Publications
We are pleased to present this listing of research papers published by members of the Arcand Lab, organized by area of research focus.
These publications are also available on PubMed.
Publications By Area Of Research Focus
Heart Health
Sivakumar, B, Ricupero, M, Mahajan, A, Jefferson, K, Wenger, J, Code, J, Theodorou, A, Arcand J. A mobile app intervention to support nutrition education for heart failure management: co-design, development and user-testing. BMC Nutrition. 2025; 11: 139. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-025-01117-y.
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Zhou K, Alemayehu W, Rathwell S, McAlister F, Ross H, Escobedo J, Saldarriaga C, Colin Ramirez E, Macdonald P, Arcand J, Troughton R, Ezekowitz J. The relationship of diuretics and dietary sodium in patients with heart failure: An analysis of the SODIUM-HF trial. American Heart Journal. 2025; 281:49-58; doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2024.11.019.
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Colin-Ramirez E, Arcand J, Saldarriaga C, Ezekowitz JA. The Current State of Evidence for Sodium and Fluid Restriction in Heart Failure. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2024;81: 43-54. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2024.01.004.
Thom SJM, Sivakumar B, Ayodele T, Tan MC, Brown JM, Arcand J. A Systematic Review Examining the Effects of mHealth Interventions on Dietary Adherence in Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 2023;55(6):419-436. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2023.03.004.
Sivakumar B, Lemonde M, Stein M, Mak S, Al-Hesayen A, Arcand J. Patient perspectives on the use of mobile apps to support heart failure management: A qualitative descriptive study. PLoS ONE 2023;18(5): e0285659. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285659.
Sivakumar B, Lemonde M, Stein M, Goldstein S, Mak S, Arcand J. Evaluating healthcare provider perspectives on the use of mobile apps to support patients with heart failure management: A qualitative descriptive study. JMIR Cardiology. 2022;6(2): e40546. doi: https://doi.org/10.2196/40546.
Wang NX, Arcand J, Campbell NRC, Johnson C, Malta D, Rae S, Santos JA, Sivakumar B, Thout SR, McLean R. More evidence that reduced sodium intake improves health outcomes beyond blood pressure and cardiovascular disease from the Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes studies (Sept 2019 to Dec 2020). Journal of Human Hypertension. 2022;36(12):1048-1058. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-022-00710z.
Peiris RG, Ross H, Chan C, Poon S, Auguste BL, Rac VE, Farkouh ME, McDonald M, Kaczorowski J, Code J, Duero Posada J, Ong S, Kobulnik J, Tomlinson G, Huszti E, Arcand J, Thomas SG, Akbari A, Maunder RG, Grover SA, Logan AG, Seto E, Simard A, Pope B, Bains M, McIntyre C, Torbary C, Syed F, Nolan RP. Automated digital counselling with social network support as a novel intervention for patients with heart failure: Protocol for randomized controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2022;12: e059635. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059635.
Jefferson K, Ward M, Pang WH, Arcand J. A feasibility study of a randomized controlled trial protocol to assess the impact of an eHealth intervention on the provision of dietary advice in primary care. Pilot Feasibility Studies. 2022;8(1):208. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-022-01168-z.
Campbell NRC, Whelton PK, Orias M, Cappuccio FP, Ide N, Neal B, Cohn J, Cobb LK, Webster J, Trieu K, He FJ, McLean RM, Blanco-Metzler A, Woodward M, Nederveen L, Arcand J, MacGregor JA, Owolabi M, Lisheng L, Parati G, Lackland DT, Champagne B, L’Abbe M, Hassel T, Weber MA, Zhang XH. World Hypertension League, Resolve to Save Lives and the International Society of Hypertension dietary sodium (salt) global call to action. J Hum Hypertens. 2022. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-022-00690-0.
Ezekowitz JA, Colin-Ramirez E, Ross H, Escobedo J, Macdonald P, Troughton R, Saldarriaga C, Alemayehu W, McAlister FA, Arcand J, Atherton J, Doughty R, Gupta M, Howlett J, Jaffer S, Lavoie A, Lund M, Marwick T, McKelvie R, Moe G, Pandey AS, Porepa L, Rajda M, Rheault H, Singh J, Toma M, Virani S, Zieroth S; SODIUM-HF Investigators. Reduction of dietary sodium to less than 100 mmol in heart failure (SODIUM-HF): an international, open-label, randomised, controlled trial. Lancet. 2022; S0140-6736(22)00369-5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00369-5.
Peterson K, Malta D, Rae S, Dash S, Webster J, McLean R, Raj TS, Campbell NRC, Arcand J. Further evidence that methods based on spot urine samples should not be used to examine sodium-disease relationships from the Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes (October 2018 to August 2019). Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2020; e13958. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.13958.
