Lucía Antúnez
Biographic Data
| ID | 6259761 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucía Antúnez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucía |
| FAMILY NAME | Antúnez |
| SIGNATURE | ANTÚNEZ L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de la República de Uruguay |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2497-6609 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A qualitative exploration of parental decision-making regarding ultra-processed products for children aged 2 to 5 years
Analyzing the cost of a healthy food basket in Uruguay
Monitoring economic access to food is fundamental to implement strategies to reduce food insecurity and enhance the affordability of healthy diets. The aims of the present study were to develop a healthy food basket (HFB) and analyze its cost from 2011 to 2024, in Uruguay, a high-income Latin American country. The HFB was conceptualized as a set of foods that allows the achievement of the nutritional needs of a person at the lowest possible cost,…
Factors influencing parental decisions on food choices during complementary feeding
Understanding parental decision-making during complementary feeding is essential for designing effective interventions that address deviations from nutritional recommendations and support optimal growth and development. However, there is no consensus on the key factors shaping the characteristics of complementary feeding, particularly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In this context, the present work aimed to identify factors influencing paren…
Public perceptions of front-of-package warning label during policy design and implementation in Uruguay
Associations between exposure to digital food marketing and food consumption in adolescence
Mere recall of exposure to digital food marketing and total social media use were associated with higher consumption frequency of ultra-processed products and fast food. These findings underscore the need to introduce comprehensive mandatory policies to reduce adolescent exposure to digital food marketing featuring unhealthy foods
Adolescents’ spontaneous recall of food and beverage advertisements on digital media
Objective: Explore adolescents’ recall of food and beverage advertisements in digital media, while evaluating associations between socio-demographic characteristics and advertisement recall. Design: Recruitment took place using a two-stage cluster probability-based sampling approach. Thirty-nine high schools stratified by type (public v . private) were included, with one class within each grade randomly selected, wherein attending students ( n 15…
Is this advertisement designed to appeal to you? Adolescents’ views about Instagram advertisements promoting ultra-processed products
Objective: Examine the key elements that characterise social media advertisements targeted at adolescents by asking adolescents which features of Instagram ads promoting ultra-processed products make them designed to appeal to adolescents. Design: Instagram ads promoting ultra-processed products and brands were selected from a database in which ads had been classified regarding whether they were primarily targeted at adolescents from an adult per…
Qualitative exploration of the reasons for not using nutritional warnings after policy implementation in Uruguay
Nutritional warnings have gained popularity, particularly in the region of the Americas, to facilitate the identification of products with excessive content of nutrients associated with non-communicable diseases and encourage healthier food choices. Although warnings have been shown to be effective, an in-depth understanding of the reasons why some consumers do not use them is still lacking. The aim of the present work was to explore self-reporte…
Use of nutritional warning labels at the point of purchase
Age, time orientation and risk perception are major determinants of discretionary salt usage
Even if you don't pay attention to it, you know it's there’
The idealisation of bottle feeding
Objective: The information displayed on the packages of feeding bottles and teats commercialised in Montevideo (Uruguay) was analysed using content analysis with the goal of identifying key marketing practices that may discourage breast-feeding. Design: The study was conducted as part of the periodic assessment performed by the Uruguayan government to monitor the marketing of breast milk substitutes. All the feeding bottles and teats sold in fort…
Covid-washing of ultra-processed products
Objective: To explore the use of references to the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the marketing strategies used on Facebook to promote ultra-processed products. Design: A search for Facebook accounts of ultra-processed products was performed using a master list of products commercialised in two online supermarkets in Uruguay. For each of the identified Facebook accounts, all the content posted from the confirmation of the first cases of COVID-19 in…
Listening to the voices of adolescents for the design of strategies to promote healthy eating
Objective: To explore adolescents’ views about the foods they consume and to identify their ideas about strategies to encourage healthier eating habits. Design: Individual questionnaires based on open-ended questions and group discussions (6–8 participants) were used to address the objectives. Data were analysed using content analysis based on deductive-inductive coding. Setting: Montevideo and its metropolitan area (Uruguay, Latin America). Part…
Are the recommendations of paediatricians about complementary feeding aligned with current guidelines in Uruguay
Objective: To explore Uruguayan paediatricians’ personal recommendations about complementary feeding and to assess if they are aligned with current guidelines and scientific evidence. Design: A questionnaire composed of open-ended questions was used to explore foods recommended to start complementary feeding, foods regarded as the most important during the first meals, recommendations for delayed introduction of foods and foods that should be avo…
Immediate effects of the implementation of nutritional warnings in Uruguay
