Gyorgy Scrinis
Biographic Data
| ID | 168775 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gyorgy Scrinis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gyorgy |
| FAMILY NAME | Scrinis |
| SIGNATURE | SCRINIS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3897-4778 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
It has a life: Youth revaluing food ‘waste’ at an Australian university
Framing poor diet quality as malnutrition: The Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (Enani-2019)
Based on the Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (ENANI-2019) results, this article reflects on the adequacy of the "malnutrition in all its forms" framework and system of classification for representing and interpreting these dietary transitions in Brazilian children. We highlight the limitations of this classification system, including the focus on health outcomes and anthropometric measures, the siloed understanding of these forms of …
Hunger for change: Student food insecurity in Australia
Student food insecurity has been a major social problem across the world. Building on interview-based research, this paper examines students’ experiences of food insecurity in Melbourne during the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns. It places particular emphasis on young people’s agency and students’ ‘relational’ understanding of food insecurity. Students experienced food insecurity in relation to other domains of life, such as work and h…
The need to reshape global food processing: A call to the United Nations Food Systems Summit
In the modern, globalised food system, useful types of industrial food processing that preserve foods, enhance their sensory properties and make their culinary preparation easier and more diverse, have been and are being replaced by food ultra-processing. The main purpose of food ultra-processing is to increase profits by creating hyperpalatable and convenient food products that are grossly inferior imitations of minimally processed foods and fre…
Maximising the wealth of few at the expense of the health of many: A public health analysis of market power and corporate wealth and income distribution in the global soft drink market
BACKGROUND: Many of the harms created by the global soft drink industry that directly influence human and planetary health are well documented. However, some of the ways in which the industry indirectly affects population health, via various socio-economic pathways, have received less attention. This paper aimed to analyse the extent to which market power and corporate wealth and income distribution in the global soft drink market negatively impa…
Nutritional marketing of plant-based meat-analogue products: An exploratory study of front-of-pack and website claims in the USA
Objective: To explore how some of the largest food companies involved in producing alternative proteins (AP) use health and nutrition claims to market their products. Design: We identified the largest food manufacturers, meat processors and AP companies selling plant-based AP products in the USA. Using publicly available data, we analysed the voluntary health and nutrition claims made on front-of-pack labels (FOPL) and company webpages. We also a…
Ultra‐processed foods and the nutrition transition: Global, regional and national trends, food systems transformations and political economy drivers
Understanding the drivers and dynamics of global ultra‐processed food (UPF) consumption is essential, given the evidence linking these foods with adverse health outcomes. In this synthesis review, we take two steps. First, we quantify per capita volumes and trends in UPF sales, and ingredients (sweeteners, fats, sodium and cosmetic additives) supplied by these foods, in countries classified by income and region. Second, we review the literature o…
Comparison of methodological quality between the 2007 and 2019 Canadian dietary guidelines
Objective: With significant shifts in the dietary recommendations between the 2007 and 2019 Canadian dietary guidelines, such as promoting plant-based food intake, reducing highly processed food intake and advocating the practice of food skills, we compared their differences in guideline development methods. Design: Two reviewers used twenty-five guided criteria to appraise the methods used to develop the most recent dietary guidelines against th…
The politics of voluntary self-regulation: Insights from the development and promotion of the Australian Beverages Council’s Commitment
Objective: To analyse the evolution of the soft drink industry’s use of self-regulation as a response to obesity and examine the motivations driving its development and the strategies used to promote it to policy makers. Design: We used a data set of industry documents published by the Australian Beverages Council (ABC) between 1998 and 2016. We analysed how the ABC voiced its political motivations about self-regulation and what internal nutritio…
How Free Is Sow Stall Free? Incremental Regulatory Reform and Industry Co‐optation of Activism
This article critically examines how interactions between social movement activism, supermarkets, and the pork industry led to the voluntary adoption of “sow stall free” standards in Australia. We “backwards map” the regulatory space behind “sow stall free” products to show how the movement against factory farming became selectively focused on the abolition of one form of confinement for sows rather than on other forms of confinement and the cond…