Sivakumar B, Malta D, Mak S, Dash S, Newton G, Arcand J. Evaluating the confounding effects of medical therapies on potassium intake assessment in patients with heart failure. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 2020;9;30(6):1005-1013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2020.02.010.
Rabi DM, McBrien KA, Sapir-Pichhadze R, Nakhla M, Ahmed SB, Dumanski SM, Butalia S, Leung AA, Harris KC, Cloutier L, Zarnke KB, Ruzicka M, Hiremath S, Feldman RD, Tobe SW, Campbell TS, Bacon SL, Nerenberg KA, Dresser GK, Fournier A, Burgess E, Lindsay P, Rabkin SW, Prebtani APH, Grover S, Honos G, Alfonsi JE, Arcand J, Audibert F, Benoit G, Bittman J, Bolli P, Côté AM, Dionne J, Don-Wauchope A, Edwards C, Firoz T, Gabor JY, Gilbert RE, Grégoire JC, Gryn SE, Gupta M, Hannah-Shmouni F, Hegele RA, Herman RJ, Hill MD, Howlett JG, Hundemer GL, Jones C, Kaczorowski J, Khan NA, Kuyper LM, Lamarre-Cliche M, Lavoie KL, Leiter LA, Lewanczuk R, Logan AG, Magee LA, Mangat BK, McFarlane PA, McLean D, Michaud A, Milot A, Moe GW, Penner SB, Pipe A, Poppe AY, Rey E, Roerecke M, Schiffrin EL, Selby P, Sharma M, Shoamanesh A, Sivapalan P, Townsend RR, Tran K, Trudeau L, Tsuyuki RT, Vallée M, Woo V, Bell AD, Daskalopoulou SS. Hypertension Canada’s 2020 Comprehensive Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Risk Assessment and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children. Canadian Journal of Cardiolology. 2020 May;36(5):596-624. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2020.02.086.
Colin Ramirz E, Arcand J, Woo E, Brum M, Morgan K, Christopher W, Velazquez, Sharifzad A, Feeney S, Ezekowitz J. Design, and regional-specific adaptation of the dietary intervention used in the SODIUM-HF trial. A multi-centre study. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2020; 2:8-14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2019.11.006.
McLean RM, Petersen KS, Arcand J, Malta D, Rae S, Thout SR, Trieu K, Johnson C, Campbell NRC. Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes studies (April to October 2018). Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2019 Aug;21(8):1030-1042. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.13611.
Malta, D, Petersen K, Santos J, Johnson C, Trieu K, Rae S, Jefferson K, Wong M, Raj TS; Webster J, Campbell NRC, Arcand J. High sodium intake increases blood pressure and risk of kidney disease from the Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes (August 2016 to March 2017). Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2018; 20(12):1654-1665. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.13408.
Lucko A, Doktorchik, C, Woodward M, Cogswell M, Neal B, Rabi D, Anderson C, He F, MacGregor G, L’Abbe M, Arcand J, Whelton P, McLean R, Campbell N. Percentage of ingested sodium excreted in 24-hour urine collections: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Hypertension. 2018;20(9):1220-1229. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.13353.
Nerenberg KA, Zarnke KB, Leung AA, Dasgupta K, Butalia S, McBrien S, Harris KC, Nakhla M, Cloutier L, Gelfer M, Lamarre-Cliché M, Milot A, Bolli P, Tremblay G, McLean D, Padwal RS, Tran KC, Grover S, Rabkin SW, Moe GW, Howlett JG, Lindsay P, Hil, MD, Sharma M, Field T, Wein TH, Shoamanesh A, Dresser DK, Hamet P, Herman RJ, Burgess E, Gryn SE, Grégoire JC, Lewanczuk R, Poirier L, Campbell TS, Feldman RD, Lavoie KL, Tsuyuki RT, Honos G, Prebtani APH, Kline G, Schiffrin EL, Don-Wauchope E, Tobe SW, Gilbert RE, Leiter LA, Jones C, Woo V, Hegele RA, Selby P, Pipe A, McFarlane PA, Oh P, Gupta M, Bacon SL, Kaczorowski J, Trudeau L, Campbell NRC, Hiremath S, Roerecke M, Arcand J, Ruzicka M, Prasad GVR, Vallée M, Edwards C, Sivapalan P, Penner SB, Fournier A, Benoit G, Feber J, Dionne J, Magee, LA, Logan AG, Côté AM, Rey E, Firoz T, Kuyper LM, Gabor JY, Townsend RR, Rabi DM, Daskalopoulou SS for Hypertension Canada. Hypertension Canada’s 2018 Guidelines for Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children. Can J Cardiol. 2018.34(5):506-25. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2018.02.022.
Arcand J, Wong MM, Santos J, Leung AA, Raj TS, Trieu K, Webster J, Campbell NR. More evidence of the effects of excess salt on blood pressure and chronic kidney disease. The Science of Salt: A review of Salt and Health Outcomes (April and July 2016). J Clin Hyperten. 2017;19(8):813-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.13049.
