Stefanie Vandevijvere

Datos Biográficos

ID1734549
NOMBREStefanie Vandevijvere
NOMBRESStefanie
APELLIDOVandevijvere
FIRMAVANDEVIJVERE S
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Auckland
ORCID0000-0003-3225-7524
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS85
TOTAL DE CITAS18
TOTAL COMO AUTOR85
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2009
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H3

  • Children’s exposure to unhealthy food and beverage advertising in Senegal

    Open AccessYassarath Onifade, Adama Diouf et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2026

    BACKGROUND: Marketing of nutrient-poor foods is a recognized driver of unhealthy dietary behaviors and childhood obesity. In Senegal, the triple burden of malnutrition persists, while regulations restricting unhealthy food marketing to children remain limited. OBJECTIVE: To assess the extent and nature of food advertising around schools and on television in Senegal and to explore children's and parents' perceptions of food marketing. METHODS: A c…

  • Citizen science for healthier food environments

    Open AccessStefanie Vandevijvere, Jonathan Benhaiem et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Introduction: ) was developed as a large scale citizen science initiative to engage citizens across Flanders, Belgium, in documenting and reflecting on their local food environments, aiming to raise awareness and support local action for healthy and sustainable food environments. Methods: The Big Food Map smartphone application was co-created with citizens, particularly adolescents and adults on lower incomes, as well as with actors, such as loca…

  • Active travel as constrained necessity or choice

    Open AccessYasemin Inaç, Suzannah D'Hooghe et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2026Referencias: 8

  • Advertising ultra-processed foods around urban and rural schools in Kenya

    Open AccessCaroline H Karugu, Gershim Asiki et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Marketing of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) can influence children’s food preferences and consumption patterns. However, limited data exist on the extent and nature of UPF marketing around schools in low- and middle-income countries, including Kenya. This study assessed the extent, type, and content of food and beverage advertising near schools in urban and rural settings in Kenya. We conducted a cross-sectional study in June–July 2021 across three…

  • Tool for assessing food industry commitments and practices to address the double burden of malnutrition

    Open AccessCarmen Klinger, Elochukwu C Okanmelu et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2025

    BACKGROUND: Many low- and middle-income countries face a double burden of malnutrition, i.e., a co-occurrence of undernutrition with overweight, obesity, or other diet-related noncommunicable diseases. In an increasingly connected global food system, multinational and domestic food industry actors - through their commercial practices and corporate political activity - both contribute to the double burden of malnutrition and hold potential to addr…

  • Trends in sales of sugar-sweetened beverages and associated type 2 diabetes burden in nine African countries

    Open AccessCaroline H Karugu, Gershim Asiki et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2025

    Background Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are recognized contributors to the global rise in non-communicable diseases. While the link between SSB intake and adverse health outcomes is well established, long-term data from African countries are limited.Objective To assess trends in SSB sales and their associations with type 2 diabetes (T2D) burden across nine African countries from 2010 to 2024.Methods We conducted an ecological time-series anal…

  • Nutritional quality and on-package marketing of pre-packaged foods and non-alcoholic beverages for sale in Senegalese supermarkets

    Open AccessYassarath Onifade, Adama Diouf et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    This study shows that pre-packaged foods available in major supermarkets in Senegal are predominantly non-permitted to be marketed to children. In the context of increasing levels of obesity and diet-related NCDs, effective policies should be established to regulate the promotion of these foods

  • Eating disorders across population groups with different weight status in Belgium

    Open AccessFara Geerinck, Sabine Drieskens et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    EDs disproportionally affect people with higher weight. This underscores the necessity for public health interventions that address the intertwined nature of EDs and obesity. Traditional weight-centric health campaigns focusing on individual responsibility may inadvertently contribute to the problem by promoting weight stigma. An integrative preventative approach holds promise for more effective management and prevention of EDs and obesity in the…

  • Characterising the extent and nature of digital food and beverage marketing in Singapore

    Open AccessXin Hui Chua, Clare Whitton et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2025

    Objective: To characterise the nature of digital food and beverage advertising in Singapore. Setting: Food and beverage advertisements within twenty clicks on the top twelve non-food websites and all posts on the Facebook and Instagram pages of fifteen major food companies in Singapore were sampled from 1 January to 30 June 2018. Design: Advertised foods were classified as being core (healthier), non-core or mixed dishes (e.g. burger) using the W…

  • Evaluation of the implementation of governmental policies and actions to create healthy food environments in Burkina Faso

    Open AccessViviane Aurélie Tapsoba, Ella WR Compaore et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2025

    Objective: The creation of a healthy food environment is highly dependent on the policies that governments choose to implement. The objective of this study is to compare the level of implementation of current public policies aimed at creating healthy food environments in Burkina Faso with international good practice indicators. Design: This evaluation was carried out using the Food-EPI tool. The tool has two components (policy and infrastructure …

  • Which government policies to create sustainable food systems have the potential to simultaneously address undernutrition, obesity and environmental sustainability

    Open AccessCelia Burgaz, Iris Van-Dam et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2024

    INTRODUCTION: A transformation of food systems is urgently needed, given their contribution to three ongoing and interlinked global health pandemics: (1) undernutrition and food insecurity, (2) obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and (3) climate change and biodiversity loss. As policymakers make decisions that shape food systems, this study aimed to identify and prioritise policies with double- or triple-duty potential to achieve health…

  • Determinants of food insecurity among adults residing in peri-urban municipal settings in Flanders, Belgium

