B, Murphy SA, Noorhosseini S, Comelli EM & L’Abbé MR. Mismatch between probiotic benefits in trials versus food products. Nutrients 2017;9(4):E400. doi: 10.3390/nu9040400. View Online. View PDF. Correction.

Scourboutakos MJ, Mah CL, Murphy SA, Mazza FN, Barrett N, McFadden B & L’Abbé MR. Testing a beverage and fruit/vegetable education initiative in a University Dining Hall. J Nutr Educ Behav 2017;49(6):457-465. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2017.02.003. View Online. Listen to Podcast. View PDF.

Ahmed M, Mandic I, Lou W, Goodman L, Jacobs I and L’Abbe M. Validation of a tablet application for assessing dietary intakes compared with the measured food intake/food waste method in military personnel consuming rations. Nutrients 2017;9(3):200. doi:10.3390/nu9030200. View Online. View PDF.

Emrich TE, Qi Y, Lou WY and L’Abbe MR. Traffic-light labels could reduce population intakes of calories, total fat, saturated fat, and sodium. PLOS ONE 2017; 12 (2): e0171188. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171188. View Online. View PDF.

Jessri M, Wolfinger RD, Lou W, L’Abbé MR. Identification of dietary patterns associated with obesity in a nationally-representative survey of Canadian adults: application of a priori, hybrid and simplified dietary pattern techniques. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2017;105(3):669-684. View Online. View PDF.

Bernstein JT, Schermel A, Mills CM, L’Abbé MR. Total and free sugar content of Canadian prepackaged foods and beverages. Nutrients 2016;8(9):E582. View Online. View PDF.

Jessri M, Lou W, L’Abbe MR. 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans is associated with a more nutrient-dense diet and lower risk of obesity. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2016; 104(5). View Online. View PDF.

Labonté M, Kirkpatrick SI, Bell RC, Boucher BA, Csizmadi I, Koushik A, L’Abbé MR, Massarelli I, Robson PJ, Rondeau I, Shatenstein B, Subar AF, Lamarche B. Dietary assessment is a critical element of health research – Perspective from the Partnership for Advancing Nutritional and Dietary Assessment in Canada. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2016;20:1-4. View Online. View PDF. Supplementary Material.

Semnani-Azad Z, Scourboutakos MJ, L’Abbé MR. Kids’ Meals from Chain Restaurants are Exceedingly High in Calories, Fats, and Sodium: A Cross-sectional Study. BMC Nutrition 2016: 2:16. doi:10.1186/s40795-016-0056-8. View Online. View PDF.

Jessri M, Nishi SK, L’Abbe MR. Assessing the nutritional quality of diets of Canadian children and adolescents using the 2014 Health Canada Surveillance Tool Tier System. BMC Public Health 2016;16(1):381. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3038-5. View Online. View PDF.

Bernstein JT, L’Abbe MR. Added sugars on nutrition labels: a way to support population health in Canada. CMAJ 2016. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.151081. [Epub ahead of print]. View Online. View PDF.

Arcand J, Jefferson K, Schermel A, Shah F, Trang S, Kutlesa D, Lou W, L’Abbe MR. Examination of food industry progress in reducing the sodium content of packaged foods in Canada: 2010 to 2013. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2016;41(6):684-90. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2015-0617. View Online. View PDF. Supplementary Material.

Jessri M, Lou WY, L’Abbé MR. Evaluation of different methods to handle misreporting in obesity research: evidence from the Canadian national nutrition survey. Br J Nutri 2016;115(1):147-59. doi: 10.1017/S0007114515004237. View Online. View PDF. Supplementary Material.

Schermel A, Wong CL, L’Abbé MR. Are Foods with Fat-Related Claims Useful for Weight Management? Appetite 2016;96:154-159. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.09.003. View Online. View PDF. Supplementary Material.

Scourboutakos MJ, Semnani-Azad Z, L’Abbe MR. Added Sugars in Kids’ Meals from Chain Restaurants. Prevent Med Rep 2016; 3:391-393.  View online. View PDF.

