Florence L Théodore
Biographic Data
| ID | 1783117 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Florence L Théodore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Florence L |
| FAMILY NAME | Théodore |
| SIGNATURE | THÉODORE F L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8111-0871 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Learning from Latin America
Childhood obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean continues to rise, driven in part by increased access to ultraprocessed products and pervasive unhealthy food marketing. For more than two decades, the World Health Organization has called on governments to regulate such practices. While prior research has focused largely on policy design and adoption, less attention has been given to implementation, monitoring, and evaluation, critical stages …
Corporate influence on food and nutrition policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), diets are increasingly dominated by ultra-processed products (UPPs). Although public health policies aimed at reducing UPPs consumption show promise, these are often undermined by corporate influence. Understanding how countries respond to this influence is essential for strengthening food policy development in LAC. Examine how different sectors (government, academia, and civil society organizations) resp…
Estrategias de chinamperos/as para afrontar la inseguridad alimentaria durante la pandemia por Covid-19 en San Gregorio Atlapulco, Ciudad de México, México
La pandemia por COVID-19 impactó negativamente en la salud-enfermedad y la seguridad alimentaria de los pueblos indígenas de México. Ante esta situación, se organizaron estrategias para hacerle frente a dichas adversidades. Este trabajo se realizó en San Gregorio de Atlapulco, un pueblo al sur de la Ciudad de México y que sostiene una forma prehispánica de producción de alimentos llamada chinampa, con el objetivo de identificar las estrategias qu…
Corporate political activity of the food industry in the development of food policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Public Policies to Restrict Food Marketing to Children in Latin America
Despite evidence showcasing the exploitation of children's vulnerability by the food industry through such marketing, only a few countries globally have regulated unhealthy food marketing. This study aims to assess the progress, challenges, and lessons learned in implementing policies restricting unhealthy food marketing to children in Latin America and the Caribbean. Using qualitative methods, including a literature review, online surveys, count…
Hacia una justicia social y alimentaria de personas jornaleras agrícolas con migración interna en México
Los objetivos fueron caracterizar el ambiente alimentario de las personas jornaleras agrícolas con migración interna en México y construir escenarios en términos prospectivos para formular alternativas que orienten las políticas agroalimentarias desde un enfoque en justicia social. Se emplearon métodos cualitativos, incluidas entrevistas semi-estructuradas a mujeres jornaleras y especialistas en el tema, observación en campos de cultivo de chile …
Soda Consumption Among Mexican Construction Workers in the Context of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax
This study explored the psychosocial determinants of consumption of soda and other taxed sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in Mexican construction workers (CWs) and whether consumption changed as a result of the 2014 SSB tax. We conducted a qualitative case study involving in-depth interviews and focus groups (FGs) with 30 Mexican CWs; supplemented with descriptions of the food and beverages consumed during lunch breaks. We used NVivo 10 to classi…
Nutritional Quality of Hidden Food and Beverage Advertising Directed to Children
(1) Background: Nutrient-poor, energy-dense food and beverage (F&B) advertisements influence children's food preferences, consumption, and purchase requests, contributing to overweight and obesity. Objective: To characterize the nutritional quality of F&B advertised by product placement (PP) in Mexican television programs with the highest audience ratings for children. (2) Methods: A total of 48 h of television programs between December 2016 and …
The importance of the cultural dimension of food in understanding the lack of adherence to diet regimens among Mayan people with diabetes
Objective: To understand non-adherence to medically recommended diets among Mayans with diabetes. Design: Using partially sequential mixed methods, questionnaires, semi-structured brief and in-depth interviews were applied. Questionnaire data were analysed with Pearson’s χ 2 and Student’s t tests and qualitative interviews with grounded theory microanalysis. Setting: Rural, predominantly Mayan communities in Chiapas, Quintana Roo and Yucatan, Mex…
Representaciones sociales relacionadas con la alimentación escolar
Mexico is facing an unprecedented epidemic of obesity and overweight, especially among children. This paper seeks to identify the main social representations related to school meals present in the discourse of different actors within the schools. Twenty interviews with school staff and ten discussion groups with boys and girls from 12 schools were conducted. Three main conceptions were identified in relation to school meals: 1) junk food vs. home…
Quand les pouvoirs publics redéfinissent au sein de l'hôpital leur espace d'intervention
Cet article a pour objectif général d'interroger les transformations et les changements en cours au sein du milieu hospitalier à partir de la politique ministérielle mise en place autour du sida et des relations développées par les instances de tutelle (en particulier le ministère de la Santé) avec le monde hospitalier. Il s'agira alors de montrer comment les pouvoirs publics ont au fil de l'histoire renforcé leur pouvoir à l'hôpital et se sont i…
Quand les pouvoirs publics redéfinissent au sein de l'hôpital leur espace d'intervention
