Non-communicable diseases
2020
Public health response to ultra-processed food and drinks . Jean Adams, Karen Hofman, Jean-Claude Moubarac, Anne Marie Thow. BMJ June 2020Prioritising action on diabetes during COVID-19 . A Erzse, H Fraser, N Levitt, K Hofman. South African Medical Journal June 2020‘I’d say I’m fat, I’m not obese’: obesity normalisation in urban-poor South Africa . Edna N Bosire, Emmanuel Cohen, Agnes Erzse, Susan J Goldstein, Karen J Hofman, Shane A Norris. Public Health Nutrition June 2020The potential health and revenue effects of a tax on sugar sweetened beverages in Zambia . Peter Hangoma, Maio Bulawayo, Mwimba Chewe, Nicholas Stacey, Laura Downey, Kalipso Chalkidou, Karen Hofman, Mpuma Kamanga, Anita Kaluba, Gavin Surgey. BMJ Global Health April 2020The potential global gains in health and revenue from increased taxation of tobacco, alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages: a modelling analysis . Tania Banerjee, Shreena Malaviya, Yira Natalia Alfonso, Patrick Wedlock, George Pariyo, Summan, A., Stacey, N., Birckmayer, J., Blecher, E., Chaloupa, F.J., Laxminarayan, R. BMJ Global Health March 2020Attitudes and perceptions among urban South Africans towards sugar-sweetened beverages and taxation . Edna N Bosire, Nicholas Stacey, Gudani Mukoma, Aviva Tugendhaft, Karen Hofman, Shane A Norris. Public Health Nutrition February 2020
2019
Sugar-based beverage taxes and beverage prices: Evidence from South Africa's Health Promotion Levy . Nicholas Stacey, Caroline Mudara, Shu Wen Ng, Corne van Walbeek, Karen Hofman, Ijeoma Edoka. Social Science & Medicine October 2019Cost-Effectiveness of Docetaxel and Paclitaxel for Adjuvant Treatment of Early Breast Cancer: Adaptation of a Model-Based Economic Evaluation From the United Kingdom to South Africa . Abualbishr Alshreef, Kim MacQuilkan, Bryony Dawkins, Jane Riddin, Sue Ward, David Meads, Matthew Taylor, Simon Dixon, Anthony J Culyer, Francis Ruiz, Kalipso Chalkidou, Ijeoma Edoka. Value in Health Regional Issues September 2019Projecting the fiscal impact of South Africa’s contraceptive needs: Scaling up family planning post 2020 . L Chola, K MacQuilkan, A Winch, R Rapiti, I Edoka, C Kohli-Lynch, K Hofman. South African Medical Journal September 2019Mothers unknowingly feed babies sugar-filled purees . Marcia Zali. Health-e News August 2019The direct medical cost of type 2 diabetes mellitus in South Africa: a cost of illness study . Agnes Erzse, Nicholas Stacey, Lumbwe Chola, Aviva Tugendhaft, Melvyn Freeman, Karen Hofman. Global Health Action July 2019Evidence for high sugar content of baby foods in South Africa . NC Marais, NJ Christofides, A Erzse, KJ Hofman. South African Medical Journal April 2019Developing quality standards for hypertensive disorders in pregnancy at primary care level in South Africa . Renay Weiner, Lawrence Chauke, Agnes Erzse, Coceka Mnyani, Maryke Wilkinson, Makgobane Ramogale-Zungu, Sikhonjiwe Masilela, Karen Hofman. South African Health Review 2019
2018
Cost of diabetes mellitus in Africa: a systematic review of existing literature . Chipo Mutyambizi, Milena Pavlova, Lumbwe Chola, Charles Hongoro, Wim Groot. Globalisation and Health January 2018Simulating the impact of excise taxation for disease prevention in low income and middle-income countries: an application to South Africa . Nicholas Stacey, Amit Summan, Aviva Tugendhaft, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Karen Hofman. BMJ Global Health January 2018Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes: Industry Response and Tactics . Matthew Du, Aviva Tugendhaft, Agnes Erzse, Karen J Hofman. Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine June 2018Assessment of food environments in obesity reduction: a tool for public health action . Noluthanda Ndlovu, Candy Day, Benn Sartorius, Jens Aagaard-Hansen, Karen Hofman. South African Health Review December 2018Capitalising on consumers' sweet spot has dangerous implications . Wits University. Medical Xpress January 2018Limitations of the Sugar Tax . Thomas Johnson. Politicsweb January 2018