Labonté ME, Ahmed M, Rayner M, L’Abbe MR. Systematic review of nutrient profile models developed for nutrition-related policies and regulations aimed at noncommunicable disease prevention. PROSPERO #CRD42015024750. 2015. View Online. View PDF.

Jessri M, Nishi SK, L’Abbe MR. Assessing the Nutritional Quality of Diets of Canadian Adults Using the 2014 Health Canada Surveillance Tool Tier System. Nutrients 2015;7(12):10447-68. doi: 10.3390/nu7125543. View Online. View PDF. Supplementary Material.

Emrich TE, Qi Y, Cohen JE, Lou WY, L’Abbe MR. Front-of-pack symbols are not a reliable indicator of products with healthier nutrient profiles. Appetite 2015; 84(1): 148-153. View Online. View PDF.

Vandevijvere S, Swinburn B, for the International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases (NCDs) Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS). Pilot test of the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) to increase government actions for creating healthy food environments. BMJ Open 2015 Jan 9;5(1):e006194. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006194. PMID: 25575874. View Online. View PDF.

Campbell N, L’Abbe MR, McHenry EW. 2015. Too much focus on low-quality science? CMAJ 2015; 187(2):131-2. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.115-0005. PMID: 25646375 Erratum in: CMAJ 2015; 187(6):439. View Online. View PDF.

Campbell N, Legowski B, Legetic B, Nilson E, L’Abbé M. Inaugural maximum values for sodium in processed food products in the Americas. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2015 Aug;17(8):611-3 PMID: 25903047. View Online. View PDF.

Poelman MP, Eyles H, Dunford E, Schermel A, L’Abbe MR, Neal B, Seidell JC, Steenhuis IH, Ni Mhurchu C. Package size and manufacturer-recommended serving size of sweet beverages: a cross-sectional study across four high-income countries. Public Health Nutr. 2015 Jul; 7:1-9. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26148431. View Online. View PDF. Supplementary Materials.

Jessri M, L’Abbe MR. The time for an updated Canadian Food Guide has arrived. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2015; 40:1–4. dx.doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2015-0046. View Online. View PDF. Supplementary Material.

Mendoza JE, Schram GA, Arcand J, Henson S, L’Abbe MR. Assessment of consumers’ level of engagement in following recommendations for lowering sodium intake. Appetite 2014; 73:51–57. View Online. View PDF.

Arcand J, Abdulaziz K, Bennett C, L’Abbe MR, Manuel DG. Developing a web-based dietary sodium screening tool for personalized assessment and feedback. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2014;39(3):413-4. View Online. View PDF.

Emrich TE, Qi Y, Mendoza JE, Lou W, Cohen JE, L’Abbé MR. Consumer perceptions of the Nutrition Facts table and Front-of-Pack nutrition rating systems. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2014 Apr; 39(4):417-24. View Online. View PDF.

Shakur Y, Lou WW, L’Abbé MR 2014. Examining the effects of increased vitamin D fortification on dietary inadequacy in Canada. Can J Public Health 2014;105(2):e127-e132. PMID: 4886848 View Online. View PDF. Supplementary Material.

Wong CL, Mendoza J, Henson SJ, Qi Y, Lou W, L’Abbé MR. Consumer attitudes and understanding of cholesterol-lowering claims on food: Randomized mock-package experiments with plant sterol and oat fibre claims.  Eur J Clin Nutr 2014; 68(8):946-52. View Online. View PDF.

Campbell N, Legowski B, Legetic B, Ferrante D, Nilson E, Campbell C, L’Abbé M. Targets and timelines for reducing salt in processed food in the Americas. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2014;16(9):619-23. Epub 2014 Jul 31. View Online. View PDF.

Arcand J, Scourboutakos MJ, Au JT, L’Abbe MR. trans fatty acids in the Canadian food supply: an updated analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014;100(4):1116-23. View Online. View PDF. Supplementary Material.