Cet article a pour objectif général d'interroger les transformations et les changements en cours au sein du milieu hospitalier à partir de la politique ministérielle mise en place autour du sida et des relations développées par les instances de tutelle (en particulier le ministère de la Santé) avec le monde hospitalier. Il s'agira alors de montrer comment les pouvoirs publics ont au fil de l'histoire renforcé leur pouvoir à l'hôpital et se sont i…
Quand les pouvoirs publics redéfinissent au sein de l'hôpital leur espace d'intervention
Cet article a pour objectif général d'interroger les transformations et les changements en cours au sein du milieu hospitalier à partir de la politique ministérielle mise en place autour du sida et des relations développées par les instances de tutelle (en particulier le ministère de la Santé) avec le monde hospitalier. Il s'agira alors de montrer comment les pouvoirs publics ont au fil de l'histoire renforcé leur pouvoir à l'hôpital et se sont i…
Representaciones sociales relacionadas con la alimentación escolar
Mexico is facing an unprecedented epidemic of obesity and overweight, especially among children. This paper seeks to identify the main social representations related to school meals present in the discourse of different actors within the schools. Twenty interviews with school staff and ten discussion groups with boys and girls from 12 schools were conducted. Three main conceptions were identified in relation to school meals: 1) junk food vs. home…
The importance of the cultural dimension of food in understanding the lack of adherence to diet regimens among Mayan people with diabetes
Objective: To understand non-adherence to medically recommended diets among Mayans with diabetes. Design: Using partially sequential mixed methods, questionnaires, semi-structured brief and in-depth interviews were applied. Questionnaire data were analysed with Pearson’s χ 2 and Student’s t tests and qualitative interviews with grounded theory microanalysis. Setting: Rural, predominantly Mayan communities in Chiapas, Quintana Roo and Yucatan, Mex…
Nutritional Quality of Hidden Food and Beverage Advertising Directed to Children
(1) Background: Nutrient-poor, energy-dense food and beverage (F&B) advertisements influence children's food preferences, consumption, and purchase requests, contributing to overweight and obesity. Objective: To characterize the nutritional quality of F&B advertised by product placement (PP) in Mexican television programs with the highest audience ratings for children. (2) Methods: A total of 48 h of television programs between December 2016 and …
Soda Consumption Among Mexican Construction Workers in the Context of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax
This study explored the psychosocial determinants of consumption of soda and other taxed sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in Mexican construction workers (CWs) and whether consumption changed as a result of the 2014 SSB tax. We conducted a qualitative case study involving in-depth interviews and focus groups (FGs) with 30 Mexican CWs; supplemented with descriptions of the food and beverages consumed during lunch breaks. We used NVivo 10 to classi…
Corporate political activity of the food industry in the development of food policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Public Policies to Restrict Food Marketing to Children in Latin America
Despite evidence showcasing the exploitation of children's vulnerability by the food industry through such marketing, only a few countries globally have regulated unhealthy food marketing. This study aims to assess the progress, challenges, and lessons learned in implementing policies restricting unhealthy food marketing to children in Latin America and the Caribbean. Using qualitative methods, including a literature review, online surveys, count…
Hacia una justicia social y alimentaria de personas jornaleras agrícolas con migración interna en México
Los objetivos fueron caracterizar el ambiente alimentario de las personas jornaleras agrícolas con migración interna en México y construir escenarios en términos prospectivos para formular alternativas que orienten las políticas agroalimentarias desde un enfoque en justicia social. Se emplearon métodos cualitativos, incluidas entrevistas semi-estructuradas a mujeres jornaleras y especialistas en el tema, observación en campos de cultivo de chile …
Learning from Latin America
Childhood obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean continues to rise, driven in part by increased access to ultraprocessed products and pervasive unhealthy food marketing. For more than two decades, the World Health Organization has called on governments to regulate such practices. While prior research has focused largely on policy design and adoption, less attention has been given to implementation, monitoring, and evaluation, critical stages …
Corporate influence on food and nutrition policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), diets are increasingly dominated by ultra-processed products (UPPs). Although public health policies aimed at reducing UPPs consumption show promise, these are often undermined by corporate influence. Understanding how countries respond to this influence is essential for strengthening food policy development in LAC. Examine how different sectors (government, academia, and civil society organizations) resp…
Estrategias de chinamperos/as para afrontar la inseguridad alimentaria durante la pandemia por Covid-19 en San Gregorio Atlapulco, Ciudad de México, México
La pandemia por COVID-19 impactó negativamente en la salud-enfermedad y la seguridad alimentaria de los pueblos indígenas de México. Ante esta situación, se organizaron estrategias para hacerle frente a dichas adversidades. Este trabajo se realizó en San Gregorio de Atlapulco, un pueblo al sur de la Ciudad de México y que sostiene una forma prehispánica de producción de alimentos llamada chinampa, con el objetivo de identificar las estrategias qu…
Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (4 works) · Latin Americans (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices (3 works) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (3 works) · Humanities (3 works)