2025

• Vanderlee L, Vaillancourt C, Olstad DL, McLaughlin A, Ahmed M, Kirk S, Labonté MÈ, Mah CL, Minaker L, Moubarac JC, Mulligan C, Potvin Kent M, Provencher V, Prowse R, Raine K, Schram A, Vergeer L, Mary R L’Abbé. An in-depth look at Canada's food environments: Results from INFORMAS Canada. 2025 (French version available here)
• Vanderlee L, Vaillancourt C, Olstad DL, Ahmed M, Hamamji S, Jovovic S, L’Abbé MR, Rimouche S, Moubarac JC. An in-depth look at the quality of population diets in Canada: Results from INFORMAS Canada – Complementary report. 2025
• Vanderlee L, Vaillancourt C, Hamamji S, Olstad, DL. An in-depth look at risk factors for noncommunicable disease in Canada: Results from INFORMAS Canada - Complementary report. 2025
• Vanderlee L, Vaillancourt C, Hamamji S, Olstad, DL. An in-depth look at rates of diet-related noncommunicable disease morbidity and mortality in Canada: Results from INFORMAS Canada – Complementary report. 2025 

2023

• Vanderlee, L, McLaughlin, A, Vaillancourt, C, Olstad DL, Mah, C, L'Abbe, MR. Actions to cultivate healthier food environments in Canada: Federal government policies and progress - Full report. 2023.
• Vanderlee L, McLaughlin A, Vaillancourt C, Olstad DL, Mah C, L’Abbé MR. Actions to cultivate healthier food environments in Canada: British Columbia policies and progress. 2023
• Vanderlee L, McLaughlin A, Vaillancourt C, Olstad DL, Mah C, L’Abbé MR. Actions to cultivate healthier food environments in Canada: Alberta policies and progress. 2023
• Vanderlee L, McLaughlin A, Vaillancourt C, Olstad DL, Mah C, L’Abbé MR. Actions to cultivate healthier food environments in Canada: Saskatchewan policies and progress. 2023
• Vanderlee L, McLaughlin A, Vaillancourt C, Olstad DL, Mah C, L’Abbé MR. Actions to cultivate healthier food environments in Canada: Manitoba policies and progress. 2023
• Vanderlee L, McLaughlin A, Vaillancourt C, Olstad DL, Mah C, L’Abbé MR. Actions to cultivate healthier food environments in Canada: Ontario policies and progress. 2023
• Vanderlee L, McLaughlin A, Vaillancourt C, Olstad DL, Mah C, L’Abbé MR. Actions to cultivate healthier food environments in Canada: Quebec policies and progress. 2023 (French version)
• Vanderlee L, McLaughlin A, Vaillancourt C, Olstad DL, Mah C, L’Abbé MR. Actions to cultivate healthier food environments in Canada: Yukon policies and progress. 2023
• Vanderlee L, McLaughlin A, Vaillancourt C, Olstad DL, Mah C, L’Abbé MR. Actions to cultivate healthier food environments in Canada: Northwest Territories policies and progress. 2023
• Vanderlee L, McLaughlin A, Vaillancourt C, Olstad DL, Mah C, L’Abbé MR. Actions to cultivate healthier food environments in Canada: Nova Scotia policies and progress. 2023
• Vanderlee L, McLaughlin A, Vaillancourt C, Olstad DL, Mah C, L’Abbé MR. Actions to cultivate healthier food environments in Canada: New Brunswick policies and progress. 2023
• Vanderlee L, McLaughlin A, Vaillancourt C, Olstad DL, Mah C, L’Abbé MR. Actions to cultivate healthier food environments in Canada: Newfoundland and Labrador policies and progress. 2023
• Vanderlee L, McLaughlin A, Vaillancourt C, Olstad DL, Mah C, L’Abbé MR. Actions to cultivate healthier food environments in Canada: Prince Edward Island policies and progress. 2023

2019

•  Vanderlee, L, Goorang, S, Karbasy, K, Vandevijvere, S, L'Abbé, MR. Policies to Create Healthier Food Environments in Canada: Experts' Evaluation and Prioritized Actions Using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI). Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(22). doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224473.
• Vandevijvere, S, Barquera, S, Caceres, G, Corvalan, C, Karupaiah, T, Kroker-Lobos, MF, L'Abbé, M, Ng, SH, Phulkerd, S, Ramirez-Zea, M, Rebello, SA, Reyes, M, Sacks, G, Sánchez Nóchez, CM, Sanchez, K, Sanders, D, Spires, M, Swart, R, Tangcharoensathien, V, Tay, Z, Taylor, A, Tolentino-Mayo, L, Van Dam, R, Vanderlee, L, Watson, F, Whitton, C, Swinburn, B. An 11-country study to benchmark the implementation of recommended nutrition policies by national governments using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index, 2015-2018. Obes Rev. 2019;20 Suppl 2:57-66. doi: 10.1111/obr.12819.