2017
The history of the South African Sugar Industry illuminates deeply rooted obstacles for sugar reduction anti-obesity interventions . Alex Myers, David Fig, Aviva Tugendhaft, Jonathan E Meyers, Karen Hofman. African Studies 2017Sugary beverage taxation in South Africa: Household expenditure, demand system elasticities, and policy implications . Nicholas Stacey, Aviva Tugendhaft, Karen Hofman. Preventive Medicine December 2017Sugary drinks tax passed Eyewitness News December 2017How the sugar tax will work . Katharine Child. Times LIVE December 2017Energy drink consumption and marketing in South Africa . Nicholas Stacey, Corne van Walbeek, Mashekwa Maboshe, Aviva Tugendhaft, Karen Hofman. Preventive Medicine December 2017South African clinical practice guidelines: A landscape analysis . M Wilkinson, T Wilkinson, T Kredo, K MacQuilkan, C Mudara, A Winch, Y Pillay, KJ Hofman. South African Medical Journal December 2017The impact of sociodemography, diet, and body size on serum retinol in women 16–35 years of age: SANHANES-1 . Whadi-ah Parker, Zandile J Mchiza, Ronel Sewpaul, Nophiwe Job, Lumbwe Chola, Moses Sithole, Demetre Labadarios. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences November 2017SA moves one step closer to a sugar tax, and a healthier lifestyle . The Conversation . November 2017Smaller soft drink sizes leave bitter taste of shrinkflation Katharine Child. SowetanLIVE October 2017Things go smaller with Coca-Cola . FMCG News October 2017Excess fat causing multiple amputations . IOL October 2017Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief: an imperative of universal health coverage . Felicia Marie Knaul, Paul E Farmer, Eric L Krakauer, Liliana De Lima, Afsan Bhadelia, Xiaoxiao Jiang Kwete, Hector Arreola-Ornelas, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, Natalia M Rodriguez, George AO Alleyne, Stephen R Connor, David J Hunte, Diederik Lohman, Lukas Radbruch, Maria del Rocío Sáenz Madrigal, Rifat Atun, Kathleen M Fole, Julia Frenk, Dean T Jamison, MR Rajagopal. Lancet October 2017The extent and determinants of diabetes and cardiovascular disease comorbidity in South Africa - results from South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES-1) . Chipo Mutyambizi, Lumbwe Chola, Wim Groot, Milena Pavlova, Demetre Labadorios, Charles Hongoro. BMC Public Health September 2017Energy drinks on the rise in SA . Nivashni Nair. Times-LIVE September 2017Nudging for Prevention in Occupational Health and Safety in South Africa Using Fiscal Policies . Pieter de Jager, David Rees, Sophia Kisting, Spo Kgalamono, Mpume Ndaba, Nicholas Stacey, Aviva Tugendhaft, Karen Hofman. New Solutions August 2017Big alcohol is poised to expand into Africa. Why this is bad news for health . Karen Hofman, Charles Parry. The Conversation Africa May 2017The global alcohol business is expanding in Africa and that's bad news for health . Karen Hofman. Quartz Africa May 2017Sugar tax, a small price to pay for saving lives . Independent Online May 2017Available data sources for monitoring non-communicable diseases and their risk factors in South Africa . M Wandai, J Aagaard-Hansen, C Day, B Sartorius, KJ Hofman. South African Medical Journal March 2017Diabetes moves up the Killer Charts . Kerry Cullinan. Daily Maverick. March 2017Sugar tax only for the sweetest . Lynley Donnelly.Mail & Guardian February 2017Sugar Tax: A bitter