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{"title":"Demand for fish in Great Britain is driven by household income and taste.","authors":"Shashika D Rathnayaka, Cesar Revoredo-Giha, Baukje de Roos","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000217","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000217","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Fish is high in nutrients that provide a range of health benefits, but people in Great Britain only consume around half the amount that is recommended. This study analysed the demand for fish for consumption at home across different household groups in Great Britain.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Using a Rotterdam demand model, price and income elasticities were estimated for eleven fish groups across seven household groups. To investigate changes in fish demand, we decomposed growth in fish demand into income, relative price and change in taste and seasonality.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>The data used for our analysis were drawn from the Kantar Worldpanel dataset for Great Britain for the period from 2013 to 2021.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>12 492 households in Great Britain.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Families with children consistently allocated a lower share of their grocery spending on fish and preferred to purchase ready-to-use and convenient fish products, compared with households without children. Purchases of chilled fresh/smoked oily fish, canned oily fish and frozen processed fish led spending across demographic groups, whilst purchases of canned oily fish showed minimal growth. The demand for most fish products across household groups was price inelastic, indicating that the percentage change in the quantity of fish demanded increased or fell by less than the percentage change in price.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Income and taste were identified as significant determinants of demand changes across all household groups, while price only played a prominent role in demand changes for certain fish groups. Thus, increasing fish consumption, especially in lower-income groups, who do not usually consume much fish, may require a different intervention than simply making fish more affordable.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e81"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12100570/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143658264","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":"Healthy vending machines on campus: the effect of traffic light labelling on food and beverage choices.","authors":"Ryan Calabro, Eva Kemps, Ivanka Prichard, Marika Tiggemann","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000229","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000229","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate whether the introduction of healthy vending machines on a university campus could increase the proportion of healthy food and beverage purchases.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Four new healthy vending machines offering a wider range of healthier food and beverages were installed alongside existing machines. These new machines used traffic light colours to indicate nutritional value. A year after their installation, a traffic light text guide and colourful wrap were added to the new machines. <i>χ</i>² tests were used to assess significant differences in the sales of green (healthy), amber or red (unhealthy) items from healthy and existing vending machines across the 3 years (2021-2023).</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>The study was conducted on a university campus where the new healthy vending machines were installed.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Participants of this study were the consumers who purchased items from the vending machines on the university campus.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results indicated a shift towards healthier purchases following the introduction of the healthy vending machines. The addition of the traffic light text guide and colourful wrap further reduced unhealthy purchases, although this change was small. Sales from the existing vending machines did not meaningfully decrease, and any reductions were more than replaced by sales from the new healthy vending machines.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study concluded that by providing healthier options and guiding consumers towards these options, the vending machine programme offers a promising pathway towards promoting healthier food and beverage choices from vending machines on university campuses.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e68"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086730/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143639804","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":"Exploring profiles of fathers integrating food and physical activity parenting practices.","authors":"John A Jimenez-Garcia, Louise C Mâsse, Robert L Newton, Salma M Musaad, Alicia Beltran, Teresia M O'Connor","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000278","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000278","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to identify fathers' profiles integrating food parenting practices (FPP) and physical activity parenting practices (PAPP).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>We analysed cross-sectional data. The fathers completed the reduced FPP and PAPP item banks and socio-demographic and family dynamics (co-parenting and household responsibility) questionnaires. We identified fathers' profiles via latent profile analysis. We explored the influence of social determinants, child characteristics and family dynamics on fathers' profiles using multinomial logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Online survey in the USA.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Fathers of 5-11-year-old children.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We analysed data from 606 fathers (age = 38 ± 8·0; Hispanic = 37·5 %). Most fathers self-identified as White (57·9 %) or Black/African American (17·7 %), overweight (41·1 %) or obese (34·8 %); attended college (70 %); earned > $47 000 (62·7 %); worked 40 hrs/week (63·4 %) and were biological fathers (90·1 %). Most children (boys = 55·5 %) were 5-8 years old (65·2 %). We identified five fathers' profiles combining FPP and PAPP: (1) <i>Engaged Supporter Father</i> (<i>n</i> 94 (15·5 %)); (2) <i>Leveled Father</i> (<i>n</i> 160 (26·4 %)); (3) <i>Autonomy-Focused Father</i> (<i>n</i> 117 (19·3 %)); (4) <i>Uninvolved Father</i> (<i>n</i> 113 (18·6 %)) and (5) <i>Control-Focused Father</i> (<i>n</i> 122 (20·1 %)). We observed significant associations with race, ethnicity, child characteristics, co-parenting and household responsibility but not with education level, annual income or employment status. We observed significant pairwise differences between profiles in co-parenting and household responsibility, with the <i>Engaged Supporter Father</i> presenting higher scores in both measures.