2017

• Vanderlee, L, Goorang, S, Karbasy, K, Schermel, A, L'Abbe, MR. Creating healthier food environments in Canada: Current policies and priority actions - Summary Report. 2017.
• Vanderlee, L, Goorang, S, Karbasy, K, Schermel, A, L'Abbe, MR. Creating healthier food environments in Canada: Current policies and priority actions - Executive Report. 2017.
• Vanderlee, L, L'Abbe M R. Food-EPI Canada 2017. 2017. Provincial and Territorial Reports: Alberta – British Columbia – Manitoba – New Brunswick – Newfoundland & Labrador – Northwest Territories – Nova Scotia – Ontario – Prince Edward Island – Quebec – Saskatchewan – Yukon

2024

• Gaucher-Holm A, Chan J, Sacks G, et al. Food and beverage manufacturing and retailing company policies and commitments to improve the healthfulness of Canadian food environments. BMC Public Health. 2024;24(1):2419

2023

• Gaucher-Holm A, Wood B, Sacks G, Vanderlee L. The structure of the Canadian packaged food and non-alcoholic beverage manufacturing and grocery retailing sectors through a public health lens. Global Health. 2023;19(1):18.
• Vanderlee L, Gaucher-Holm A, Chan J, Vaillancourt C, Vergeer L, Potvin Kent M, Olstad DL, Sacks G. Benchmarking food and beverage company policies to support healthier population diets in Canada, 2023. Packaged food and non-alcoholic beverage manufacturing sector report. 2023. Québec City, QC, Canada.

2019

• Vanderlee, L, Vergeer L, Sacks G, Robinson E, L'Abbé M. Food and beverage manufacturers in Canada: Policies and commitments to improve the food environment - BIA-Obesity Canada 2019 - Full report 2019.
• Vanderlee, L, Vergeer L, Sacks G, Robinson E, L'Abbé M. Food and beverage manufacturers in Canada: Policies and commitments to improve the food environment - BIA-Obesity Canada 2019 - Executive summary 2019. 

2024

• Potvin Kent, M., Mulligan, C., Pauzé, E., Pinto, A., Remedios, L. The food and beverage marketing monitoring framework for Canada: Development, implementation, and gaps. Food Policy 122, 102587.
• Potvin Kent, M., Bagnato, M., Remedios, L. et al. Child and adolescent exposure to unhealthy food marketing across digital platforms in Canada. BMC Public Health. 2024:24(1):1740
• Potvin Kent, M., Bagnato, M., Amson, A. et al. #junkfluenced: the marketing of unhealthy food and beverages by social media influencers popular with Canadian children on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2024;21(1):37

2023

• Minaker, L. Point of sale marketing to children in Canada: evidence from 11 cities.
• Potvin Kent, M., Soares Guimaraes, J., Pritchard, M. et al. Differences in child and adolescent exposure to unhealthy food and beverage advertising on television in a self-regulatory environment. BMC Public Health. 2023;23(1):555.
• Potvin Kent M, Guimaraes JS, Bagnato M, Remedios L, Pauzé E, Pritchard M, Wu D, L'Abbé M, Mulligan C, Vergeer L, Weippert M. Broadcast Television Is Not Dead: Exposure of Children to Unhealthy Food and Beverage Advertising on Television in Two Policy Environments (Ontario and Quebec). An Observational Study. J Nutr. 2023 Jan;153(1):268-278. 

2022

• Potvin Kent, M., Pauzé, E., Bagnato, M. et al. Food and beverage advertising expenditures in Canada in 2016 and 2019 across media. BMC Public Health. 2022:22;1458.

