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2025

Journal Article

Working towards affordable healthy diets: a review on innovations in food price monitoring, policy and research in Australia and beyond

Vargas, Carmen, Backholer, Kathryn, Bennett, Rebecca, Maganti, Rahul, Lewis, Meron, Marshall, Josephine, Sacks, Gary, Alston, Laura, Gupta, Adyya, Needham, Cindy, Huse, Oliver, Ng, Shu Wen and Zorbas, Christina (2025). Working towards affordable healthy diets: a review on innovations in food price monitoring, policy and research in Australia and beyond. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 1-12. doi: 10.1017/S0029665125101225

Working towards affordable healthy diets: a review on innovations in food price monitoring, policy and research in Australia and beyond

2025

Journal Article

Where Cost of Food Hits Hardest: Investigation of Diet Cost and Affordability in a Low Socioeconomic Region of Australia

Dean, Samantha, Lewis, Meron, Walton, Karen, Kent, Katherine and Charlton, Karen E. (2025). Where Cost of Food Hits Hardest: Investigation of Diet Cost and Affordability in a Low Socioeconomic Region of Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36 (4) e70092, e70092. doi: 10.1002/hpja.70092

Where Cost of Food Hits Hardest: Investigation of Diet Cost and Affordability in a Low Socioeconomic Region of Australia

2025

Journal Article

Affordability of Habitual (Unhealthy) and Recommended (Healthy) Diets in the Illawarra Using the Healthy Diets ASAP Protocol

Fishlock, Kathryn, Gibbons, Shauna, Walton, Karen, Kent, Katherine, Lewis, Meron and Charlton, Karen E. (2025). Affordability of Habitual (Unhealthy) and Recommended (Healthy) Diets in the Illawarra Using the Healthy Diets ASAP Protocol. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22 (5) 768, 768. doi: 10.3390/ijerph22050768

Affordability of Habitual (Unhealthy) and Recommended (Healthy) Diets in the Illawarra Using the Healthy Diets ASAP Protocol

2024

Journal Article

Benchmarking for healthy food stores: protocol for a randomised controlled trial with remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia to enhance adoption of health-enabling store policy and practice

Brimblecombe, Julie, Ferguson, Megan, McMahon, Emma, Fredericks, Bronwyn, Turner, Nicole, Pollard, Christina, Maple-Brown, Louise, Batstone, Joanna, McCarthy, Leisa, Miles, Eddie, De Silva, Khia, Barnes, Adam, Chatfield, Mark, Hill, Amanda, Christian, Meaghan, van Burgel, Emma, Fairweather, Molly, Murison, Anna, Lukose, Dickson, Gaikwad, Surekha, Lewis, Meron, Clancy, Rebekah, Santos, Claire, Uhlmann, Kora, Funston, Sarah, Baddeley, Laura, Tsekouras, Sally, Ananthapavan, Jaithri, Sacks, Gary and Lee, Amanda (2024). Benchmarking for healthy food stores: protocol for a randomised controlled trial with remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia to enhance adoption of health-enabling store policy and practice. BMC Public Health, 24 (1) 1790. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-19277-0

Benchmarking for healthy food stores: protocol for a randomised controlled trial with remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia to enhance adoption of health-enabling store policy and practice

2024

Journal Article

Making it on the breadline – improving food security on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, Central Australia

Lee, Amanda J., Rainow, Stephan, Balmer, Liza, Hutchinson, Rhiannon, Bryce, Suzanne, Lewis, Meron, Herron, Lisa-Maree, Torzillo, Paul, Stevens, Robert, Kavanagh, Margaret, Wells, Lisa, Kenny, Ingrid, Nganampa Health Council, Nyaningu, Jamie, Singer, John, Haines, Sue, Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council, Smith, Kunmanara, Fox, Yangi Yangi, Baker, Maureen, Bandicha, Yanyi, Forbes, Janet, Kulitja, Rene, Lewis, Wanatjura, Naylon, Peggy, Roberts, Tjawina Nellie, Tjiweri, Lily, Ward, Martha, Windy, Carmen and Ross, Lynette (2024). Making it on the breadline – improving food security on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, Central Australia. BMC Public Health, 24 (1) 3087, 3087. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20495-9