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Understanding how fathers' FPP and PAPP interact can enhance assessments for a comprehensive understanding of fathers' influences on children's health. Recognising the characteristics and differences among fathers' profiles may enable tailored interventions, potentially improving children's health trajectories.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e58"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086733/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143650103","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":"Nutritional implications of alternative proteins: a commentary.","authors":"Ursula Davis, Jack Bobo, Paul Wilson, Peter Noy, Roberto Mansilla, Gavin Long, Simon Welham, John Harvey, Evgeniya Lukinova, Georgiana Nica-Avram, Gavin Smith, David Salt, Andrew Smith, James Goulding","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000242","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000242","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":"28 1","pages":"e69"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086720/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144005900","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":"Understanding the influence of online grocery shopping on consumers' choice of products and dietary balance: a qualitative study in France.","authors":"Olivier Droulers, Sophie Lacoste-Badie","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000266","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000266","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To explore the impact of online food shopping in France on the selection of products purchased and its potential impact on shoppers' dietary balance.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A qualitative study involving in-depth semi-structured individual interviews. The interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed through a reflexive thematic analysis approach.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>France.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Thirty-four male and female respondents aged between 21 and 61 years old, residing in various regions of France, including urban, suburban and rural areas, with diverse profiles in terms of gender, age, location and number of children under 18.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five key themes were identified as influencing decision-making with regard to the products purchased, namely 'less choice, especially for fresh produce', 'sense of security in buying the same products', 'convenience of online shopping through time-saving and product recommendation lists', 'avoiding unplanned purchases' and 'less fresh produce purchased, sometimes replaced by more processed items'. In turn, all of these factors potentially have an impact on the diet of online shoppers.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>With grocery e-commerce penetration expected to double in the next 5 years, the study underscores the consequences of online shopping on consumers' dietary balance. The findings have practical implications for online food retailers, inciting them to develop solutions that would encourage e-grocery shoppers to buy more fresh produce and sample a more varied diet. Additionally, they highlight the importance of monitoring the influence of technology on the consumer buying process, particularly with regard to food.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":"28 1","pages":"e59"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086736/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144034644","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":"Intake of iodine in a sample of UK mother-infant pairs, 6-12 months after birth: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Jo Pearce, Jenny Christian, Lisa J Coneyworth","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000230","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000230","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the intake of iodine in mother-infant pairs.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>An exploratory, cross-sectional study. Iodine intake was estimated using Nutritics nutritional analysis software, following 24-h dietary recall. Iodine-rich foods were grouped and compared between those women who met the UK reference nutrient intake (RNI) for iodine (140 µg/d) and those who did not.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Online and telephone questionnaires.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Self-selecting caregivers of infants aged 6-12 months.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ninety-one mother-infant pairs with a mean (sd) age of 33·2 (4·1) years and 8·4 (1·3) months, respectively, were included. Most mothers were exclusively breast-feeding (54·9 %). The estimated maternal median iodine intake from food and supplements (median 140·3 µg/d, just meeting the UK RNI for women of reproductive age, but not the World Health Organisation (WHO) or British Dietetic Association (BDA) recommendations for lactating women (250 µg/d and 200 µg/d, respectively). Forty-six (50·5 %) of mothers met the UK RNI. Estimated intakes of fish, eggs, cow's milk and yoghurt/cream/dairy desserts were significantly greater, whilst intakes of plant-based milk alternative drinks were significantly less in mothers who met the RNI for iodine (<i>P</i> < 0·05) compared with those who did not. Infant iodine intake from food was positively correlated with maternal; total iodine intake, iodine intake from all food and iodine intake from dairy foods (Spearman's rho = 0·243, 0·238, 0·264, respectively; <i>P</i> < 0·05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Women in the UK may not consume enough iodine to meet the demands of lactation. Guidance on iodine-containing foods, focussed on intake before and during pregnancy and lactation and mandatory fortification of plant-based milk-alternatives could all serve to avoid deficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e61"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086728/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143639805","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":"Digital platform-based conceptual framework for food environment research in China.","authors":"Na Cong, Keumseok Koh, Mei-Po Kwan, Hongsheng Zhang","doi":"10.1017/S1368980024002209","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980024002209","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>China has dedicated significant efforts to preventing obesity, but the rising prevalence of overweight and obesity remains a pressing public health issue. Therefore, unique solutions are required to address this challenge in China. As a research priority, the food environment plays a pivotal role in addressing overweight and obesity. However, research on this topic in China lags behind that in other developed countries, and the conflicting global evidence on the association between the food environment and obesity cannot be directly applied to policymaking and intervention in China. In addition, the rapid advancement of digital technology has introduced complexities and uncertainties in the food environment. To address these challenges, we propose an alternative research framework through (a) dissecting the challenges associated with defining and measuring the food environment, (b) reorganising the relationship chains between the food environment and human diet/health and (c) taking into consideration digital platforms as crucial monitoring tools for studying the food environment. Our framework aims to unlock the potential of food environment research in the digital age, ultimately striving to tackle the overweight and obesity issues in China.