Lizbeth Tolentino-Mayo
Biographic Data
| ID | 6254640 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lizbeth Tolentino-Mayo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lizbeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Tolentino-Mayo |
| SIGNATURE | TOLENTINO-MAYO L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2400-8675 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| 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…
Food additives in Latin America
BACKGROUND: Latin America is distinguished by diverse regulatory frameworks and evolving dietary patterns, including the weakening of traditional diets and the increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs). Predominantly produced by transnational corporations, UPFs rely heavily on food additives to achieve desirable sensory properties (e.g., flavor, color), ensure food safety, and extend shelf life. Over the past decade, research has inc…
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…
Digital Marketing Claims and Their Association With the Perceptions of Parents of Children Under 2 Years Old of Commercial Milk Formulas in Mexico
We analysed digital marketing claims for commercial milk formula (CMF) and their association with parents' perceptions of the health and nutrition benefits of this industrialised product. The study sample consisted of 1074 parents ≥ 18 years old with internet access, with children < 2 years old, living in Mexico, who responded to an online survey between December 2020 and January 2021. The most frequent health-related, nutrition, technical, and e…
Impact of front-of-package nutrition labels on acceptability and objective understanding
Digital marketing of commercial breastmilk substitutes and baby foods
BACKGROUND: Parents are exposed to breastmilk substitutes and baby foods marketing on the internet and social media, which hinders adequate breastfeeding and complementary feeding. This study identifies digital marketing strategies for breastmilk substitutes, specifically commercial milk formula and baby foods used by the industry to influence infant and young children's feeding practices in Mexico and proposes regulatory recommendations that can…
Digital marketing of formula and baby food negatively influences breast feeding and complementary feeding
BACKGROUND: There is little evidence of the association between digital marketing of formula and baby food and infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. OBJECTIVE: Assess parents' exposure to digital marketing of formula and baby food for children <2 years and its association with the purchase and IYCF practices in Mexico. METHODS: Parents ≥18 years recruited from a market research panel completed an online survey (n=1074) and capture-on-s…
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 …
Impact of front-of-pack nutrition labels on consumer purchasing intentions
clinicaltrials.gov. NCT04308408 Retrospectively registered March 16, 2020
Global benchmarking of children's exposure to television advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages across 22 countries
Restricting children's exposures to marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages is a global obesity prevention priority. Monitoring marketing exposures supports informed policymaking. This study presents a global overview of children's television advertising exposure to healthy and unhealthy products. Twenty‐two countries contributed data, captured between 2008 and 2017. Advertisements were coded for the nature of foods and beverages, using the 20…
Nutritional quality of foods and non-alcoholic beverages advertised on Mexican television according to three nutrient profile models
The majority of foods and beverages advertised on Mexican TV do not comply with any nutritional quality standards, and thus should not be marketed to children. The nutritional quality standards applied by the Mexican regulation are much weaker than those applied by the WHO Europe and United Kingdom. The Mexican government should improve the nutrition standards in its new regulation, especially the sugar cut off points
Nutritional quality of foods and non-alcoholic beverages advertised on Mexican television according to three nutrient profile models
The majority of foods and beverages advertised on Mexican TV do not comply with any nutritional quality standards, and thus should not be marketed to children. The nutritional quality standards applied by the Mexican regulation are much weaker than those applied by the WHO Europe and United Kingdom. The Mexican government should improve the nutrition standards in its new regulation, especially the sugar cut off points
Global benchmarking of children's exposure to television advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages across 22 countries
Restricting children's exposures to marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages is a global obesity prevention priority. Monitoring marketing exposures supports informed policymaking. This study presents a global overview of children's television advertising exposure to healthy and unhealthy products. Twenty‐two countries contributed data, captured between 2008 and 2017. Advertisements were coded for the nature of foods and beverages, using the 20…
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 …
Impact of front-of-pack nutrition labels on consumer purchasing intentions
clinicaltrials.gov. NCT04308408 Retrospectively registered March 16, 2020
Digital marketing of formula and baby food negatively influences breast feeding and complementary feeding
BACKGROUND: There is little evidence of the association between digital marketing of formula and baby food and infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. OBJECTIVE: Assess parents' exposure to digital marketing of formula and baby food for children <2 years and its association with the purchase and IYCF practices in Mexico. METHODS: Parents ≥18 years recruited from a market research panel completed an online survey (n=1074) and capture-on-s…
Digital marketing of commercial breastmilk substitutes and baby foods
BACKGROUND: Parents are exposed to breastmilk substitutes and baby foods marketing on the internet and social media, which hinders adequate breastfeeding and complementary feeding. This study identifies digital marketing strategies for breastmilk substitutes, specifically commercial milk formula and baby foods used by the industry to influence infant and young children's feeding practices in Mexico and proposes regulatory recommendations that can…
Impact of front-of-package nutrition labels on acceptability and objective understanding
Food additives in Latin America
BACKGROUND: Latin America is distinguished by diverse regulatory frameworks and evolving dietary patterns, including the weakening of traditional diets and the increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs). Predominantly produced by transnational corporations, UPFs rely heavily on food additives to achieve desirable sensory properties (e.g., flavor, color), ensure food safety, and extend shelf life. Over the past decade, research has inc…
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…
Digital Marketing Claims and Their Association With the Perceptions of Parents of Children Under 2 Years Old of Commercial Milk Formulas in Mexico
We analysed digital marketing claims for commercial milk formula (CMF) and their association with parents' perceptions of the health and nutrition benefits of this industrialised product. The study sample consisted of 1074 parents ≥ 18 years old with internet access, with children < 2 years old, living in Mexico, who responded to an online survey between December 2020 and January 2021. The most frequent health-related, nutrition, technical, and e…
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…
Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (12 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Advertising (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Food marketing (5 works) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (5 works) · Latin Americans (5 works) · Marketing (4 works)