A Teijeiro, N Mourino, G García, C Candal-Pedreira, J Rey-Brandariz, C Guerra-Tort, M Mascareñas-García, A Montes-Martínez, L Varela-Lema, M Pérez-Ríos
{"title":"Prevalence and characterization of energy drinks consumption in Europe: a systematic review.","authors":"A Teijeiro, N Mourino, G García, C Candal-Pedreira, J Rey-Brandariz, C Guerra-Tort, M Mascareñas-García, A Montes-Martínez, L Varela-Lema, M Pérez-Ríos","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025100463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980025100463","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Energy drinks can cause cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and other health disorders. These effects are particularly pronounced in youth. The aim of this study was to systematically review the literature on the consumption of energy drinks in European countries.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A systematic bibliographic search was performed in November 2024 in EMBASE, MEDLINE (Ovid), Scopus and Cochrane databases with no restrictions on country, study period, study design and language.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Energy drinks are beverages high in caffeine, sugar, and other stimulants.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>A total of 2008 studies were identified and reviewed by four researchers. Ninety-four met the inclusion criteria and were extracted in a table designed ad hoc.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The included studies showed differences regarding their design, definition of consumption, and time frame under study. The most studied frequency of energy drink consumption was weekly consumption, and the most studied population was school students. An increase in prevalence of consumption was observed when tracking energy drink consumption over time. Variables most related to consumption were low socioeconomic status, alcohol and tobacco consumption, physical activity, age, and sex.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>It is difficult to have a clear picture of the extent of energy drink consumption in Europe, mainly due to differences in the design of the studies and the lack of periodicity of the estimates in different countries. However, given the health problems that have been associated with energy drink consumption, regulation of these beverages is essential, especially in youth.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"1-105"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144209362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Md Mostaured Ali Khan, Md Arif Billah, Kaniz Fatima, M Mofizul Islam, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, Shimlin Jahan Khanam, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Md Nuruzzaman Khan
{"title":"In response to letter to the editor: the nexus of child undernutrition and household environmental conditions in Bangladesh: implications for public health and societal productivity.","authors":"Md Mostaured Ali Khan, Md Arif Billah, Kaniz Fatima, M Mofizul Islam, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, Shimlin Jahan Khanam, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Md Nuruzzaman Khan","doi":"10.1017/S136898002510044X","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S136898002510044X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e99"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12264773/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144209361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patricia Ribeiro de Melo, Phillip Baker, Priscila Pereira Machado, Elly Howse, Tanita Northcott, Mark Lawrence
{"title":"The role of policy actors' belief systems and interests in framing public health nutrition problems: a case study of obesity in Australia.","authors":"Patricia Ribeiro de Melo, Phillip Baker, Priscila Pereira Machado, Elly Howse, Tanita Northcott, Mark Lawrence","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025100517","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025100517","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigated how the belief systems and interests of policy actors shaped their framing of the causes and solutions to obesity and how this influenced policy recommendations.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Submissions to the Select Committee on Obesity Epidemic in Australia (SCOEA) were collected, and actors were classified according to their interests in commercial and non-commercial groups. A framework grounded in social constructionism was used to code frames and underlying belief systems. The SCOEA report was analysed to identify the representative distribution of belief systems in recommendations.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Australia.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>None.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>150 submissions were collected and analysed. 120 submitters were actors with non-commercial interests, including governments (<i>n</i> 13), non-government organisations (<i>n</i> 49), civil society groups and citizens (<i>n</i> 24) and academia (<i>n</i> 34). Thirty submitters were actors with commercial interests including food industry representatives (<i>n</i> 23) and health enterprises (<i>n</i> 7). Conflicting belief systems in the framing of obesity were identified among policy actors, particularly between commercial and non-commercial groups. Non-commercial actors framed obesity in biomedical, lifestyle and socio-ecological terms, whereas commercial actors exclusively framed obesity as an issue of individual choices and proposed behavioural change interventions. A broad range of belief systems expressed by the submitters was represented in the SCOEA final report.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings illustrate how policy actors' beliefs and interests shaped their frames and influenced the development of a key policy report. Policymakers seeking to advance obesity prevention policy must critically evaluate strategic framing by various actors and ensure that policy decisions are evidence-based and aligned with health, equity and ecological perspectives.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e103"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12264778/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144209365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tri Nisa Widyastuti, Robin Turner, Helen Harcombe, Rachael McLean