Fitzpatrick L, Arcand J, L’Abbe MR, Deng M, Duhaney T, Campbell NRC. Accuracy of Canadian Food Labels for Sodium Content of Food. Nutrients 2014; 6(8):3326-35. View Online. View PDF.

Tobe SW, Stone JA, Walker KM, Anderson T, Bhattacharyya O, Cheng AYY, Gregoire J, Gubitz G, L’Abbé MR, Lau DCW, Leiter LA, Oh P, Padwal R, Poirier L, Selby P, Tremblay M, Ward RA, Hua D and Liu PP, for the Canadian Cardiovascular Harmonized Guideline Endeavour (C-CHANGE) Collaborative. Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines. Can Med Assoc J. 2014;186(17):1299-305. View abstract.

Lee GJ, Birken CS, Parkin PC, Lebovic G, Chen Y, L’Abbe MR, Maguire JL. Non-cow’s milk consumption and Vitamin D levels in early childhood. Can Med Assoc J 2014; 186(17):1287-93. View abstract.

Scourboutakos MJ, Corey PN, Mendoza J, Henson SJ, L’Abbé MR. Restaurant menu-labelling: Is it worth adding sodium to the label? Can J Public Health 2014; 105(5): e354-61.  PMID: 25365270. View abstract. View PDF. Supplementary Material.

Scourboutakos MJ, L’Abbe MR. 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. View abstract. View PDF.

Niebylski ML, Lu T, Campbell NR, Arcand J, Schermel A, Hua D, Yeates KE, Tobe SW, Twohig PA, L’Abbé MR, Liu PP. Healthy food procurement policies and their impact. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2014 Mar 3;11(3):2608-27. PMID: 24595213. View abstract. View PDF.

Arcand J, Au JTC, Schermel A, L’Abbe MR. 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. PMID: 24842740. View abstract. View Full Text.

Schermel A, Mendoza J, Henson S, Dukeshire S, Pasut L, Emrich TE, Lou W, Qi Y, L’Abbé MR. Canadians’ perceptions of food, diet, and health – a national survey. PLoS One. 2014 Jan 23;9(1):e86000. doi: 10. PMID: 24465832. View abstract.

Bertinato J, Simpson JR, Sherrard L, Taylor J, Plouffe LJ, Van Dyke D, Geleynse M, Dam YY, Murphy P, Knee C, Vresk L, Holland N, Quach H, Mack DR, Cooper M, L’Abbé MR, Hayward S. Zinc Supplementation Does Not Alter Sensitive Biomarkers of Copper Status in Healthy Boys. J Nutr 2013;143(3):284-289. doi:10.3945/jn.112.171306. View abstract.

Arcand J, L’Abbe M, Newton G. Hospital Salt — Reply.  Response to Morton Satin’s (Salt Institute) letter regarding study “Evaluation of sodium levels in hospital patient menus”, JAMA Intern Med 2013 Mar 11;173(5):391-2. View reply.

Arcand J, Mendoza J, Qi Y, Henson S, Lou W, L’Abbe MR. Results of a National Survey Examining Canadians’ Concern, Actions, Barriers, and Support for Dietary Sodium Reduction Interventions. Can J Cardiol 2013; 29(5):628-31. View abstract.

Wong CL, Arcand J, Qi Y, Lou W, Mendoza J, Henson S, L’Abbé MR.  Consumer Attitudes and understanding of low sodium claims on food: An analysis of healthy and hypertensive individuals.  Am J Clin Nutr 2013; 97(6):1288-98. View abstract. View PDF.

Food Monitoring Group: Dunford E, Webster J, Metzler AB, Czernichow S, Ni Mhurchu C, Wolmarans P, Snowdon W, L’Abbe M, Li N, Maulik PK, Barquera S, Schoj V, Allemandi L, Samman N, de Menezes EW, Hassell T, Ortiz J, Salazar de Ariza J, Rahman AR, de Núñez L, Garcia MR, van Rossum C, Westenbrink S, Thiam LM, MacGregor G, Neal B; Food Monitoring Group. Progress with a global branded food composition database. Food Chem 2013; 140(3):451-7. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.10.065. View abstract.