    Open AccessYasemin Inaç, Suzannah D'Hooghe et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Food insecurity is a global public health issue associated with noncommunicable diseases. Individual factors are strongly associated with food insecurity, but there is limited literature on the broader impact of both the social and food environments on food insecurity in non-English speaking European countries, given that the research was predominantly conducted in Anglophone settings. In addition, these studies have mostly been conducted in urba…

  • Development of the Local Food Systems Policy Index (Local Food-EPI+) tool and assessment process to benchmark the implementation of local government policies for creating healthy, equitable and enviro…

    Open AccessOriana Ruffini, Chanel Relf et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2024

    Objective: Local governments have an important role to play in creating healthy, equitable and environmentally sustainable food systems. This study aimed to develop and pilot a tool and process for local governments in Australia to benchmark their policies for creating healthy, equitable and environmentally sustainable food systems. Design: The Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI), developed in 2013 for national governments, was tailo…

  • The promotion of ultra-processed foods in modern retail food outlets in rural and urban areas in Kenya

    Open AccessCaroline H Karugu, Charles Agyemang et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2024

    Objective: To assess the availability and marketing of ultra-processed foods (UPF) in modern retail food outlets (supermarkets and minimarts) in Kenya and associated factors. Design: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Kenya from August 2021 to October 2021. Variables included the geographic location and the socio-economic status (SES) levels, the food items displayed for sale and advertised in the stores, and locations in the stores such…

  • Exploring the multiple dimensions of perceived food access in the local food environment in Flanders

    Open AccessSuzannah D'Hooghe, Yasemin Inaç et al.ARTICLEAppetite2024Citada por: 1Referencias: 53

  • Unhealthy food advertising on Costa Rican and Guatemalan television

    Open AccessAnalí Morales-Juárez, Eric Monterrubio et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2023

    This study aimed to exhaustively explore the characteristics of food advertising on TV in Guatemala and Costa Rica. The International Network for Food and Obesity Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS) methodology was applied. In 2016, we recorded 1440 h of video among 10 TV channels. We used the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Nutrient Profile (NP) Model to identify ‘critical nutrients’, whose…

  • The role of the perceived environment for recreational walking among adults in socioeconomically disadvantaged situations

    Open AccessSuzannah D'Hooghe, Yasemin Inaç et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2023

    Perceived environmental factors affect RW among PSEDS and peri-urban settings offer specific challenges. Local governments should incorporate citizen perception into decision-making processes to create supportive environments that have the potential to promote RW among PSEDS in a peri-urban setting

  • Global case study of digital marketing on social media by a top soda brand

    Open AccessJuliana De Paula Matos, Michele Bittencourt Rodrigues et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2022

    The Big Soda segment is central in modern food systems, and they invest heavily in digital marketing, but little is known about it. We aimed to analyze the digital marketing on Facebook of the soda brand with a major worldwide reach. Countries were described in terms of soda brand presence and popularity on Facebook according to countries’ socio-demographic index (SDI) and the market share of soda brand (%MS). From 149 countries, 57.0% had soda b…

  • Availability of healthy and unhealthy foods in modern retail outlets located in selected districts of Greater Accra Region, Ghana

    Open AccessAkosua Pokua Adjei, Gideon Senyo Amevinya et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Background Intake of unhealthy foods is linked to the onset of obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Availability of unhealthy (nutritionally poor) foods can influence preference, purchasing and consumption of such foods. This study determined the healthiness of foods sold at modern retail outlets- supermarkets and mini-marts in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Methods All modern retail outlets located in six districts of G…

  • Advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages around primary and junior high schools in Ghana's most urbanized and populous region

    Open AccessGideon Senyo Amevinya, 延幸 高橋 et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    There is an abundance of unhealthy food advertisements around primary and junior high schools in the Greater Accra Region. Policy actions such as restricting the promotion of unhealthy foods in children's settings are needed to protect pupils from such advertising practices

  • The cost of healthy versus current diets in the Netherlands for households with a low, middle and high education

    Open AccessJody C Hoenink, Wilma Waterlander et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2022

    The cost of food is an important driver of food choice and most evidence suggests that healthier diets are more costly than less healthy diets. However, current attempts to model the cost of healthy and current diets do not take into account the variation in diets or food prices. We calculated the differential cost between healthy and current diets for households with a low, medium and high education in the Netherlands using the DIETCOST program.…

  • The Changing Landscape of Food Deserts and Swamps over More than a Decade in Flanders, Belgium

    Open AccessVincent Smets, Jeroen Cant et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Food deserts and swamps have previously been mostly studied in Anglo-Saxon countries such as the USA and Great Britain. This research is one of the first studies to map food deserts and swamps in a mainland European, densely populated but heavily fragmented region such as Flanders. The evolution of food deserts and swamps between 2008 and 2020 was assessed. Special focus was given to areas where high numbers of elderly, young people and/or famili…

  • Changes in retail food environments around schools over 12 years and associations with overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Flanders, Belgium

    Open AccessVincent Smets, Stefanie VandevijvereARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Food environments around schools in Flanders became unhealthier over time and were associated with children's weight status

  • Benchmarking the nutrition-related commitments and practices of major French food companies

    Open AccessIris Van Dam, Stefanie VandevijvereARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    There is room for significant improvement of both company commitments and performance. Current food industry action does not meet recommended best practices. The French government is urged to regulate food industry practices to create healthier food environments

  • Health care costs and lost productivity costs related to excess weight in Belgium

    Open AccessVanessa Gorasso, Isabelle Moyersoen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    The mean annual incremental cost of excess weight in Belgium is of concern and stresses the need for policy actions aiming to reduce excess body weight. This study can be used as a baseline to evaluate the potential savings and health benefits of obesity prevention interventions