MRC Epidemiology Unit - Publications Database

Recognizing the ethical complexity of food policies and the role of the food industry.

Abdool Karim S, Alvarado M, Johnson T, Barnhill A

Health promotion international. Nov 2024

(DOI : 10.1093/heapro/daae168)

Using causal loop diagrams to develop evaluative research propositions: Opportunities and challenges in applications to Nature Based Solutions

Alvarado M, Garrett J, Fullam J, Lovell R, Guell C, Taylor T, Garside R, Zandersen M, Wheeler BW

System Dynamics Review. Dec 2023

(DOI : 10.1002/sdr.1756)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)