Making it on the breadline – improving food security on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, Central Australia

2024

Journal Article

The Price of Foods, Beverages, and Diets in Australia: An Updated Systematic Review

Dawson, Emily, Chung, Alexandra, Vargas, Carmen, Backholer, Kathryn, Lee, Amanda, Lewis, Meron, Brooks, Ruby, Schultz, Sally, Bennett, Rebecca, Martino, Florentine and Zorbas, Christina (2024). The Price of Foods, Beverages, and Diets in Australia: An Updated Systematic Review. Nutrition Reviews, 83 (3) nuae129, 1-15. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuae129

The Price of Foods, Beverages, and Diets in Australia: An Updated Systematic Review

2024

Journal Article

Cost and affordability of habitual and recommended diets in welfare-dependent households in Australia

Lewis, Meron, Nash, Stephen and Lee, Amanda J. (2024). Cost and affordability of habitual and recommended diets in welfare-dependent households in Australia. Nutrients, 16 (5) 659, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/nu16050659

Cost and affordability of habitual and recommended diets in welfare-dependent households in Australia

2023

Journal Article

Habitual diets are more expensive than recommended healthy diets

Herath, Manoja P., Murray, Sandra, Lewis, Meron, Holloway, Timothy P., Hughes, Roger, Jayasinghe, Sisitha, Soward, Robert, Patterson, Kira A. E., Byrne, Nuala M., Lee, Amanda J., Hills, Andrew P. and Ahuja, Kiran D. K. (2023). Habitual diets are more expensive than recommended healthy diets. Nutrients, 15 (18) 3908, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/nu15183908

Habitual diets are more expensive than recommended healthy diets

2023

Journal Article

CO-creation and evaluation of food environments to Advance Community Health (COACH)

Whelan, Jillian, Brimblecombe, Julie, Christian, Meaghan, Vargas, Carmen, Ferguson, Megan, McMahon, Emma, Lee, Amanda, Bell, Colin, Boelsen-Robinson, Tara, Blake, Miranda R., Lewis, Meron, Alston, Laura and Allender, Steven (2023). CO-creation and evaluation of food environments to Advance Community Health (COACH). AJPM Focus, 2 (3) 100111, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.focus.2023.100111

CO-creation and evaluation of food environments to Advance Community Health (COACH)

2023

Journal Article

Healthy food prices increased more than the prices of unhealthy options during the COVID-19 pandemic and concurrent challenges to the food system

Lewis, Meron, Herron, Lisa-Maree, Chatfield, Mark D., Tan, Ru Chyi, Dale, Alana, Nash, Stephen and Lee, Amanda J. (2023). Healthy food prices increased more than the prices of unhealthy options during the COVID-19 pandemic and concurrent challenges to the food system. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (4) 3146, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20043146

Healthy food prices increased more than the prices of unhealthy options during the COVID-19 pandemic and concurrent challenges to the food system

2022

Other Outputs

Dietary intake, cost, and affordability of diets in low socioeconomic groups in Australia

Lewis, Meron (2022). Dietary intake, cost, and affordability of diets in low socioeconomic groups in Australia. PhD Thesis, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/baa2556

Dietary intake, cost, and affordability of diets in low socioeconomic groups in Australia

2022

Journal Article

Cost and affordability of healthy, equitable and more sustainable diets in the Torres Strait Islands

Lee, Amanda J., Patay, Dori, Summons, Susannah, Lewis, Meron, Herron, Lisa-Maree, Nona, Francis, Canuto, Condy, Ferguson, Megan and Twist, Aletia (2022). Cost and affordability of healthy, equitable and more sustainable diets in the Torres Strait Islands. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46 (3), 340-345. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13225

Cost and affordability of healthy, equitable and more sustainable diets in the Torres Strait Islands