Objective: To assess the effects of nutritional warnings during the first month after the date of full compliance by the food industry in Uruguay in terms of citizen awareness, self-reported use and ability to understand nutritional information. Design: The present work encompassed two online studies, conducted before (Study 1) and during the first month after the date of full compliance by the food industry (Study 2). An after-only design was us…
Analysis of the policy process for the implementation of nutritional warning labels in Uruguay
Objective: To analyse the process for the development and implementation of mandatory nutritional warning labels in Uruguay, in order to inform future nutrition policy making and strategic engagement by public health actors. Design: The study design drew on policy analysis methodology and case study research methodology. Two main sources of information were selected and analysed for the current study: eighteen official documents from the Uruguaya…
Health gains through loss frames
The heuristics that guide healthiness perception of ultra-processed foods
Objective: To explore the conceptualisation of healthy food by citizens and how they judge the healthiness of ultra-processed foods. Design: Four focus groups were conducted using a semi-structured discussion guide. Focus group discussions were held about the concept of healthy food, what characterise a healthy product and healthiness perception of ultra-processed products. Transcripts of the focus groups were analysed following an inductive codi…
Time orientation and risk perception moderate the influence of sodium warnings on food choice
A citizen perspective on nutritional warnings as front-of-pack labels
Objective Nutritional warnings have recently been suggested as a simplified front-of-pack nutrition labelling scheme to facilitate citizens’ ability to identify unhealthful products and discourage their consumption. However, citizens’ perspective on this policy is still under-researched. The objective of the present work was to study how citizens perceive nutritional warnings and to evaluate public support of this policy, with the goal of derivin…
Warnings as a directive front-of-pack nutrition labelling scheme
Objective Warnings have recently been proposed as a new type of directive front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling scheme to flag products with high content of key nutrients. In the present work, this system was compared with the two most common FOP nutrition labelling schemes (Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA) and traffic-light system) in terms of goal-directed attention, influence on perceived healthfulness and ability to differentiate between produ…
Nutrition warnings as front-of-pack labels
Objective Warnings are a new directive front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling scheme that highlights products with high content of key nutrients. The design of warnings influences their ability to catch consumers’ attention and to clearly communicate their intended meaning, which are key determinants of their effectiveness. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the influence of design features of warnings as a FOP nutrition labelling schem…
Warnings as a directive front-of-pack nutrition labelling scheme
Objective Warnings have recently been proposed as a new type of directive front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling scheme to flag products with high content of key nutrients. In the present work, this system was compared with the two most common FOP nutrition labelling schemes (Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA) and traffic-light system) in terms of goal-directed attention, influence on perceived healthfulness and ability to differentiate between produ…
Nutrition warnings as front-of-pack labels
Objective Warnings are a new directive front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling scheme that highlights products with high content of key nutrients. The design of warnings influences their ability to catch consumers’ attention and to clearly communicate their intended meaning, which are key determinants of their effectiveness. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the influence of design features of warnings as a FOP nutrition labelling schem…
A citizen perspective on nutritional warnings as front-of-pack labels
Objective Nutritional warnings have recently been suggested as a simplified front-of-pack nutrition labelling scheme to facilitate citizens’ ability to identify unhealthful products and discourage their consumption. However, citizens’ perspective on this policy is still under-researched. The objective of the present work was to study how citizens perceive nutritional warnings and to evaluate public support of this policy, with the goal of derivin…
The heuristics that guide healthiness perception of ultra-processed foods
Objective: To explore the conceptualisation of healthy food by citizens and how they judge the healthiness of ultra-processed foods. Design: Four focus groups were conducted using a semi-structured discussion guide. Focus group discussions were held about the concept of healthy food, what characterise a healthy product and healthiness perception of ultra-processed products. Transcripts of the focus groups were analysed following an inductive codi…
Time orientation and risk perception moderate the influence of sodium warnings on food choice
The idealisation of bottle feeding
Objective: The information displayed on the packages of feeding bottles and teats commercialised in Montevideo (Uruguay) was analysed using content analysis with the goal of identifying key marketing practices that may discourage breast-feeding. Design: The study was conducted as part of the periodic assessment performed by the Uruguayan government to monitor the marketing of breast milk substitutes. All the feeding bottles and teats sold in fort…
Covid-washing of ultra-processed products
Objective: To explore the use of references to the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the marketing strategies used on Facebook to promote ultra-processed products. Design: A search for Facebook accounts of ultra-processed products was performed using a master list of products commercialised in two online supermarkets in Uruguay. For each of the identified Facebook accounts, all the content posted from the confirmation of the first cases of COVID-19 in…