The evolution of Coca-Cola Australia’s soft drink reformulation strategy 2003–2017: A thematic analysis of corporate documents
Ultra-processed foods and the limits of product reformulation
The nutritional reformulation of processed food and beverage products has been promoted as an important means of addressing the nutritional imbalances in contemporary dietary patterns. The focus of most reformulation policies is the reduction in quantities of nutrients-to-limit – Na, free sugars, SFA, trans -fatty acids and total energy. The present commentary examines the limitations of what we refer to as ‘nutrients-to-limit reformulation’ poli…
A public appetite for poultry welfare regulation reform: Why higher welfare labelling is not enough
This article argues that the growth of free-range labelled egg and chicken shows that the public wish to buy foods produced via higher welfare standards. It summarises the main reasons for dissatisfaction with the current regulation of animal welfare standards in Australia and shows that labelling for consumer choice is not enough to address public concerns. It critically evaluates the degree to which recently proposed new animal welfare standard…
Concentration and power in the food system: Who controls what we eat
The Meat in the Sandwich: Welfare Labelling and the Governance of Meat‐chicken Production in Australia
This article critically examines the degree to which higher‐animal welfare label claims change animal welfare regulation and governance within intense meat‐chicken ('broiler') production in Australia. It argues that ethical labelling claims on food and other products can be seen as a ‘governance space’ in which various government, industry and civil society actors compete and collaborate for regulatory impact. It concludes that ethical labelling …
Study sponsorship and the nutrition research agenda: Analysis of randomized controlled trials included in systematic reviews of nutrition interventions to address obesity
Objective To categorize the research topics covered by a sample of randomized controlled trials (RCT) included in systematic reviews of nutrition interventions to address obesity; to describe their funding sources; and to explore the association between funding sources and nutrition research topics. Design Cross-sectional study. Subjects RCT included in Cochrane Reviews of nutrition interventions to address obesity and/or overweight. Results Two …
The Caged Chicken or the Free-Range Egg? The Regulatory and Market Dynamics of Layer-Hen Welfare in the UK, Australia and the USA
Capturing the meaning of “free range”: The contest between producers, supermarkets and consumers for the higher welfare egg label in Australia
Can the hidden hand of the market be an effective and legitimate regulator? The case of animal welfare under a labeling for consumer choice policy approach
In Australia, labeling for consumer choice, rather than higher government regulation, has become an important strand of the policy approach to addressing food animal welfare. This paper illustrates the usefulness of “regulatory network analysis” to uncover the potentials and limitations of market‐based governance to address contentious yet significant issues like animal welfare. We analyzed the content of newspaper articles from major Australian …
Front‐of‐Pack Food Labeling and the Politics of Nutritional Nudges
This article examines the potential for new front‐of‐pack (FOP) nutrition labeling initiatives to nudge consumers toward healthier food choices. The libertarian‐paternalist approach to policy known as nudge initially developed by Thaler and Sunstein is discussed, with its emphasis on designing spaces (including the space of the food label) to shape the behavior of individuals while not restricting consumer choice or imposing restrictions or penal…
Reformulation, fortification and functionalization: Big Food corporations' nutritional engineering and marketing strategies
In response to health concerns arising from the consumption of highly processed foods, the world's largest food and beverage manufacturing corporations (i.e. 'Big Food') have responded by modifying their existing products and introducing new products with 'improved' nutrient profiles. Three distinct strategies used by food corporations to nutritionally engineer and market their products will be identified: the reformulation of foods to reduce lev…
Out of the cage and into the barn: Supermarket power food system governance and the regulation of free range eggs
The highly concentrated nature of food retailing in Australia gives supermarkets considerable control over the interface between consumers and producers. Legal and regulatory commentary debates what can and should be done about the market dimensions of supermarket power. This article shows that Australian supermarkets are amassing not only economic power but also political power in the food system. The article makes this argument by reference to …
Nutritionism: The Science and Politics of Dietary Advice
On the Ideology of Nutritionism
