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Pr Julia is a public health nutritionist, head of the Public Health Department of the Paris-Seine-Saint-Denis Hospitals (93) and a senior researcher in the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN), in Sorbonne Paris Nord University. As a nutrition epidemiologist, she develops population-based studies (observational studies in the general population, in specific populations and intervention studies) to evaluate the relationship between dietary behaviour and health and focuses her research on the evaluation of public policies in nutrition. She participated in the development and validation of the Nutri-Score in France. She is recognised as an international expert in the field of front-of-package nutrition labels and nutrient profiling.

 

Research interests

  • Nutrient profiling
  • Front-of-pack labelling
  • Public policies in nutrition and public health

Key publications

  • Egnell, M.; Talati, Z.; Galan, P.; Andreeva, V.; Vandevijvere, S.; Gombaud, M.; Dréano-Trécant, L.; Hercberg, S.; Pettigrew, S.; Julia, C. Objective Understanding of the Nutri-Score Front-of-Pack Label by European Consumers and Its Effect on Food Choices: An Online Experimental Study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2020, 17, 146, doi:10.1186/s12966-020-01053-z.
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  • Ren, Y.; Chase, E.; d’Almeida, T.; Allègre, J.; Latino-Martel, P.; Deschamps, V.; Arwidson, P.; Etilé, F.; Hercberg, S.; Touvier, M.; et al. Modelling the Number of Avoidable New Cancer Cases in France Attributable to Alcohol Consumption by Following Official Recommendations: A Simulation Study. Addiction 2021, doi:10.1111/add.15426.
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  • Schnabel, L, E Kesse-Guyot, B Allès, M Touvier, B Srour, S Hercberg, C Buscail, et C Julia. « Association Between Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Risk of Mortality Among Middle-Aged Adults in France. » JAMA Intern Med 179 (2019): 490 98.
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