MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

A systematic scoping review evaluating sugar-sweetened beverage taxation from a systems perspective.

Alvarado M, Adams J, Penney T, Murphy MM, Abdool Karim S, Egan N, Rogers NT, Carters-White L, White M

Nature food. Oct 2023

(DOI : 10.1038/s43016-023-00856-0)

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Using systems thinking to generate novel research questions for the evaluation of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation policies.

Alvarado M, Marten R, Garcia L, Kwamie A, White M, Adams J

BMJ global health. Oct 2023

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012060)

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Making integration foundational in population health intervention research: why we need 'Work Package Zero'.

Alvarado M, Penney TL, Astbury CC, Forde H, White M, Adams J

Public Health. Aug 2022

(DOI : 10.1016/j.puhe.2022.06.028)

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The impacts of the United Kingdom’s Soft Drinks Industry Levy: a systematic scoping review of evidence across multiple domains

Forde H, Jones CP, Rutter H, Alvarado M, Phillips V, White M

OSF (Open Science Framework). Feb 2022

(DOI : 10.17605/OSF.IO/ZTFAW)

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Evidence of a health risk 'signalling effect' following the introduction of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax.

Alvarado M, Penney TL, Unwin N, Murphy MM, Adams J

Food policy. Oct 2020

(DOI : 10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102104)

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Using nutritional survey data to inform the design of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes in low-resource contexts: a cross-sectional analysis based on data from an adult Caribbean population.

Alvarado M, Harris R, Rose A, Unwin N, Hambleton I, Imamura F, Adams J

BMJ Open. Sep 2020

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035981)

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Assessing the impact of the Barbados sugar-sweetened beverage tax on beverage sales: an observational study.

Alvarado M, Unwin N, Sharp SJ, Hambleton I, Murphy MM, Samuels TA, Suhrcke M, Adams J

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Oct 2018

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-019-0776-7)

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Trends in beverage prices following the introduction of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Barbados.

Alvarado M, Kostova D, Suhrcke M, Hambleton I, Hassell T, Samuels TA, Adams J, Unwin N, Barbados SSB Tax Evaluation Group

Preventive medicine. Feb 2017

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.07.013)

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Barriers and facilitators to physical activity amongst overweight and obese women in an Afro-Caribbean population: A qualitative study.

Alvarado M, Murphy MM, Guell C

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Jan 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0258-5)

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