debate . Fin 24 . February 2017Sugar tax debate reaches parliament . Kerry Cullinan. Health-e News February 2017Our health system is collapsing under the burden of chronic disease . Daily Maverick February 2017Protagonists all in a fizz over sugar-sweetened drinks tax . Liesl Peyper. Biznews February 2017Sugar and health in South Africa: Potential challenges to leveraging policy change . Alex Myers, David Fig, Aviva Tugendhaft, Jessie Mandle, Jonathan Myers, Karen Hofman Global Public Health, January 2017Fiscal policies for population health in South Africa . PRICELESS SA. January 2017Sugary drinks tax reaches Parliament . Kerry Cullinan. Daily Maverick January 2017As the price of sugar goes up, consumption will go down . Qama Qukula. 702 January 2017Bitter exchanges sour sweet talk . Lynley Donnelly. Mail and Guardian January 2017
2016
Regulate or motivate? A salt reduction strategy for processed food in South Africa . Jennifer Lindsey-Renton, Karen Hofman, Courtney Sprague. 2016Costs of a school-based dental mobile service in South Africa . MP Molete, L Chola, KJ Hofman. BMC Health Services Research October 2016The proposed introduction of tax on sugar-sweetened beverages is hopefully going to stop the poor from drinking more sugary drinks which are harmful to their health. Sunday Times 5 October 2016
How much sugar do we drink in South Africa? Here are the facts . BusinessTech September 2016Cost of inaction on sugar-sweetened beverage consumption: implications for obesity in South Africa. Aviva Tugendhaft, Mercy Manyema, Lennert J Veerman, Lumbwe Chola, Demetre Labadarios, Karen J Hofman. Public Health Nutrition, September 2016
What the InBev merger means for health in Africa . Johanna Hanefeld, Benjamin Hawkins, Cecile Knai, Karen Hofman, Mark Petticrew. BMJ Global Health August 2016South Africans have a sweet tooth so shouldn’t say no to a sugar tax . Karen Hofman, Aviva Tugendhaft. The Conversation Africa August 2016Economists say sugar taxes likely to be effective . Karen Hofman, Aviva Tugendhaft. Medical Xpress August 2016Informing road traffic intervention choices in South Africa: the role of economic evaluations . Wesson HK, Boikhutso N, Hyder AA, Bertram M, Hofman KJ. Global Health Action July 2016Health care utilization and outpatient, out-of-pocket costs for active convulsive epilepsy in rural northeastern South Africa: a cross- sectional survey . Ryan G Wagner, Melanie Y Betram, F Xavier Gomes-Olive, Stephen M Tollman, Lars Lindholm, Charles R Newton, Karen J Hofman. BMC Health Services Research June 2016Modelling the potential impact of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax on stroke mortality, costs and health-adjusted life years in South Africa . Mercy Manyema, Lennert J Veerman, Aviva Tugendhaft, Demetre Labadarios, Karen J Hofman. BMC Public Health May 2016A moment on the lips, a long term health risk . Northcliff Melville Times 21 May 2016Finance Minister proposes "sugar tax" to halt obesity. Greytown Gazette 4 May 2016
Sweet and sour of dreaded sugar tax . Katharine Child. TimesLIVE 21 April 2016Obesity a new threat to population. Independent 30 April 2016
26 public health bodies sweet on the new sugar tax. The Star 22 April 2016
Sugar tax may sweeten way to cut the fat. Daily Dispatch 22 April 2016
Sugar tax has big benefits. The New Age 22 April 2016
New sugar tax a sweet solution. Citizen 21 April 2016
Bring on sugar tax say SA's top health experts . Health24 21 Apr 2016South Africa: Sugar tax confirmed for 2017. Aviva Tugendhaft. Celebrating Progress Africa 29 February 2016