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e57"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11984002/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143617000","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":"Breakfast skipping and academic achievement at 8-16 years: a population study in South Australia.","authors":"Alanna Sincovich, Neida Sechague Monroy, Lisa G Smithers, Mary Brushe, Zara Boulton, Tia Rozario, Tess Gregory","doi":"10.1017/S1368980024002258","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980024002258","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>While studies have highlighted a link between breakfast consumption and cognitive performance, evidence for how breakfast influences academic outcomes is mixed. This study explored the association between student breakfast skipping and academic achievement.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This cross-sectional investigation employed population data. Self-reported breakfast consumption was used to categorise students as never, sometimes and always breakfast skippers. Scores on five standardised literacy and numeracy tests were used to classify students to have low or high achievement according to national minimum standards. Poisson regression analyses estimated the relative risk (RR) of low academic achievement among students across breakfast skipping categories, adjusting for student, family and community-level confounding.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Government schools in South Australia.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Participants included 28 651 students in grades 5, 7 and 9 (aged 8-16 years).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 32·3 % of students reported never skipping breakfast, 57·6 % reported sometimes skipping and 10·1 % reported they always skip breakfast. Students who sometimes and always skipped breakfast had an increased risk of low achievement on all five tests, after adjustment for confounding. Greatest risk for low achievement was on numeracy (RR = 1·78, 95 % CI 1·64, 1·94) and reading (RR = 1·63, 95 % CI 1·49, 1·77) among students who always skipped breakfast. Students who sometimes skipped breakfast were also at increased risk for low achievement, though not as higher risk as that among students who reported skipping breakfast every day.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results suggest breakfast consumption plays an important role in academic success. Supports to promote regular student breakfast consumption may be one mechanism through which education stakeholders and policymakers can strengthen academic achievement.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":"28 1","pages":"e28"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11883582/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143557357","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":"Improving public health data collection approaches across populations: findings from a national evaluation of fruit and vegetable incentives.","authors":"Carmen Byker Shanks, Betty Izumi, Jenna Eastman, Teala W Alvord, Amy L Yaroch","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000084","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000084","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Public health approaches for addressing diet-related health in the USA include nutrition incentive (NI) and produce prescription (PPR) projects. These projects, funded through the US Department of Agriculture Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP), aim to support the intake of fruits and vegetables through healthy food incentives. Measuring the GusNIP impact is vital to assessing the ability of incentives to improve public health nutrition outcomes across populations. Shared measures used across GusNIP projects assess fruit and vegetable intake, food security and demographics, among other variables, through a participant survey. This study explored challenges and opportunities to evaluation across populations within a national public health oriented program, GusNIP.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This qualitative study used a sociodemographic survey, semi-structured interviews and focus groups. Descriptive statistics were used to summarise survey data, and applied thematic analysis was used to identify patterns in interview and focus group data.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Data collection occurred in the USA virtually using Qualtrics and Zoom from fall 2021 to fall 2022.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Eighteen GusNIP PPR and NI data collectors, twenty-four external evaluators and eleven GusNIP National Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Information Center staff participated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Opportunities to improve evaluation among GusNIP's participants include tailoring surveys to specific subpopulations, translations, culturally appropriate food examples, avoiding stigmatising language, using mixed methods and intentional strategies to enhance representation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>To increase applicability of data collection in public health programs, evaluation tools must reflect the experiences across populations. This study provides insights that can guide future NI, PPR and public health evaluations, helping to more effectively measure and understand outcomes of all communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e67"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086722/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143524180","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":"Preface for SEANUTS II.","authors":"Mary Ff Chong","doi":"10.1017/S1368980024002106","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980024002106","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":"28 1","pages":"e39"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11883573/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143410315","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}