Scourboutakos MJ, L’Abbé MR. Sodium Levels in Canadian Fast-food and Sit-down Restaurants. Can J Public Health 2013; 104(1):e2-e8. View abstract. View PDF.

Gallo S, Comeau K, Vanstone C, Agellon S, Sharma A, Jones G, L’Abbé M, Khamessan A, Rodd C, Weiler H. Effect of different dosages of oral vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D status in healthy, breastfed infants: a randomized trial. JAMA 2013; 309(17):1785-92. View abstract.

Scourboutakos MJ, Semnani-Azad Z, L’Abbe MR. Restaurant Meals: Almost a Full Day’s Worth of Calories, Fats, and Sodium.  JAMA Intern Med 2013; 173(14):1373-4. View abstract. View PDF.

Schermel A, Emrich TE, Arcand J, Wong CL, L’Abbé MR. Nutrition marketing on processed food packages in Canada: 2010 Food Label Information Program. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2013; 38(6):666-72. View abstract. View PDF.

Swinburn B, Vandevijvere S, Kraak V, Sacks G, Snowdon W, Hawkes C, Barquera S, Friel S, Kelly B, Kumanyika S, L’Abbé M, Lee A, Lobstein T, Ma J, Macmullan J, Mohan S, Monteiro C, Neal B, Rayner M, Sanders D, Walker C, INFORMAS. Monitoring and benchmarking government policies and actions to improve the healthiness of food environments: a proposed Government Healthy Food Environment Policy Index. Obesity Reviews 2013; 14(S1), 24-37. View abstract. View PDF.

Brinsden H, Lobstein T, Landon J, Kraak V, Sacks G, Kumanyika S, Swinburn B, Barquera S, Friel S, Hawkes C, Kelly B, L’abbé M, Lee A, Ma J, Macmullen J, Mohan S, Monteiro C, Neal B, Rayner M, Sanders D, Snowdon W, Vandevijvere S, Walker C, INFORMAS. Monitoring policy and actions on food environments: rationale and outline of the INFORMAS policy engagement and communication strategies. Obesity Reviews 2013; 14(S1), 13-23. View abstract. View PDF.

Kelly B, King L, Baur L, Rayner M, Lobstein T, Monteiro C, Macmullan J, Mohan S, Barquera S, Friel S, Hawkes C, Kumanyika S, L’Abbé M, Lee A, Ma J, Neal B, Sacks G, Sanders D, Snowdon W, Swinburn B, Vandevijvere S, Walker C, INFORMAS. Monitoring food and nonalcoholic beverage promotions to children. Obesity Reviews 2013; 14(S1), 59-69. View abstract. View PDF.

Lee A, Mhurchu CN, Sacks G, Swinburn B, Snowdon W, Vandevijvere S, Hawkes C, L’abbé M, Rayner M, Sanders D, Barquera S, Friel S, Kelly B, Kumanyika S, Lobstein T, Ma J, Macmullan J, Mohan S, Monteiro C, Neal B, Walker C, INFORMAS. Monitoring the price and affordability of foods and diets globally. Obesity Reviews 2013; 14(S1), 82-95. View abstract. View PDF.

Neal B, Sacks G, Swinburn B, Vandevijvere S, Dunford E, Snowdon W, Webster J, Barquera S, Friel S, Hawkes C, Kelly B, Kumanyika S, L’Abbé M, Lee A, Lobstein T, Ma J, Macmullan J, Mohan S, Monteiro C, Rayner M, Sanders D, Walker C, INFORMAS. Monitoring the levels of important nutrients in the food supply. Obesity Reviews 2013; 14(S1): 49-58. View abstract. View PDF.