{"title":"BMI-z score trajectories of Indonesian children and adolescents between 1993 and 2014 and associated risk factors.","authors":"Tri Nisa Widyastuti, Robin Turner, Helen Harcombe, Rachael McLean","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025100499","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025100499","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To identify trajectories of Indonesian children and adolescent's BMI-z scores between 1993 and 2014, examine whether the pattern differs by sex and assess associations with host, agent and environmental factors.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Longitudinal data were from the Indonesian Family Life Survey with up to five measurements of height and weight. Group-based trajectory models investigated changes in BMI-z score across time; differences by sex were investigated using random effect (mixed) models. The association between the trajectories and host, agent and environmental factors were examined using multinomial logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Thirteen provinces in Indonesia.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Indonesian children and adolescents aged 6-18 years (<i>n</i> 27 394 for BMI-z trajectories; <i>n</i> 8805 for risk factor analyses).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mean BMI-z score increased from -0·743 sd in 1993 to -0·414 sd in 2014. Four distinct trajectory groups were estimated with mean BMI-z increasing more rapidly in the most recent time periods. One group (11·7 % of participants) had a mean BMI-z entirely within the moderately underweight range; two had trajectories in the normal range and one (5·6 %) had a mean BMI-z starting in the overweight range but within the obesity range by 2014. There were differences in trajectory groups by sex (<i>P</i>< 0·001). Those born in 2000s, frequent consumption of meat, fast foods, soft drinks and fried snacks, and living in urban areas were associated with rapid gain weight.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These trajectories highlight the double burden of malnutrition and suggest that the prevalence of overweight and obesity is likely to increase substantially unless public health interventions are implemented.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e101"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12264784/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144209358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simone Pettigrew, Daisy Coyle, Stefanie Carino, Fraser Taylor, Annet Hoek
{"title":"The role of hospitals in providing nutritious and sustainable foods for human and planetary health.","authors":"Simone Pettigrew, Daisy Coyle, Stefanie Carino, Fraser Taylor, Annet Hoek","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025100396","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025100396","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e98"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12171909/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144199922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana Milena Yoshioka Vargas, María Del Pilar Zea León, Luis Eduardo Girón Cruz, Daniel Enrique González Gómez, Sergio A Barona Montoya, Sara Rankin-Cortázar, Carlos Eduardo González Rodríguez
{"title":"Cost and affordability of three levels of diet quality for urban households in Colombia.","authors":"Ana Milena Yoshioka Vargas, María Del Pilar Zea León, Luis Eduardo Girón Cruz, Daniel Enrique González Gómez, Sergio A Barona Montoya, Sara Rankin-Cortázar, Carlos Eduardo González Rodríguez","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980025000564","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the minimum cost and affordability of three levels of diet quality in urban households in Cali, Colombia: a caloric-adequate diet, a nutrient-adequate diet, and a recommended diet.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Least-cost diets were estimated for different demographic groups. The Cost of Caloric Adequacy (CoCA) and the Cost of Nutrient Adequacy (CoNA) were computed using linear programming models. The Cost of Recommended Diet (CoRD) adheres to Colombia's Food-Based Dietary Guidelines. Individualized costs were aggregated for a representative household, and affordability was assessed by comparing these costs with household food expenditures. Data sources included the National Administrative Department of Statistics, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, and the Colombia Institute of Family Welfare.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Cali, Colombia.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>The per capita income and food expenditures of 885 urban households in Cali, taken from Colombia's Great Integrated Household Survey.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The CoNA per 1,000 kcal indicates that women require more nutrient-dense diets than men. Limiting nutrients include vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B12, and calcium. Three food groups -(1) meat, eggs, legumes, nuts, and seeds; (2) milk and dairy products; and (3) vegetables and fruits- account for about 70% of the CoRD. The affordability analysis shows that 42.66% of households in the 10<sup>th</sup> income percentile cannot afford the CoCA, none below the 20<sup>th</sup> percentile can afford the CoNA, and only those above the 40<sup>th</sup> percentile can afford the CoRD.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Urban households face significant barriers not only to affording diets that promote long-term health, but also to those that meet nutritional requirements.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"1-34"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144199921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Food insecurity, social and behaviour change and distribution model: key considerations for implementation of small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement programmes.","authors":"Akriti Singh, Kali Erickson, Kavita Sethuraman","doi":"10.1017/S136898002500045X","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S136898002500045X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objectives of this study were to (1) document factors that promoted or hindered the successful implementation of small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) for children 6-23 months and pregnant and lactating women (PLW) and (2) gather programme staff perspectives on considerations for expanding SQ-LNS programmes in their context.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>We used qualitative methods to interview programme staff (<i>n</i> 23), conduct distribution site observations (<i>n</i> 9) and facilitate focus group discussions with caregivers of children 6-23 months (<i>n</i> 9) and PLW (<i>n</i> 6) with 6-8 participants per group across the three countries.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>The study was conducted in SQ-LNS programme sites in Honduras, Niger and Somalia.