2019

• Kelly, B, Vandevijvere, S, Ng, S, Adams, J, Allemandi, L, Bahena-Espina, L, Barquera, S, Boyland, E, Calleja, P, Carmona-Garcés, IC, Castronuovo, L, Cauchi, D, Correa, T, Corvalán, C, Cosenza-Quintana, EL, Fernández-Escobar, C, González-Zapata, LI, Halford, J, Jaichuen, N, Jensen, ML, Karupaiah, T, Kaur, A, Kroker-Lobos, MF, McHiza, Z, Miklavec, K, Parker, WA, Potvin Kent, M, Pravst, I, Ramírez-Zea, M, Reiff, S, Reyes, M, Royo-Bordonada, M, Rueangsom, P, Scarborough, P, Tiscornia, MV, Tolentino-Mayo, L, Wate, J, White, M, Zamora-Corrales, I, Zeng, L, Swinburn, B. Global benchmarking of children's exposure to television advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages across 22 countries. Obes Rev. 2019;20 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):116-28. doi: 10.1111/obr.12840.

2025

• Yang Y, Flexner N, Tiscornia MV, Guarnieri L, Blanco-Metzler A, Núñez-Rivas H, Roselló-Araya M, Arévalo-Rodríguez P, Kroker-Lobos MF, Diez-Canseco F, Meza-Hernández M, Yabiku-Soto K, Saavedra-Garcia L, Allemandi L, Nederveen L, L’Abbé MR. Monitoring sodium content in packaged foods sold in the Americas and compliance with the updated regional sodium reduction targets. PLoS One. 2025 Apr 3;20(4):e0304922
• Vergeer L, Mulligan C, Jeong H, Khan A, L’Abbé MR. The healthfulness of major food brands according to Health Canada’s nutrient profile model for proposed restrictions on food marketing to children. Public Health Nutr. 2025 Jan 7;28(1):e17.
• Zaltz D, Ahmed M, Vergeer L, Schermel A, L’Abbé MR. Free sugars in the Canadian diet: a research summary and future directions for food policy. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2025;50:1-6.. 

2024

• Christoforou A, Bernstein JT, Dickinson KM, Yang Y, Arcand J, L’Abbé MR. Examining changes in the sodium content of Canadian prepackaged foods: 2013 to 2017. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2024 Dec 5. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0174. 
   

2023

• Yang Y, Ahmed M, L’Abbé MR. The Effects of Ontario Menu Labelling Regulations on Nutritional Quality of Chain Restaurant Menu Items-Cross-Sectional Examination. Nutrients. 2023 Sep 15;15(18):3992.
• Provencher, V., Pomerleau, S., Turcotte, M., Gagnon, P., Perron, J., Labonté, M. È., ... & Trudel, L. (2023). L’Observatoire de la qualité de l’offre alimentaire: un effort collectif en appui à l’amélioration de la qualité et de l’accessibilité de l’offre alimentaire au Québec et au Canada. Cahiers de Nutrition et de Diététique.
• Chouinard, J., Turcotte, M., Harrison, S., Loignon, J., Morisset, A. S., Saulais, L., & Labonté, M. È. (2023). Vers une stratégie d’évaluation de la qualité de l’offre alimentaire dans les établissements de santé du Québec: sélection d’outils existants et retours d’utilisateurs potentiels. Cahiers de Nutrition et de Diététique.
• Lee JJ, Srebot S, Ahmed M, Mulligan C, Hu G, L'Abbé MR. Nutritional quality and price of plant-based dairy and meat analogs in the Canadian food supply system. J Food Sci. 2023 Aug;88(8):3594-3606.
• Yang Y, Weippert M, Ahmed M, L'Abbé MR. Cross-Sectional Nutritional Information and Quality of Canadian Chain Restaurant Menu Items in 2020. Am J Prev Med. 2023 Jan;64(1):42-50.

2021

• Ahmed M, Schermel A, Lee J, Weippert M, Franco-Arellano B, L'Abbé M. Development of the Food Label Information Program: A Comprehensive Canadian Branded Food Composition Database. Front Nutr. 2022 Feb 3;8:825050.

2021

• Mulligan C, Franco-Arellano B, Ahmed M, Vergeer L, Dickinson KM, L’Abbé MR. Comparing how Canadian packaged food products align with the 2007 and 2019 versions of Canada’s Food Guide. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab.
• Christoforou A, Norsen S, Bernstein J, L’Abbe M. Examining the Prevalence, Nutritional Quality and Marketing of Foods with Voluntary Nutrient Additions in the Canadian Food Supply. Nutrients 2021;13:3115.
• Gilbert-Moreau, J., Pomerleau, S., Perron, J., Gagnon, P., Labonté, M. È., & Provencher, V. (2021). Nutritional value of child-targeted food products: results from the Food Quality Observatory. Public Health Nutrition, 24(16), 5329-5337.
• Perron, J., Pomerleau, S., Gagnon, P., Gilbert-Moreau, J., Lemieux, S., Plante, C., ... & Provencher, V. (2021). Assessing nutritional value of ready-to-eat breakfast cereals in the province of Quebec (Canada): a study from the Food Quality Observatory. Public Health Nutrition, 24(9), 2397-2404.
• Le Bouthillier, M., Perron, J., Pomerleau, S., Gagnon, P., Labonté, M. È., Plante, C., ... & Provencher, V. (2021). Nutritional content of sliced bread available in Quebec, Canada: Focus on sodium and fibre content. Nutrients, 13(12), 4196.

