Amos Laar
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Recent Articles
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Tandoh A, Holdsworth M, Aryeetey R, Agyemang C, Laar A
Matern Child Nutr
. 2025 Mar;
:e70011.
PMID: 40051183
School food environments play an important role in shaping children's food-related decisions, including where and what foods to acquire and consume on a school day. In Ghana, evidence indicates that...
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Popkin B, Laar A
Pediatr Obes
. 2025 Feb;
:e70002.
PMID: 40012243
Introduction: Rapid shifts in dietary patterns, marked by increased consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs), are increasingly impacting the health and wellbeing of infants and toddlers in low- and middle-income countries....
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Schneider K, Remans R, Bekele T, Aytekin D, Conforti P, Dasgupta S, et al.
Nat Food
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39972188
No abstract available.
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Schneider K, Remans R, Bekele T, Aytekin D, Conforti P, Dasgupta S, et al.
Nat Food
. 2025 Jan;
6(1):105-116.
PMID: 39810054
Due to complex interactions, changes in any one area of food systems are likely to impact-and possibly depend on-changes in other areas. Here we present the first annual monitoring update...
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Klemm J, Muli S, Oluwagbemigun K, Parlasca M, Crentsil A, Ogum D, et al.
Matern Child Nutr
. 2024 Dec;
:e13775.
PMID: 39654036
Diet quality is influenced by multiple individual factors, but their relative strength and importance remain unclear. We investigate the associations between five domains of individual factors (economic, cognitive, aspirational, situational...
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Laar A, Vorkoper S, Perez-Escamilla R
Front Public Health
. 2024 Nov;
12:1478523.
PMID: 39494072
No abstract available.
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Karugu C, Agyemang C, Wanjohi M, Ojiambo V, Mugo S, Sanya R, et al.
Public Health Nutr
. 2024 Oct;
27(1):e240.
PMID: 39444290
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...
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Liguori J, Osei-Kwasi H, Savy M, Nanema S, Laar A, Holdsworth M
Public Health Nutr
. 2024 Oct;
27(1):e213.
PMID: 39422072
Objective: This review aimed to (i) synthesise evidence of the impact of publicly procured school meals programmes on nutritional outcomes of children/adolescents (5-18 years) in sub-Saharan Africa and (ii) identify...
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Liguori J, Amevinya G, Holdsworth M, Savy M, Laar A
BMC Nutr
. 2024 Sep;
10(1):127.
PMID: 39334452
Background: The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) provides public primary school pupils with a free daily meal. Each meal is expected to follow set menus, providing 30% of children's' (6-12...
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Lara-Arevalo J, Laar A, Chaparro M, Drewnowski A
Nutrients
. 2024 Sep;
16(17).
PMID: 39275300
Nutrient profiling (NP) models that assess nutrient density of foods can help remedy micronutrient deficiencies. We used NP methods to identify the most nutrient-rich foods in the 2019 FAO/INFOODS Western...