Vivica I. Kraak

Food and Nutrition Service — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

32h-index7.8kcitations148works6.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet(66), Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling(46), Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology(34), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations(28), Nutritional Studies and Diet(16)

Publications148 total

A Holistic Approach to Describe, Monitor, Evaluate, and Learn From Government Engagement With Private‐Sector Actors to Promote Healthy Food Environments
Obesity Reviews·2025
Food retailer actions toward the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health to promote nutrition security: Applicability of the Business Impact Assessment-Obesity as a monitoring tool
Translational Behavioral Medicine·2024Open Access
Media Communications Must Promote Healthy Hydration Policies and Environments That Encourage Water Consumption to Reduce Sugary Beverage Health Risks
American Journal of Public Health·2024
An Evaluation of Healthy Hydration Recommendations for 93 Countries with Sugary Beverage Tax Legislation Globally, 2000–2023
Nutrients·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Government Policies to Reduce Free or Added Sugars and Use Nonsugar Sweeteners Should Support Plant-Rich Dietary Patterns, a Healthy Microbiome and Planetary Health
Current Developments in Nutrition·2024Open Access
Exploring the Landscape of Media Campaigns That Encourage or Discourage Sustainable Diet Transitions for Americans, 1917–2023: A Systematic Scoping Review
Sustainability·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
The Future of Plant-Based Diets: Aligning Healthy Marketplace Choices with Equitable, Resilient, and Sustainable Food Systems
Annual Review of Public Health·2024· 24 citedOpen Access
A Scoping Review of Food Systems Governance Frameworks and Models to Develop a Typology for Social Change Movements to Transform Food Systems for People and Planetary Health
Sustainability·2024· 22 citedOpen Access
Children and teens must develop digital literacy skills to navigate complex and evolving food ecosystems
Nutrition Reviews·2023· 1 cited
US Adults’ Perceptions, Beliefs, and Behaviors towards Plant-Rich Dietary Patterns and Practices: International Food Information Council Food and Health Survey Insights, 2012–2022
Nutrients·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
A feasibility study of the community health worker model for garden-based food systems programming
Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development·2023Open Access
Comment on Lau et al. Trends in Beef Intake in the United States: Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001–2018. Nutrients 2023, 15, 2475
Nutrients·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Policy Insights from High-Income Countries to Guide Safe, Nutritious, and Sustainable Alternative Proteins for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Current Developments in Nutrition·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Reply to M Mialon et al.
Advances in Nutrition·2023Open Access
A Content Analysis of Persuasive Appeals Used in Media Campaigns to Encourage and Discourage Sugary Beverages and Water in the United States
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
An economic lens for sustainable dietary guidelines
The Lancet Planetary Health·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Perspective: Examining Conflicts of Interest for Professional Service within the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
Advances in Nutrition·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
How Have Media Campaigns Used Persuasive Appeals to Encourage and Discourage Sugary Beverages and Water in the United States? A Content Analysis of 280 Campaigns to Inform Policy, Practice and Research to Reduce Sugary Beverage Health Risks
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023Open Access
Multisectoral Strategies Needed to Establish Healthy Portion Size Norms That Disincentivize Hyperpalatable, Energy-Dense Foods and Sugary Beverages in Food Environments Linked to Obesity and Diet-Related Chronic Diseases in the United States
Current Developments in Nutrition·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
UN-Nutrition Journal. Volume 1: Transforming nutrition
FAO eBooks·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Boyd Swinburn(8), Tim Lobstein(7), Gary Sacks(7), Stefanie Vandevijvere(6), Christine McCullum(6), Elena Serrano(6), Corinna Hawkes(5), Shiriki Kumanyika(5), Mary Story(5), David Pelletier(5), Valisa E. Hedrick(5), Raymond R. Hyatt(5), Christina D. Economos(5), Hannah Brinsden(4), Sharon Friel(4), Sı́món Barquera(4), Sofia Rincón‐Gallardo Patiño(4), Mi Zhou(4), Youth(3), Jeffrey P. Koplan(3)