This essay introduces and defines the ideology or paradigm of nutritionism, which is generally characterized by a reductive focus on the nutrient composition of food. More specifically, it is where the nutri-biochemical level of engagement with food and the body becomes the dominant way of understanding the relationship between food and bodily health, and at the expense of other levels and ways of understanding and engaging with food. Nutritionis…
Functional foods or functionally marketed foods? A critique of, and alternatives to, the category of ‘functional foods’
Functional foods or functionally marketed foods? A critique of, and alternatives
Reformulation, fortification and functionalization: Big Food corporations' nutritional engineering and marketing strategies
In response to health concerns arising from the consumption of highly processed foods, the world's largest food and beverage manufacturing corporations (i.e. 'Big Food') have responded by modifying their existing products and introducing new products with 'improved' nutrient profiles. Three distinct strategies used by food corporations to nutritionally engineer and market their products will be identified: the reformulation of foods to reduce lev…
Can the hidden hand of the market be an effective and legitimate regulator? The case of animal welfare under a labeling for consumer choice policy approach
In Australia, labeling for consumer choice, rather than higher government regulation, has become an important strand of the policy approach to addressing food animal welfare. This paper illustrates the usefulness of “regulatory network analysis” to uncover the potentials and limitations of market‐based governance to address contentious yet significant issues like animal welfare. We analyzed the content of newspaper articles from major Australian …
Front‐of‐Pack Food Labeling and the Politics of Nutritional Nudges
This article examines the potential for new front‐of‐pack (FOP) nutrition labeling initiatives to nudge consumers toward healthier food choices. The libertarian‐paternalist approach to policy known as nudge initially developed by Thaler and Sunstein is discussed, with its emphasis on designing spaces (including the space of the food label) to shape the behavior of individuals while not restricting consumer choice or imposing restrictions or penal…
Capturing the meaning of “free range”: The contest between producers, supermarkets and consumers for the higher welfare egg label in Australia
How Free Is Sow Stall Free? Incremental Regulatory Reform and Industry Co‐optation of Activism
This article critically examines how interactions between social movement activism, supermarkets, and the pork industry led to the voluntary adoption of “sow stall free” standards in Australia. We “backwards map” the regulatory space behind “sow stall free” products to show how the movement against factory farming became selectively focused on the abolition of one form of confinement for sows rather than on other forms of confinement and the cond…
Framing poor diet quality as malnutrition: The Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (Enani-2019)
Based on the Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (ENANI-2019) results, this article reflects on the adequacy of the "malnutrition in all its forms" framework and system of classification for representing and interpreting these dietary transitions in Brazilian children. We highlight the limitations of this classification system, including the focus on health outcomes and anthropometric measures, the siloed understanding of these forms of …
Hunger for change: Student food insecurity in Australia
Student food insecurity has been a major social problem across the world. Building on interview-based research, this paper examines students’ experiences of food insecurity in Melbourne during the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns. It places particular emphasis on young people’s agency and students’ ‘relational’ understanding of food insecurity. Students experienced food insecurity in relation to other domains of life, such as work and h…
The Meat in the Sandwich: Welfare Labelling and the Governance of Meat‐chicken Production in Australia
This article critically examines the degree to which higher‐animal welfare label claims change animal welfare regulation and governance within intense meat‐chicken ('broiler') production in Australia. It argues that ethical labelling claims on food and other products can be seen as a ‘governance space’ in which various government, industry and civil society actors compete and collaborate for regulatory impact. It concludes that ethical labelling …
The Caged Chicken or the Free-Range Egg? The Regulatory and Market Dynamics of Layer-Hen Welfare in the UK, Australia and the USA
The evolution of Coca-Cola Australia’s soft drink reformulation strategy 2003–2017: A thematic analysis of corporate documents
Concentration and power in the food system: Who controls what we eat
Reducing and integrating
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On the Ideology of Nutritionism
This essay introduces and defines the ideology or paradigm of nutritionism, which is generally characterized by a reductive focus on the nutrient composition of food. More specifically, it is where the nutri-biochemical level of engagement with food and the body becomes the dominant way of understanding the relationship between food and bodily health, and at the expense of other levels and ways of understanding and engaging with food. Nutritionis…