Sugar tax gets sweet support in News24 poll . Health24 26 February 2016Sugar tax confirmed for South Africa in 2017 . BusinessTech 24 February 2016Sugar Tax: A “great move by Treasury” . Xolani Gwala. 702 24 February 2016Tax on soft drinks could benefit obese SA . Lynley Donnelly. Mail & Guardian 4 February 2016Is a sugar tax really on the cards for SA? Health24 21 January 2016
2015
Decreasing the Burden of Type 2 Diabetes in South Africa: The Impact of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages. Mercy Manyema, J Lennert Veerman, Lumbwe Chola, Aviva Tugendhaft, Demetre Labadarios, and Karen Hofman. PLoS One November 2015Obesity: why South Africans need to can soft drinks . Aviva Tugendhaft, Karen Hofman. The Conversation 24 November 2015.Obesogenic Environments: Access to and Advertising of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Soweto, South Africa, 2013 . Gillian Moodley, Nicola Christofides, Shane A Norris, Thomas Achia, Karen J Hofman. Preventing Chronic Disease October 2015Why greater transparency on food packaging should get the green light .Aviva Tugendhaft, Karen Hofman. The Conversation, 31 August 2015
Determinants of Obesity and Associated Population Attributability, South Africa: Empirical Evidence from a National Panel Survey, 2008-2012. Benn Sartorius, Lennert J Veerman, Mercy Manyema, Lumbwe Chola, Karen Hofman. PLoS One June 2015Traffic light labels will help in right Food choices . Karen Hofman, Jessie Mandle and Aviva Tugendhaft. Business Day 26 February 2015Nutrition labelling: a review of research on consumer and industry response in the global South . Jessie Mandel, Aviva Tugendhaft, Julia Michalow, Karen Hofman. Global Health Action , January 2015Soft drinks and juices lead the way to obesity in SA . BusinessTech-19 Dec 2015
2014
Sweet drinks to dissolve like a lump of sugar Wits Leader 2014
The cost of obesity . Andile Makholwa Financial Mail December 2014We need better value from every rand we spend on healthcare in South Africa . Aviva Tugendhaft, Karen Hofman. BusinessLIVE December 2014Non-communicable diseases in South Africa: A challenge to economic development .Applying a private sector capitation model to the management of type 2 diabetes in the South African public sector: a cost-effectiveness analysis . Heinrich C Volmink, Melanie Y Bertram, Ruxana Jina, Alisha N Wade, Karen J Hofman. BMC Health Services Research September 2014The Potential Impact of a 20% Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages on Obesity in South African Adults: A Mathematical Model . Mercy Manyema, Lennert J Veerman, Lumbwe Chola, Aviva Tugendhaft, Benn Sartorius, Demetre Labadarios, Karen J Hofman. PLoS One August 2014Blowing Smoke, Yussuf Saloojee. Business Day August 2014
SA’s weight war: Sugar gets a kick in the cans . Mail and Guardian August 2014Sugar tax mooted to save lives and money . Food Business Africa August 2014MEC Mahlangu welcomes 'sugar tax' recommendation. SA Government Online August 2014
SA Tops in Sub-Saharan Africa with Fatties. Sowetan August 2014
Sugar tax on drinks may reduce obesity . Wits University August 2014Declaration on mental health in Africa: moving to implementation . Abdallah S Daar, Marian Jacobs, Stig Wall, Johann Groenewald, Julian Eaton, Vikram Patel, Palmira dos Santos, Ashraf Kagee, Anik Gevers, Charlene Sunkel, Gail Andrews, Ingrid Daniels, David Ndetei. Global Health Action June 2014Preventing diabetic blindness: A priority for South Africa . KJ Hofman, C Cook, N Levitt. South African Medical Journal June 2014Closing the mental health treatment gap in South Africa: a review of costs and cost-effectiveness . Helen Jack, Ryan G Wagner, Inge Petersen, Rita Thom, Charles R Newton, Alan Stein, Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, Karen J Hofman. Global Health Action May 2014SA is failing to escape global trend to obesity . BD Live May 2014Benefits of salt reduction in South African food Nutrition Society May 2014Expanding access to mental health care: a missing ingredient . Helen Jack, Alan Stein, Charles R Newton, Karen J Hofman. The Lancet Global Health April 2014Hypertension education and adherence in South Africa: a cost-effectiveness analysis of community health workers . Thomas A Gaziano, Melanie Bertram, Stephen M Tollman, Karen J Hofman. BMC Public Health March 2014
