Availability, healthiness and sodium content of packaged and unpackaged foods and beverages in nigeria: a cross-sectional study
Packaged foods and beverages in Nigeria were less healthy and contained higher sodium levels than unpackaged foods. To encourage healthier diets, the Nigerian government should implement policies such as reformulation and front-of-pack nutrition labeling to improve the healthiness of packaged foods.
Authors
- Alexandra Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5039-144X)
- Tunde M. Ojo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3563-544X)
- Katrina Kissock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6665-2106)
- Hafsat Abdulkarim
- Kathy Trieu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1848-2741)
- Dike Bevis Ojji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2084-1988)
- Erica L Jamro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3431-9653)
- Sanne A. E. Peters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0346-5412)
- Ikechukwu A. Orji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5028-5428)
- Kylie Howes
- Clementina Ebere Okoro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2778-2210)
- Regina Garba
- Mark D. Huffman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7412-2519)
- Gabriel Shedul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2295-908X)
- Vanessa Alfa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3188-3419)
- Linda Van Horn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1362-5806)
- Bruce Charles Neal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0490-7465)
- Lisa R. Hirschhorn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-7437)
- Adedayo E. Ojo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7062-698X)
- Nadia Laznik
- Diederick E. Grobbee
- Fraser Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9872-8136)
- Promise Ogbona
- Iyer Guhan
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- The George Institute for Global Health (GB)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Ministry of Environment (NG)
- University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (NG)
- National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NG)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University of Abuja (NG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Health Population and Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-025-01121-9
- Primary Topic
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute