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A fit-for-purpose nutrient profiling model to underpin food and nutrition policies in South Africa
Authors: Tamryn Frank, Anne-Marie Thow, Shu Wen Ng, Jessica Ostrowski, Makoma Bopape, Elizabeth C. Swart
Published in: Nutrients, July 28, 2021 view full text

Understanding the need for a whole-of-society approach in school nutrition policy implementation: A qualitative analysis
Authors: Natasha P. Sobers, Lisa Bishop, Shu Wen Ng, Suzanne Soares-Wynter, Natalie S. Greaves & Madhuvanti M. Murphy 
Published in: Implementation Science Communications, July 17, 2021 view full text

Junk food intake among adults in the United States
Authors: Elizabeth K Dunford, Barry Popkin, Shu Wen Ng
Published in: The Journal of Nutrition, July 5, 2021 view full text

The need to reshape global food processing: a call to the United Nations Food Systems Summit
Authors: Carlos Augusto Monteiro, Mark Lawrence, Christopher Millett, Marion Nestle, Barry M Popkin, Gyorgy Scrinis, Boyd Swinburn
Published in: BMJ Global Health, July 1, 2021 view full text

Who's grocery shopping online and why: Cross-sectional analysis of a nationally-representative sample since the pandemic.
Authors: Amy Lo, Emily DuffyShu Wen Ng
Published in: Current Developments in Nutrition, June 7, 2021 view full text

Development and application of a total diet quality index for toddlers
Authors:  Melissa Kay, Emily Duffy, Lisa Harnack, Andrea Anater, Joel Hampton, Alison Eldridge, and Mary Story
Published in: Nutrients. 2021 June 5, 2021 view full text

South Africa's health promotion levy: Excise tax findings and equity potential
Authors: Karen Hofman, Nicholas Stacey, Elizabeth Swart, Barry Popkin, Shu Wen Ng
Published in: Obesity Reviews, May 31, 2021 view full text

Geographic patterns and socioeconomic differences in the nutritional quality of household packaged food purchases in the United States
Authors: Allison Lacko, Paul Delamater, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Shu Wen Ng
Published in: Health & Place, May 21, 2021 view full text

Towards unified and impactful policies to reduce ultra-processed food consumption and promote healthier eating
Authors: Barry M. Popkin, Simon Barquera, Camila Corvalan, Karen Hofman, Carlos Monteiro, Shu Wen Ng, Elizabeth C. Swart, Lindsey Smith Taillie
Published in: The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, April 15, 2021 view full text

Changes in beverage purchases following the announcement and implementation of South Africa's Health Promotion Levy: An observational study
Authors: Nicholas Stacey, Ijeoma Edoka, Karen Hofman, Elizabeth C. Swart, Barry Popkin, and Shu Wen Ng
Published in: The Lancet Planetary Health, April 1, 2021 view full text

Sugar-sweetened beverage reduction policies: Progress and promise
Authors: James Krieger, Sara Bleich, Stephanie Scarmo, and Shu Wen Ng
Published in: Annual Review of Public Health, April 1, 2021 view full text

The effects of the Chilean food policy package on aggregate employment and real wages
Authors: Guillermo Paraje, Arantxa Colchero, Juan Marcos Wlasiuk, Antonio Martner Sota, Barry M. Popkin
Published in: Food Policy, April 1, 2021 view full text

Ultra-processed food consumption among Chilean preschoolers is associated with diets promoting non-communicable diseases
Authors: Carolina Araya, Camila Corvalán, Gustavo Cediel, Lindsey Smith Taillie, Marcela Reyes
Published in: Frontiers in Nutrition, March 26, 2021 view full text