2020

• Bernstein JT, Christoforou AK, Weippert M, L’Abbé MR. Reformulation of sugar contents in Canadian prepackaged foods and beverages between 2013 and 2017 and resultant changes in nutritional composition of products with sugar reductions. Public Health Nutr. 2020;1-9.
• Franco-Arellano B, Arcand J, Kim MA, Schermel A, L’Abbé MR. Progress towards eliminating industrially produced trans-fatty acids in the Canadian marketplace, 2013-2017. Public Health Nutr. 2020;23(13):2257-2267.
• Mulligan C, Christoforou AK, Vergeer L, Bernstein JT, L’Abbé MR. Evaluating the Canadian Packaged Food Supply Using Health Canada’s Proposed Nutrient Criteria for Restricting Food and Beverage Marketing to Children. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(4). 

      Several reports providing a portrait of the Quebec food supply for various food categories are available on the Food Quality Observatory website or on the L'Abbé Lab website. 

2024

• Vanderlee L, McLaughlin A, Vaillancourt C, Ahmed M, Olstad DL, Raine K, Kirk SFL. School Food Environment Surveys in Canada – Final Report. 2024.
• Vanderlee L, McLaughlin A, Vaillancourt C, Ahmed M, Olstad DL, Raine K, Kirk SFL. School Food Environment Surveys in Canada – Executive summary. 2024. (EN/FR)
• Vanderlee L, Vaillancourt C, McLaughlin A, Ahmed M, Olstad DL, Raine K, Kirk SFL. Hospital Food Environment Surveys in Canada – Final Report. 2024 (forthcoming)

2025

• Luongo G, Mach, CL, Cahill LE, Hajizadeh M, Kennedy LJ, Wong H, Yi Y, Tarasuk V. The relationship between diet costs and dietary adequacy: a scoping review of measures and methods with a focus on cost estimation using food supply data. Journal of Nutrition. 2025;155(3):788-803.

2024

• Luongo G, Tarasuk V, Cahill LE, Hajizadeh M, Yi Y, Mah CL. Cost of a Healthy Diet: A Population-Representative Comparison of 3 Diet Cost Methods in Canada. J Nutr. 2024 Nov;154(11):3424-3436. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.09.002.
• Ziraldo ER, Hu G, Khan A, L’Abbé MR. Investigating reformulation in the Canadian food supply between 2017 and 2020 and its impact on food prices. Public Health Nutr. 2024 Nov 22:1-27. 

2023

• Taylor NGA, Luongo G, Jago E, Mah CL. Prev Med Rep. 2023 Feb 23;32:102162.. Observational study of population level disparities in food costs in 2021 in Canada: A digital national nutritious food basket (dNNFB).. Prev Med Rep. 2023 Feb 23;32:102162.2024.

2024

• Jeong H, Yang Y, Mulligan C, L’Abbé MR. Evaluating the application of front-of-package labelling regulations to menu labelling in the Canadian restaurant sector using menu food label information and price (Menu-FLIP) 2020 data. Public Health Nutr. 2024 Oct 31;27(1):e238.

2021

• Lee JJ, Ahmed M, Zhang T, Weippert MV, Schermel A, L’Abbé MR. The Availability and Quality of Food Labelling Components in the Canadian E-Grocery Retail Environment. Nutrients. 2021 Jul 29;13(8):2611. doi: 10.3390/nu13082611.
• Vergeer L, Franco-Arellano B, Tjong GB, Bernstein JT, L’Abbé MR. The Level of Processing, Nutritional Composition and Prices of Canadian Packaged Foods and Beverages with and without Gluten-Free Claims. Nutrients. 2021 Apr 2;13(4):1183. doi: 10.3390/nu13041183. 

2018

• Franco-Arellano B, Labonté ME, Bernstein J and L’Abbé MR. Examining the nutritional quality of Canadian packaged foods and beverages with and without nutrition claims. Nutrients. 2018;10(7): E832. View Online. View PDF.