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found high acceptability of SQ-LNS among caregivers of children 6-23 months and PLW women. However, caregivers and PLW were dissatisfied with the size of the product in Niger and Somalia and PLW disliked the aftertaste of iron in Honduras. In Somalia, PLW referred to high levels of food insecurity. We also found variation in how the partners designed their SQ-LNS programmes (e.g. enrolment and exit criteria), the level of communication around SQ-LNS and problem-solving to support appropriate use of SQ-LNS. Partners tracked anthropometric measurements in all countries and used the information to assess changes and, in some cases, noted improvements in child anthropometry and vaccination rates.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Programmes need to consider several operational factors during implementation, such as securing household food access in highly food-insecure areas, counselling on the use of SQ-LNS and evidence-based criteria for enrolment, exit and supplementation duration.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":"28 1","pages":"e78"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12100554/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144050872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christine Mulligan, Lauren Remedios, Tim Ramsay, Elise Pauzé, Mariangela Bagnato, Monique Potvin Kent
{"title":"The impact of brand advertising on children's food preferences and behavioural intentions: an experimental study.","authors":"Christine Mulligan, Lauren Remedios, Tim Ramsay, Elise Pauzé, Mariangela Bagnato, Monique Potvin Kent","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000369","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000369","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Despite strong evidence linking exposure to food and beverage marketing with poor diet quality and negative health impacts in children, the effect of brand marketing (i.e. marketing featuring branded content, but no food products) is uncertain. This study evaluated the impact of brand marketing <i>v.</i> product-based advertising on children's food preferences and behavioural intentions.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>An online survey was administered to participants randomised to one of four ad conditions; familiar product (i.e. from popular Canadian brands); familiar brand (i.e. no food product, Canadian brand); unfamiliar product (i.e. foreign products); and unfamiliar brand ad (i.e. foreign brand). Participants viewed three ads displaying features of that condition and answered three 5-point Likert-scale questions related to the study outcomes: food preference, purchase intent and pester power. The average of all outcomes determined the total impact. An ANOVA with Bonferroni <i>post hoc</i> tests evaluated differences in impact between conditions.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Canada participants: <i>n</i> 1341 Canadian children (9-12 years).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Familiar product ads had a higher total impact on children (mean score 3·57) compared with familiar brand ads (2·88), unfamiliar brand ads (3·24) or unfamiliar product ads (3·09; <i>P</i> < 0·001 for all pairwise comparisons). Total impact was lower for familiar brand ads than for unfamiliar brand ads or unfamiliar product ads (<i>P</i> < 0·001 for all pairwise comparisons). The impact of an unfamiliar brand and product did not differ (<i>P</i> = 0·53).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results suggest that familiar product ads seem to have a stronger impact on children's food preferences and behavioural intentions than familiar brand ads, unfamiliar brand ads and unfamiliar product ads.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e90"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12100560/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144064462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kim Anastasiou, Michalis Hadjikakou, Ozge Geyik, Gilly A Hendrie, Phillip Baker, Richard Pinter, Mark Lawrence
{"title":"A quantitative environmental impact assessment of Australian ultra-processed beverages and impact reduction scenarios - ERRATUM.","authors":"Kim Anastasiou, Michalis Hadjikakou, Ozge Geyik, Gilly A Hendrie, Phillip Baker, Richard Pinter, Mark Lawrence","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000497","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000497","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":"28 1","pages":"e72"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086726/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144014691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Validation of measurement of body composition by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and bioelectrical impedance analysis and body composition's profiling in Tibetan's adults.","authors":"Wenxiu Jian, Bin Zhang, Yue Ma, Xiao Tang, Tuan Thanh Nguyen, Meng Lv, Xiangyang Meng, Tiemei Li, Xiaomin Sun, Youfa Wang, Yanming Ren, Wen Peng","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000291","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000291","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We aimed to validate in-body bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) measures with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) as reference and describe the body composition (BC) profiling of Tibetan adults.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This cross-sectional study included 855 participants (391 men and 464 women). Correlation and Bland-Altman analyses were performed for method agreement of in-body BIA and DXA. BC were described by obesity and metabolic status.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>In-body BIA and DXA have not been employed to characterise the BC of the Tibetan population living in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>A total of 855 Tibetan adults, including 391 men and 464 women, were enrolled in the study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Concordance correlation coefficient for total fat mass (FM) and total lean mass (LM) between in-body BIA and DXA were 0·91 and 0·89. The bias of in-body BIA for percentages of total FM and total LM was 0·91 % (2·46 %) and -1·74 % (-2·80 %) compared with DXA, respectively. Absolute limits of agreement were wider for total FM in obese men and women and for total LM in overweight men than their counterparts. Gradience in the distribution of total and regional FM content was observed across different BMI categories and its combinations with waist circumference and metabolic status.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In-body BIA and DXA provided overall good agreement at the group level in Tibetan adults, but the agreement was inferior in participants being overweight or obese.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e96"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12171921/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144041900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}