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Overview

Gary Sacks is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on medicine with a significant emphasis on public health, environmental and occupational health, and organizational behavior and human resource management. The scientist has contributed extensively to fields relating to public health nutrition, obesity prevention, and food systems.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Obesity and Health Practices

Gary Sacks has published extensively in various well-known venues, often contributing to:

  • Public Health Nutrition
  • Globalization and Health
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • BMC Public Health
  • Journal of Nutrition

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Adrian J. Cameron
  • Lana Vanderlee
  • Ella Robinson
  • David Hammond
  • Christine M. White

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Use of Online Food Delivery Services to Order Food Prepared Away-From-Home and Associated Sociodemographic Characteristics: A Cross-Sectional, Multi-Country Analysis" (2020) in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Market strategies used by processed food manufacturers to increase and consolidate their power: a systematic review and document analysis" (2021) in Globalization and Health
  • "Mechanisms for addressing and managing the influence of corporations on public health policy, research and practice: a scoping review" (2020) in BMJ Open
  • "Priority-setting for obesity prevention-The Assessing Cost-Effectiveness of obesity prevention policies in Australia (ACE-Obesity Policy) study" (2020) in PLoS ONE
  • "The association between national income and adult obesity prevalence: Empirical insights into temporal patterns and moderators of the association using 40 years of data across 147 countries" (2020) in PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • The global obesity pandemic: shaped by global drivers and local environments

    Boyd A Swinburn;Gary Sacks;Kevin D Hall;Klim McPherson

  • The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report

    Boyd A Swinburn;Boyd A Swinburn;Vivica I Kraak;Steven Allender;Vincent J Atkins

  • Quantification of the effect of energy imbalance on bodyweight

    Kevin D Hall;Gary Sacks;Dhruva Chandramohan;Carson C Chow

  • INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): overview and key principles

    Boyd Swinburn;Boyd Swinburn;Gary Sacks;Stefanie Vandevijvere;Shiriki Kumanyika

  • Increased food energy supply is more than sufficient to explain the US epidemic of obesity.

    Boyd Swinburn;Gary Sacks;Eric Ravussin

  • Strengthening of accountability systems to create healthy food environments and reduce global obesity

    Boyd Swinburn;Boyd Swinburn;Vivica Kraak;Vivica Kraak;Harry Rutter;Stefanie Vandevijvere

  • Impact of front-of-pack 'traffic-light' nutrition labelling on consumer food purchases in the UK.

    Gary Sacks;Mike Rayner;Boyd Swinburn

  • Estimating the changes in energy flux that characterize the rise in obesity prevalence

    Boyd A Swinburn;Gary Sacks;Sing Kai Lo;Klaas R Westerterp

  • Monitoring and benchmarking government policies and actions to improve the healthiness of food environments: a proposed Government Healthy Food Environment Policy Index.

    Boyd Swinburn;Stefanie Vandevijvere;Vivica Kraak;Gary Sacks

  • Obesity Policy Action framework and analysis grids for a comprehensive policy approach to reducing obesity

    Gary Sacks;Boyd Swinburn;Mark Lawrence

  • 'Traffic-light' nutrition labelling and 'junk-food' tax: a modelled comparison of cost-effectiveness for obesity prevention

    G Sacks;J L Veerman;M Moodie;B Swinburn

  • A proposed approach to systematically identify and monitor the corporate political activity of the food industry with respect to public health using publicly available information

    M. Mialon;B. Swinburn;B. Swinburn;G. Sacks

  • Cost Effectiveness of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Excise Tax in the U.S.

    Michael W. Long;Steven L. Gortmaker;Zachary J. Ward;Stephen C. Resch

  • Monitoring the price and affordability of foods and diets globally

    Andy Lee;Cliona Ni Mhurchu;Gary Sacks;Boyd Swinburn;Boyd Swinburn

  • Modelling income group differences in the health and economic impacts of targeted food taxes and subsidies

    Kelechi E Nnoaham;Gary Sacks;Mike Rayner;Oliver Mytton

  • The Impact of a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages on Health and Health Care Costs: A Modelling Study.

    J. Lennert Veerman;Gary Sacks;Nicole Antonopoulos;Jane Martin

  • Cost Effectiveness of Childhood Obesity Interventions: Evidence and Methods for CHOICES.

    Steven L. Gortmaker;Michael W. Long;Stephen C. Resch;Zachary J. Ward

  • Monitoring the impacts of trade agreements on food environments.

    Sharon Friel;Libby Hattersley;Wendy Snowdon;Wendy Snowdon;Anne Marie Thow

  • Modelled health benefits of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax across different socioeconomic groups in Australia: A cost-effectiveness and equity analysis.

    Anita Lal;Ana Maria Mantilla-Herrera;Lennert Veerman;Kathryn Backholer

  • Use of Online Food Delivery Services to Order Food Prepared Away-From-Home and Associated Sociodemographic Characteristics: A Cross-Sectional, Multi-Country Analysis

    Matthew Keeble;Jean Adams;Gary Sacks;Lana Vanderlee

  • A systematic policy approach to changing the food system and physical activity environments to prevent obesity

    Gary Sacks;Boyd A Swinburn;Mark A Lawrence

  • A framework for implementing the set of recommendations on the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children

    Amandine Garde;Tim Lobstein;Timothy Armstrong;Rachel Irwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefanie Vandevijvere
Stefanie Vandevijvere University of Auckland
Wendy Snowdon
Wendy Snowdon Deakin University
Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
Bridget Kelly
Bridget Kelly University of Wollongong
Corinna Hawkes
Corinna Hawkes City, University of London
Sharon Friel
Sharon Friel Australian National University
Steven Allender
Steven Allender Deakin University
David Sanders
David Sanders University of the Western Cape
Carlos Augusto Monteiro
Carlos Augusto Monteiro Universidade de São Paulo
Anne Marie Thow
Anne Marie Thow University of Sydney

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