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Nutritional quality of food purchases during the COVID-19 public health crisis: an analysis of geographic disparities in North Carolina.
Authors: Aline D'Angelo Campos, Shu Wen Ng
Published In: Preventive Medicine Reports, July 5, 2024 view full text

Estimated effects of reductions in processed meat consumption and unprocessed red meat consumption on occurrences of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, colorectal cancer, and mortality in the USA: a microsimulation study.
Authors: Joe Kennedy, Peter Alexander, Lindsey Smith Taillie, Lindsay Jaacks
Published in: The Lancet Planetary Health, July 1, 2024 view full text

Promoting healthier purchases: ultra-processed food taxes and minimally-processed food subsidies for the low income.
Authors: Pourya Valizadeh, Shu Wen Ng
Published in: American Journal of Preventative Medicine, April 2, 2024 view full text

African domestic supply booms in value chains of fruits, vegetables, and animal products fueled by spontaneous clusters of SMEs.
Authors: Thomas Reardon, Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie, Ben Belton, Michael Dolislager, Bart Minten, Barry Popkin, Rob Vos
Published in: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, April 23, 2024 view full text

Impact of the Philadelphia beverage tax on perceived beverage healthfulness, tax awareness and tax opinions.
Authors: Caitlin Lowery, Christina Roberto, Sophia Hua, Sara Bleich, Nandita Mitra, Hannah Lawman, Lindsey Smith Taillie, Shu Wen Ng, Laura Gibson
Published in: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, March 9, 2024 view full text

Dietary intake of low-income adults in South Africa: Ultra-processed food consumption a cause for concern.
Authors: Tamryn Frank, Shu Wen Ng, Caitlin Lowery, Anne-Marie Thow, Elizabeth Swart
Published in: Public Health Nutrition, January 11, 2024 view full text

More than a nuisance: implications of food marketing for public health efforts to curb childhood obesity
Authors: Jennifer Harris, Lindsey Smith Taillie
Published in: Annual Review of Public Health, December 18, 2025

The widespread presence of non-nutritive sweeteners challenges adherence to beverage guidance for children
Authors: Mariana Fagundes Grilo, Allison Sylvetsky, Lindsey Smith Taillie
Published in: Frontiers in Public Health, August 16, 2023 view full text

Food for thought of food for emotions? An analysis of marketing strategies in television food advertising seen by children in Colombia
Authors: Alicides Velasquez, Maria Fernanda Parra, Mercedes Mora-Plazas, Luis Fernando Gomez, Lindsey Smith Taillie, Francesca R Dillman Carpentier
Published in: Public Health Nutrition, August 10, 2023 view full text