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Jamie F. Chriqui

University of Illinois at Chicago
Verified email at uic.edu
Cited by 8241

Assessing the potential effectiveness of food and beverage taxes and subsidies for improving public health: a systematic review of prices, demand and body weight …

LM Powell, JF Chriqui, T Khan, R Wada… - Obesity …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Taxes and subsidies are increasingly being considered as potential policy instruments to
incentivize consumers to improve their food and beverage consumption patterns and related …

Understanding evidence-based public health policy

RC Brownson, JF Chriqui… - American journal of …, 2009 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Public health policy has a profound impact on health status. Missing from the literature is a
clear articulation of the definition of evidence-based policy and approaches to move the field …

Influence of school competitive food and beverage policies on obesity, consumption, and availability: a systematic review

JF Chriqui, M Pickel, M Story - JAMA pediatrics, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The US Department of Agriculture recently issued an interim final rule governing
the sale of foods and beverages sold outside of the school meal programs (“competitive …

Soda taxes, soft drink consumption, and children's body mass index

R Sturm, LM Powell, JF Chriqui, FJ Chaloupka - Health Affairs, 2010 - healthaffairs.org
Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages have been proposed to combat obesity. Using data
on state sales taxes for soda and individual-level data on children, we examine whether …

The impact of state laws and district policies on physical education and recess practices in a nationally representative sample of US public elementary schools

SJ Slater, L Nicholson, J Chriqui, L Turner… - … of pediatrics & …, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To examine the impact of state-and school district–level policies on the prevalence
of physical education (PE) and recess in a nationally representative sample of US public …

Associations between state-level soda taxes and adolescent body mass index

LM Powell, J Chriqui, FJ Chaloupka - Journal of adolescent health, 2009 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Soft drink consumption has been linked with higher energy intake, obesity, and
poorer health. Fiscal pricing policies such as soda taxes may lower soda consumption and …

Association between state laws governing school meal nutrition content and student weight status: implications for new USDA school meal standards

DR Taber, JF Chriqui, L Powell, FJ Chaloupka - JAMA pediatrics, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance This study assessed whether stronger school meal nutrition standards may
improve student weight status. Results have immediate implications because of the ongoing …

Weight status among adolescents in states that govern competitive food nutrition content

DR Taber, JF Chriqui, FM Perna, LM Powell… - …, 2012 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: To determine if state laws regulating nutrition content of foods and beverages
sold outside of federal school meal programs (“competitive foods”) are associated with lower …

Banning all sugar-sweetened beverages in middle schools: reduction of in-school access and purchasing but not overall consumption

DR Taber, JF Chriqui, LM Powell… - Archives of pediatrics & …, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To determine whether state policies that regulate beverages in schools are
associated with reduced in-school access and purchase of sugar-sweetened beverages …

State medical marijuana laws: Understanding the laws and their limitations

RL Pacula, JF Chriqui, DA Reichmann… - Journal of public health …, 2002 - Springer
Significant attention has been given to the debate regarding allowances for medical
marijuana use since the 1996 California and Arizona ballot initiatives. State medical …