Friel S, Hattersley L, Snowdon W, Thow AM, Lobstein T, Sanders D, Barquera S, Mohan S, Hawkes C, Kelly B, Kumanyika S, L’Abbe M, Lee A, Ma J, Macmullan J, Monteiro C, Neal B, Rayner M, Sacks G, Swinburn B, Vandevijvere S, Walker C, INFORMAS. Monitoring the impacts of trade agreements on food environments. Obesity Reviews 2013; 14(S1): 120-134. View abstract. View PDF.

Sacks G, Swinburn B, Kraak V, Downs S, Walker C, Barquera S, Friel S, Hawkes C, Kelly B, Kumanyika S, L’Abbé M, Lee A, Lobstein T, Ma J, Macmullan J, Mohan S, Monteiro C, Neal B, Rayner M, Sanders D, Snowdon W, Vandevijvere S, INFORMAS. A proposed approach to monitor private-sector policies and practices related to food environments, obesity and non-communicable disease prevention. Obesity Reviews 2013; 14(S1), 38-48. View abstract. View PDF.

L’Abbé M, Schermel A, Minaker L, Kelly B, Lee A, Vandevijvere S, Twohig P, Barquera S, Friel S, Hawkes C, Kumanyika S, Lobstein T, Ma J, Macmullan J, Mohan S, Monteiro C, Neal B, Rayner M, Sacks G, Sanders D, Snowdon W, Swinburn B, Walker C, INFORMAS. Monitoring foods and beverages provided and sold in public sector settings. Obesity Reviews 2013; 14(S1), 96-107. View abstract. View PDF. Supplementary Material.

Rayner M, Wood A, Lawrence M, Mhurchu CN, Albert J, Barquera S, Friel S, Hawkes C, Kelly B, Kumanyika S, L’abbé M, Lee A, Lobstein T, Ma J, Macmullan J, Mohan S, Monteiro C, Neal B, Sacks G, Sanders D, Snowdon W, Swinburn B, Vandevijvere S, Walker C, INFORMAS. Monitoring the health related labelling of foods and non-alcoholic beverages in retail settings. Obesity Reviews 2013; 14(S1), 70-81. View abstract. View PDF.

Swinburn B, Sacks G, Vandevijvere S, Kumanyika S, Lobstein T, Neal B, Barquera S, Friel S, Hawkes C, Kelly B, L’abbé M, Lee A, Ma J, Macmullan J, Mohan S, Monteiro C, Rayner M, Sanders D, Snowdon W, Walker C. INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): overview and key principles. Obesity Reviews 2013; 14(S1): 1-12. View abstract. View PDF.

Emrich TE, Cohen JE, Lou WY, L’Abbe MR. Food products qualifying for and carrying front-of-pack symbols: a cross-sectional study examining a manufacturer led and a non-profit organization led program. BMC Public Health 2013;13(1): 846-55. View abstract. View PDF. Supplementary Material – File 1, File 2.

Arcand J, Steckham K, Tzianetas R, L’Abbé MR, Newton GE. Evaluation of sodium levels in hospital patient menus. Arch Intern Med 2012;172(16):1261-62. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2368. View abstract. View PDF.

Dunford E et al, for The Food Monitoring Group. International collaborative project to compare and track the nutritional composition of fast foods. BMC Public Health 2012;12:559. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-559. View abstract.

Scourboutakos MJ, L’Abbé MR. Restaurant menus: calories, caloric density, and serving size. Am J Prevent Med 2012;43(3):249-255. View abstract.

Emrich TE, Mendoza J, L’Abbé MR. Effectiveness of front-of-pack nutrition symbols: A Pilot Study with Consumers.  Can J Diet Pract Res 2012;73:200-203 (DOI: 10.3148/73.4.2012.200). View abstract.

Krenosky S, L’Abbé M, Lee N, Underhill L, Vigneault M, Godefroy S, Ratnayake N. Risk Assessment of Exposure to Trans Fat in Canada. Int Food Risk Anal J 2012;2:1-15. View PDF.

Emrich TE, Arcand J, L’Abbé MR. Front-of-pack nutrition labelling systems: a missed opportunity? Can J Public Health 2012; 103(4):e260-2. View abstract. View PDF.