Functional foods or functionally marketed foods? A critique of, and alternatives to, the category of ‘functional foods’
Functional foods or functionally marketed foods? A critique of, and alternatives
Nutritionism: The Science and Politics of Dietary Advice
Out of the cage and into the barn: Supermarket power food system governance and the regulation of free range eggs
The highly concentrated nature of food retailing in Australia gives supermarkets considerable control over the interface between consumers and producers. Legal and regulatory commentary debates what can and should be done about the market dimensions of supermarket power. This article shows that Australian supermarkets are amassing not only economic power but also political power in the food system. The article makes this argument by reference to …
Front‐of‐Pack Food Labeling and the Politics of Nutritional Nudges
This article examines the potential for new front‐of‐pack (FOP) nutrition labeling initiatives to nudge consumers toward healthier food choices. The libertarian‐paternalist approach to policy known as nudge initially developed by Thaler and Sunstein is discussed, with its emphasis on designing spaces (including the space of the food label) to shape the behavior of individuals while not restricting consumer choice or imposing restrictions or penal…
Reformulation, fortification and functionalization: Big Food corporations' nutritional engineering and marketing strategies
In response to health concerns arising from the consumption of highly processed foods, the world's largest food and beverage manufacturing corporations (i.e. 'Big Food') have responded by modifying their existing products and introducing new products with 'improved' nutrient profiles. Three distinct strategies used by food corporations to nutritionally engineer and market their products will be identified: the reformulation of foods to reduce lev…
Study sponsorship and the nutrition research agenda: Analysis of randomized controlled trials included in systematic reviews of nutrition interventions to address obesity
Objective To categorize the research topics covered by a sample of randomized controlled trials (RCT) included in systematic reviews of nutrition interventions to address obesity; to describe their funding sources; and to explore the association between funding sources and nutrition research topics. Design Cross-sectional study. Subjects RCT included in Cochrane Reviews of nutrition interventions to address obesity and/or overweight. Results Two …
The Caged Chicken or the Free-Range Egg? The Regulatory and Market Dynamics of Layer-Hen Welfare in the UK, Australia and the USA
Capturing the meaning of “free range”: The contest between producers, supermarkets and consumers for the higher welfare egg label in Australia
Can the hidden hand of the market be an effective and legitimate regulator? The case of animal welfare under a labeling for consumer choice policy approach
In Australia, labeling for consumer choice, rather than higher government regulation, has become an important strand of the policy approach to addressing food animal welfare. This paper illustrates the usefulness of “regulatory network analysis” to uncover the potentials and limitations of market‐based governance to address contentious yet significant issues like animal welfare. We analyzed the content of newspaper articles from major Australian …
Ultra-processed foods and the limits of product reformulation
The nutritional reformulation of processed food and beverage products has been promoted as an important means of addressing the nutritional imbalances in contemporary dietary patterns. The focus of most reformulation policies is the reduction in quantities of nutrients-to-limit – Na, free sugars, SFA, trans -fatty acids and total energy. The present commentary examines the limitations of what we refer to as ‘nutrients-to-limit reformulation’ poli…
A public appetite for poultry welfare regulation reform: Why higher welfare labelling is not enough
This article argues that the growth of free-range labelled egg and chicken shows that the public wish to buy foods produced via higher welfare standards. It summarises the main reasons for dissatisfaction with the current regulation of animal welfare standards in Australia and shows that labelling for consumer choice is not enough to address public concerns. It critically evaluates the degree to which recently proposed new animal welfare standard…
Concentration and power in the food system: Who controls what we eat
The Meat in the Sandwich: Welfare Labelling and the Governance of Meat‐chicken Production in Australia
This article critically examines the degree to which higher‐animal welfare label claims change animal welfare regulation and governance within intense meat‐chicken ('broiler') production in Australia. It argues that ethical labelling claims on food and other products can be seen as a ‘governance space’ in which various government, industry and civil society actors compete and collaborate for regulatory impact. It concludes that ethical labelling …