2013
Successful tobacco legislation in South Africa . Karen J Hofman, Richard Lee. World Health Organisation intersectoral case study 2013Successful sodium regulation in South Africa . Karen J Hofman, Richard Lee. World Health Organisation intersectoral case study 2013Applaud alcohol bill. Karen Hofman. Soul City Institute for Social Justice 2013Evidence that a tax on sugar sweetened beverages reduces the obesity rate: a meta-analysis . Maria A Cabrera Escobar, J Lennert Veerman, Melanie Y Bertram, Stpehen M Tollman, Karen J Hofman. BMC Public Health November 2013Ads prohibition drives one to drink. David Gleason. Business Day November 2013
The cost of injury and trauma care in low- and middle-income countries: a review of economic evidence . Hadley KH Wesson, Nonkululeko Boikhutso, Abdulgafoor M Bachani, Karen J Hofman, Adnan A Hyder. Health Policy and Planning October 2013Population health in South Africa: a view from the salt mines . Karen J Hofman, Stpehen M Tolman. The Lancet Global Health August 2013Cost and cost-effectiveness of conventional and liquid-based cytology in South Africa: A laboratory service provider perspective . P de Jager, E Singh, B Kistnasamy, MY Bertram. South African Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology May 2013Why you can’t resist a crisp. Star April 2013
State extends deadline for salt content compliance. Tamar Kahn. Business Day March 2013
Motsoaledi defends strict regulations. Khulekani Magubane. Business Day March 2013
Obesity in SA tips the scales . Katharine Child. Times Live February 2013Identifying high-risk areas for sporadic measles outbreaks: lessons from South Africa. Benn Sartorius, C Cohen, T Chirwa, G Ntshoe, A Puren, K Hofman. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation January 2013The non-fatal disease burden caused by type 2 diabetes in South Africa, 2009 . Melanie Y Bertram, Aneil VS Jaswal, Victoria Pillay Van Wyk, Naomi S Levitt, Karen J Hofman. Global Health Action January 2013The Disability Adjusted Life Years Due to Stroke in South Africa in 2008 . Melanie Y Bertram, Judith Katzenellenbogen, Theo Vos, Debbie Bradshaw, Karen J Hofman. International Journal of Stroke January 2013
2012
Reducing the sodium content of high-salt foods: Effect on cardiovascular disease in South Africa. Melanie Y Bertram, Krisela Steyn, Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen, Stephen Tollman, Karen J Hofman. South African Medical Journal September 2012SA Food Review August 2012Health chiefs declare war to take salt away. Independent August 2012
Demanding the best for all South Africans. K Hofman, K Kahn. PedMed April/May 2012
Cutting salt content in bread will raise price, bakers say. Business Day July 2012
Salt – it stands for Simply Add (a) Little Touch. Saturday Star July 2012
Minder sout in kos sal beroertes voorkom, sê navorsers. Die Burger July 2012
SA Food’s salt content to be regulated. Sipokazi Fokazi. IOL July 2012
Regulating salt content ‘will increase price of bread’. Tamar Kahn. Business Day July 2012
Get healthy – or else. Katherine Child. The Times July 2012
Wits team helps curb SA’s salt intake. Wits University July 2012
State wants South Africans to halve salt intake, but allows more time. Tamar Kahn.
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