Listening to the voices of adolescents for the design of strategies to promote healthy eating
Objective: To explore adolescents’ views about the foods they consume and to identify their ideas about strategies to encourage healthier eating habits. Design: Individual questionnaires based on open-ended questions and group discussions (6–8 participants) were used to address the objectives. Data were analysed using content analysis based on deductive-inductive coding. Setting: Montevideo and its metropolitan area (Uruguay, Latin America). Part…
Are the recommendations of paediatricians about complementary feeding aligned with current guidelines in Uruguay
Objective: To explore Uruguayan paediatricians’ personal recommendations about complementary feeding and to assess if they are aligned with current guidelines and scientific evidence. Design: A questionnaire composed of open-ended questions was used to explore foods recommended to start complementary feeding, foods regarded as the most important during the first meals, recommendations for delayed introduction of foods and foods that should be avo…
Immediate effects of the implementation of nutritional warnings in Uruguay
Objective: To assess the effects of nutritional warnings during the first month after the date of full compliance by the food industry in Uruguay in terms of citizen awareness, self-reported use and ability to understand nutritional information. Design: The present work encompassed two online studies, conducted before (Study 1) and during the first month after the date of full compliance by the food industry (Study 2). An after-only design was us…
Analysis of the policy process for the implementation of nutritional warning labels in Uruguay
Objective: To analyse the process for the development and implementation of mandatory nutritional warning labels in Uruguay, in order to inform future nutrition policy making and strategic engagement by public health actors. Design: The study design drew on policy analysis methodology and case study research methodology. Two main sources of information were selected and analysed for the current study: eighteen official documents from the Uruguaya…
Health gains through loss frames
Age, time orientation and risk perception are major determinants of discretionary salt usage
Even if you don't pay attention to it, you know it's there’
Qualitative exploration of the reasons for not using nutritional warnings after policy implementation in Uruguay
Nutritional warnings have gained popularity, particularly in the region of the Americas, to facilitate the identification of products with excessive content of nutrients associated with non-communicable diseases and encourage healthier food choices. Although warnings have been shown to be effective, an in-depth understanding of the reasons why some consumers do not use them is still lacking. The aim of the present work was to explore self-reporte…
Use of nutritional warning labels at the point of purchase
Is this advertisement designed to appeal to you? Adolescents’ views about Instagram advertisements promoting ultra-processed products
Objective: Examine the key elements that characterise social media advertisements targeted at adolescents by asking adolescents which features of Instagram ads promoting ultra-processed products make them designed to appeal to adolescents. Design: Instagram ads promoting ultra-processed products and brands were selected from a database in which ads had been classified regarding whether they were primarily targeted at adolescents from an adult per…
Analyzing the cost of a healthy food basket in Uruguay
Monitoring economic access to food is fundamental to implement strategies to reduce food insecurity and enhance the affordability of healthy diets. The aims of the present study were to develop a healthy food basket (HFB) and analyze its cost from 2011 to 2024, in Uruguay, a high-income Latin American country. The HFB was conceptualized as a set of foods that allows the achievement of the nutritional needs of a person at the lowest possible cost,…
Factors influencing parental decisions on food choices during complementary feeding
Understanding parental decision-making during complementary feeding is essential for designing effective interventions that address deviations from nutritional recommendations and support optimal growth and development. However, there is no consensus on the key factors shaping the characteristics of complementary feeding, particularly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In this context, the present work aimed to identify factors influencing paren…
Public perceptions of front-of-package warning label during policy design and implementation in Uruguay
Associations between exposure to digital food marketing and food consumption in adolescence
Mere recall of exposure to digital food marketing and total social media use were associated with higher consumption frequency of ultra-processed products and fast food. These findings underscore the need to introduce comprehensive mandatory policies to reduce adolescent exposure to digital food marketing featuring unhealthy foods
Adolescents’ spontaneous recall of food and beverage advertisements on digital media
Objective: Explore adolescents’ recall of food and beverage advertisements in digital media, while evaluating associations between socio-demographic characteristics and advertisement recall. Design: Recruitment took place using a two-stage cluster probability-based sampling approach. Thirty-nine high schools stratified by type (public v . private) were included, with one class within each grade randomly selected, wherein attending students ( n 15…
A qualitative exploration of parental decision-making regarding ultra-processed products for children aged 2 to 5 years
Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (15 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Business (11 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (9 works) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Marketing (6 works)