The evolution of Coca-Cola Australia’s soft drink reformulation strategy 2003–2017: A thematic analysis of corporate documents
Ultra‐processed foods and the nutrition transition: Global, regional and national trends, food systems transformations and political economy drivers
Understanding the drivers and dynamics of global ultra‐processed food (UPF) consumption is essential, given the evidence linking these foods with adverse health outcomes. In this synthesis review, we take two steps. First, we quantify per capita volumes and trends in UPF sales, and ingredients (sweeteners, fats, sodium and cosmetic additives) supplied by these foods, in countries classified by income and region. Second, we review the literature o…
Comparison of methodological quality between the 2007 and 2019 Canadian dietary guidelines
Objective: With significant shifts in the dietary recommendations between the 2007 and 2019 Canadian dietary guidelines, such as promoting plant-based food intake, reducing highly processed food intake and advocating the practice of food skills, we compared their differences in guideline development methods. Design: Two reviewers used twenty-five guided criteria to appraise the methods used to develop the most recent dietary guidelines against th…
The politics of voluntary self-regulation: Insights from the development and promotion of the Australian Beverages Council’s Commitment
Objective: To analyse the evolution of the soft drink industry’s use of self-regulation as a response to obesity and examine the motivations driving its development and the strategies used to promote it to policy makers. Design: We used a data set of industry documents published by the Australian Beverages Council (ABC) between 1998 and 2016. We analysed how the ABC voiced its political motivations about self-regulation and what internal nutritio…
How Free Is Sow Stall Free? Incremental Regulatory Reform and Industry Co‐optation of Activism
This article critically examines how interactions between social movement activism, supermarkets, and the pork industry led to the voluntary adoption of “sow stall free” standards in Australia. We “backwards map” the regulatory space behind “sow stall free” products to show how the movement against factory farming became selectively focused on the abolition of one form of confinement for sows rather than on other forms of confinement and the cond…
The need to reshape global food processing: A call to the United Nations Food Systems Summit
In the modern, globalised food system, useful types of industrial food processing that preserve foods, enhance their sensory properties and make their culinary preparation easier and more diverse, have been and are being replaced by food ultra-processing. The main purpose of food ultra-processing is to increase profits by creating hyperpalatable and convenient food products that are grossly inferior imitations of minimally processed foods and fre…
Maximising the wealth of few at the expense of the health of many: A public health analysis of market power and corporate wealth and income distribution in the global soft drink market
BACKGROUND: Many of the harms created by the global soft drink industry that directly influence human and planetary health are well documented. However, some of the ways in which the industry indirectly affects population health, via various socio-economic pathways, have received less attention. This paper aimed to analyse the extent to which market power and corporate wealth and income distribution in the global soft drink market negatively impa…
Nutritional marketing of plant-based meat-analogue products: An exploratory study of front-of-pack and website claims in the USA
Objective: To explore how some of the largest food companies involved in producing alternative proteins (AP) use health and nutrition claims to market their products. Design: We identified the largest food manufacturers, meat processors and AP companies selling plant-based AP products in the USA. Using publicly available data, we analysed the voluntary health and nutrition claims made on front-of-pack labels (FOPL) and company webpages. We also a…
Hunger for change: Student food insecurity in Australia
Student food insecurity has been a major social problem across the world. Building on interview-based research, this paper examines students’ experiences of food insecurity in Melbourne during the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns. It places particular emphasis on young people’s agency and students’ ‘relational’ understanding of food insecurity. Students experienced food insecurity in relation to other domains of life, such as work and h…
Framing poor diet quality as malnutrition: The Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (Enani-2019)
Based on the Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (ENANI-2019) results, this article reflects on the adequacy of the "malnutrition in all its forms" framework and system of classification for representing and interpreting these dietary transitions in Brazilian children. We highlight the limitations of this classification system, including the focus on health outcomes and anthropometric measures, the siloed understanding of these forms of …
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