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0000-0002-6373-6950
Current Organisations
University of South Australia
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Fiji National University
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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2017
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 29-03-2017
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 12-12-2017
DOI: 10.3390/NU9121350
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 19-05-2021
DOI: 10.1017/S136898002100224X
Abstract: To estimate the proportion of products meeting Fiji government labelling regulations, assess compliance with national Na reformulation targets and examine the Na and total sugar levels in packaged foods sold in selected major supermarkets. We selected five major supermarkets in 2018 and collected the product information and nutritional content from the labels of all packaged foods sold. We organised 4278 foods into fourteen major food categories and thirty-six sub-categories and recorded the proportion of products labelled in accordance with the Fiji labelling regulations. We looked at the levels of Na and total sugar in each food category and assessed how many products complied with the Fiji reformulation targets set for Na. We also listed the companies responsible for each product. Suva, Fiji. Fourteen percentage of packaged foods in fourteen major categories met Fiji national labelling regulations. Na was labelled on 95·4 % products, and total sugar labelled on 92·4 %. The convenience foods category had the highest Na levels (1699 mg/100 g), while confectionery had the highest content of total sugar (52·6 g/100 g). Forty percentage of eligible products did not meet the proposed voluntary Na reformulation targets. Our findings indicate significant room for improvement in nutrient labelling, as well as a need for further enforcement of reformulation targets and monitoring of changes in food composition. Through enacting these measures and establishing additional regulations such as mandatory front-of-pack labelling, government and food industry can drive consumers towards healthier food choices and improve the nutritional quality of packaged foods in Fiji.
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 30-01-2018
DOI: 10.3390/NU10020155
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-07-2019
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 10-09-2019
DOI: 10.1186/S12937-019-0484-9
Abstract: There is an increasing interest in finding less costly and burdensome alternatives to measuring population-level salt intake than 24-h urine collection, such as spot urine s les. However, little is known about their usefulness in developing countries like Fiji and Samoa. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the capacity of spot urine s les to estimate mean population salt intake in Fiji and Samoa. The study involved secondary analyses of urine data from cross-sectional surveys conducted in Fiji and Samoa between 2012 and 2016. Mean salt intake was estimated from spot urine s les using six equations, and compared with the measured salt intake from 24-h urine s les. Differences and agreement between the two methods were examined through paired s les t-test, intraclass correlation coefficient analysis, and Bland-Altman plots and analyses. A total of 414 participants from Fiji and 725 participants from Samoa were included. Unweighted mean salt intake based on 24-h urine collection was 10.58 g/day (95% CI 9.95 to 11.22) in Fiji and 7.09 g/day (95% CI 6.83 to 7.36) in Samoa. In both s les, the INTERSALT equation with potassium produced the closest salt intake estimate to the 24-h urine (difference of − 0.92 g/day, 95% CI − 1.67 to − 0.18 in the Fiji s le and + 1.53 g/day, 95% CI 1.28 to 1.77 in the Samoa s le). The presence of proportional bias was evident for all equations except for the Kawasaki equation. These data suggest that additional studies where both 24-h urine and spot urine s les are collected are needed to further assess whether methods based on spot urine s les can be confidently used to estimate mean population salt intake in Fiji and Samoa.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-2016
DOI: 10.1111/JCH.12835
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