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.
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Development of the Food Label Information Program: A Comprehensive Canadian Branded Food Composition Database
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.
Changes in the Sodium Content of Foods Sold in Four Latin American Countries: 2015 to 2018
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.
Progress towards eliminating industrially produced trans-fatty acids in the Canadian marketplace, 2013-2017
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.
A randomized controlled trial examining consumers’ perceptions and opinions on using different versions of a FoodFlip© smartphone application for delivery of nutrition information
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.
Assessing nutrition and other claims on food labels
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.
A free sugars daily value (DV) identifies more “less healthy” prepackaged foods and beverages than a total sugars DV
Bernstein J, Labonte M, Franco-Arellano B, Schermel A, L’Abbe MR. A free sugars daily value
(DV) identifies more “less healthy” prepackaged foods and beverages than a total sugars DV. Preventive Medicine 2018;109:98-105. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.12.031. View Online. View PDF.
Healthfulness and nutritional composition of Canadian prepackaged foods with and without sugar claims
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.
Total and free sugar content of Canadian prepackaged foods and beverages
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.
Examination of food industry progress in reducing the sodium content of packaged foods in Canada: 2010 to 2013
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.