2021

Journal Article

Dietary intake, cost and affordability by socioeconomic group in Australia

Lewis, Meron, McNaughton, Sarah, Rychetnik, Lucie, Chatfield, Mark and Lee, Amanda (2021). Dietary intake, cost and affordability by socioeconomic group in Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (24) 13315, 13315. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182413315

Dietary intake, cost and affordability by socioeconomic group in Australia

2021

Journal Article

Affordability of heathy, equitable and more sustainable diets in low-income households in Brisbane before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Lee, Amanda J., Patay, Dori, Herron, Lisa-Maree, Tan, Ru Chyi, Nicoll, Evelyn, Fredericks, Bronwyn and Lewis, Meron (2021). Affordability of heathy, equitable and more sustainable diets in low-income households in Brisbane before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nutrients, 13 (12) 4386, 4386. doi: 10.3390/nu13124386

Affordability of heathy, equitable and more sustainable diets in low-income households in Brisbane before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021

Journal Article

Costing recommended (healthy) and current (unhealthy) diets in urban and inner regional areas of Australia using remote price collection methods

Zorbas, Christina, Brooks, Ruby, Bennett, Rebecca, Lee, Amanda, Marshall, Josephine, Naughton, Shaan, Lewis, Meron, Peeters, Anna and Backholer, Kathryn (2021). Costing recommended (healthy) and current (unhealthy) diets in urban and inner regional areas of Australia using remote price collection methods. Public Health Nutrition, 25 (3) PII S1368980021004006, 1-10. doi: 10.1017/s1368980021004006

Costing recommended (healthy) and current (unhealthy) diets in urban and inner regional areas of Australia using remote price collection methods

2021

Journal Article

Cost and affordability of healthy, equitable and sustainable diets in low socioeconomic groups in Australia

Lewis, Meron, McNaughton, Sarah A., Rychetnik, Lucie and Lee, Amanda J. (2021). Cost and affordability of healthy, equitable and sustainable diets in low socioeconomic groups in Australia. Nutrients, 13 (8) 2900, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/nu13082900

Cost and affordability of healthy, equitable and sustainable diets in low socioeconomic groups in Australia

2021

Journal Article

Affordability of current, and healthy, more equitable, sustainable diets by area of socioeconomic disadvantage and remoteness in Queensland: insights into food choice

Lee, Amanda, Patay, Dori, Herron, Lisa-Maree, Parnell Harrison, Ella and Lewis, Meron (2021). Affordability of current, and healthy, more equitable, sustainable diets by area of socioeconomic disadvantage and remoteness in Queensland: insights into food choice. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20 (1) 153, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s12939-021-01481-8

Affordability of current, and healthy, more equitable, sustainable diets by area of socioeconomic disadvantage and remoteness in Queensland: insights into food choice

2020

Journal Article

A systematic scoping review of the habitual dietary costs in low socioeconomic groups compared to high socioeconomic groups in Australia

Lewis, Meron, McNaughton, Sarah A., Rychetnik, Lucie and Lee, Amanda J. (2020). A systematic scoping review of the habitual dietary costs in low socioeconomic groups compared to high socioeconomic groups in Australia. Nutrition Journal, 19 (1) 139, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12937-020-00654-5

A systematic scoping review of the habitual dietary costs in low socioeconomic groups compared to high socioeconomic groups in Australia

2020

Journal Article

Maitjara Wangkanyi: insights from an ethnographic study of food practices of households in remote Australian Aboriginal communities

Bryce, Suzanne, Scales, Inawantji, Herron, Lisa-Maree, Wigginton, Britta, Lewis, Meron and Lee, Amanda (2020). Maitjara Wangkanyi: insights from an ethnographic study of food practices of households in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (21) 8109, 8109-22. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17218109

Maitjara Wangkanyi: insights from an ethnographic study of food practices of households in remote Australian Aboriginal communities

2020

Journal Article

Affording health during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic downturn

Lewis, Meron and Lee, Amanda J. (2020). Affording health during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic downturn. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44 (6) 1753-6405.13045, 519-520. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13045

Affording health during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic downturn