A systematic review of the influence of the retail food environment around schools on obesity-related outcomes by Scarborough, P, Matthews, A, Cowburn, G, Foster, C, Roberts, N, Rayner, M, Williams, J

“…Public health interventions targeting the retail food environment around schools have been proposed, but it is unclear if they are evidence based. …”

A systematic review of the influence of the retail food environment around schools on obesity-related outcomes. by Williams, J, Scarborough, P, Matthews, A, Cowburn, G, Foster, C, Roberts, N, Rayner, M

“…Public health interventions targeting the retail food environment around schools have been proposed, but it is unclear if they are evidence based. …”

The origin of Guideline Daily Amounts and the Food Standards Agency's guidance on what counts as 'a lot' and 'a little'. by Rayner, M, Scarborough, P, Williams, C

“…These GDAs are provided voluntarily by manufacturers and retailers and were developed to help people make better use of nutrition labelling--the format of which is prescribed by the European Union's nutrition labelling directive. …”

Changes in the salt content of packaged foods sold in supermarkets between 2015–2020 in the United Kingdom: a repeated cross-sectional study by Bandy, LK, Hollowell, S, Jebb, SA, Scarborough, P

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods and findings</strong><p> <p>Information for products, including salt content (g/100 g), was collected online from retailer websites for 6 consecutive years (2015 to 2020) and was matched with brand-level retail sales data from Euromonitor for 395 brands. …”

How many foods in the UK carry health and nutrition claims, and are they healthier than those that do not? by Kaur, A, Scarborough, P, Matthews, A, Payne, S, Mizdrak, A, Rayner, M

“…</p> <p><strong>Setting:</strong> A national UK food retailer: Tesco.</p> <p><strong>Subjects:</strong> 382 products randomly sampled from those available through the retailer's website.…”

Protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of an intervention to increase the use of traffic light food labelling in UK shoppers (the FLICC trial) by Scarborough, P, Hodgkins, C, Raats, M, al., E

“…BACKGROUND: Traffic light labelling of foods-a system that incorporates a colour-coded assessment of the level of total fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt on the front of packaged foods-has been recommended by the UK Government and is currently in use or being phased in by many UK manufacturers and retailers. This paper describes a protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of an intervention designed to increase the use of traffic light labelling during real-life food purchase decisions. …”

A systematic review, and meta-analysis, examining the prevalence of price promotions on foods and whether they are more likely to be found on less-healthy foods by Kaur, A, Lewis, T, Lipkova, V, Fernando, S, Rayner, M, Harrington, RA, Waterlander, W, Scarborough, P

“…</p><br /> <p><strong>Setting:</strong><br /> Included studies measured the prevalence of price promotions (i.e. percentage of foods carrying a price promotion out of the total number of foods available to purchase) in retail settings, in upper-mid to high-income countries.…”

Are food and drink available in online and physical supermarkets the same? A comparison of product availability, price, price promotions and nutritional information by Bhatnagar, P, Scarborough, P, Kaur, A, Dikmen, D, Adhikari, V, Harrington, R

“…</p> <p><strong>CONCLUSIONS:</strong> Product availability, nutritional information and prices sourced online for these 6 retailers is a good proxy of that found in physical stores. …”

A systematic review, and meta-analyses, of the impact of health-related claims on dietary choices by Kaur, A, Scarborough, P, Rayner, M

“…This systematic review measured the effect of health-related claims, on pre-packaged foods in retail settings, on adult purchasing decisions (real and perceived).…”

Estimating the environmental impacts of 57,000 food products by Clark, M, Scarborough, P, Springmann, M, Rayner, M, Hill, J, Tilman, D, Macdiarmid, JI, Fanzo, J, Bandy, L, Harrington, RA

“…This approach provides a step toward enabling consumers, retailers, and policy makers to make informed decisions on the environmental impacts of food products.…”

The sugar content of foods in the UK by category and company: a repeated cross-sectional study, 2015-2018 by Bandy, LK, Scarborough, P, Harrington, RA, Rayner, M, Jebb, SA

“…<br><strong> Methods and findings<br></strong> We used sales data from Euromonitor, which estimates total annual retail sales of packaged foods, for 5 categories—biscuits and cereal bars, breakfast cereals, chocolate confectionery, sugar confectionery, and yoghurts—for 4 consecutive years (2015–2018). …”

The impact of the UK soft drink industry levy on the soft drink marketplace, 2017–2020: An interrupted time series analysis with comparator series by Luick, M, Bandy, LK, Harrington, R, Vijayan, J, Adams, J, Cummins, S, Rayner, M, Rogers, N, Rutter, H, Smith, R, White, M, Scarborough, P

“…Methods and findings: Product data from 30 November 2017 to 14 March 2020 from one major UK retail supermarket were analysed (112,452 observations, 126 weekly time points). …”