TRUE Consortium. Recommended standards for assessing blood pressure in human research where blood pressure or hypertension is a major focus. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2017.31(8):487-490 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2017.02.009.
Santos JA, Trieu K, Raj TS, Arcand J, Johnson C, Webster J, McLean R. The Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of the implementation of salt reduction interventions (March-August 2016). Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2017;19(4):439-451. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.12971.
Wong MM, Arcand J, Leung AA, Trieu K, Raj TS, Campbell NRC. The Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes (December 2015 to March 2016). Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2017;19(3):322-332. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.12970.
Colin-Ramirez E, Arcand J, Ezekowitz JA. Dietary Self-management in Heart Failure: High Tech or High Touch? Current Treatment Options Cardiovascular Medicine. 2017;19(3):19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11936-017-0515-9.
Wong MM, Arcand J, Leung AA, Trieu K, Raj TS, Campbell NRC. The Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes (August to November 2015). Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2016;18(10):1054-1062. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.12874.
Malta D, Arcand J, Ravindran A, Floras V, Allard JP, Newton GE. Adequate intake of potassium does not cause hyperkalemia in hypertensive individuals taking medications that antagonize the renin angiotensin aldosterone system. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2016;104(4):990-994. doi: https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.115.129635.
Trieu K, McLean R, Johnson C, Santos JA, Angell B, Arcand J, Raj TS, Campbell NR, Wong MM, Leung AA, Neal B, Webster J. The Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of the implementation of salt reduction interventions (June-October 2015). Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2016;18(6);487-94. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.12806.
Arcand J, Wong MM, Trieu K, Leung AA, Campbell NR, Webster J, Johnson C, Raj TS, McLean R, Neal B. The Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes (June and July 2015). Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2016;18(5):371-7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.12762.
Arcand J, Webster J, Johnson C, Thout RS, McLean R, Neal B, Trieu K, Wong M, Leung A, Campbell N. Announcing, Up to Date in the Science of Sodium. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2015;18(2):85-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.12732.
Jefferson K, Ahmed M, Choleva M, Mak S, Allard JP, Newton GE, Arcand J. Effect of a sodium-restricted diet on intake of other nutrients in heart failure: Implications for research and clinical practice. J Card Fail. 2015;21(12):959-62. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.10.002.
Colin-Ramirez E, Arcand J, Ezekowitz JA. Estimates of dietary sodium consumption in chronic heart failure. J Card Fail. 2015;21(12):981-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.08.345.
Floras JS and Arcand J. Neuro-circulatory responses to carbohydrates in heart failure and healthy subjects: more similar than different. Canadian Journal of Cariology. 2013;29(2):144-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2012.05.015.
Arcand J and Newton GE. Dietary sodium reduction in heart failure: a challenge to the Cochrane review. American Journal of Hypertension. 2012; 25(1):19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/ajh.2011.187.
Kasai, T, Arcand J, Allard JP, Mak S, Azevedo E, Newton GE, Bradley D. Relationship between sodium intake and sleep apnea in patients with heart failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2011; 58:1970-4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2011.08.012.
Arcand J, Floras J, Azevedo E, Mak S, Newton GE, Allard JP. Evaluation of two methods for sodium intake assessment in cardiac patients with and without heart failure: the confounding effect of loop diuretics. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2011; 93:535-41. doi: https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.110.004457.
Arcand J, Ivanov J, Sasson A, Floras V, Al-Hesayen A, Azevedo E, Mak S, Allard JP, Newton GE. High sodium intake is associated with acute decompensated heart failure in ambulatory heart failure patients. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2011; 93:332-7. Editorial comment by Frohlich ED. doi: https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.110.000174.
Arcand J, Floras V, Ahmed M, Al-Hesayen A, Ivanov J, Allard JP, Newton GE. Nutritional inadequacies in patients with stable heart failure. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2009;109(11):1909-13. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jada.2009.08.011.
Arcand JA, Brazel S, Jollife C, Choleva M, Berkoff F, Allard JP, Newton GE. Dietitian counseling for a sodium restricted diet improves dietary adherence in patients with heart failure: a randomized trial. American Heart Journal. 2005; 150:716. e1-5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2005.02.016.
Food Literacy & Nutrition Practice
Sivakumar B, Mak J, Bafagih S, Arcand J. Implementation science in nutrition practice: A review of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. Published online ahead of print, 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ncp.70020
Franco Arellano B, Vogel E, Stein M, Brown JM, Laketa V, Arcand J. Exploring factors influencing the implementation of nutrition curricula in elementary schools: A qualitative study. Health Edu J. In Press.
Brown JM, Rita N, Franco Arellano B, LeSage A, Arcand J. A Feasibility Study of a Curriculum-Based Nutrition Education Intervention Protocol in Elementary Schools. JMIR Formative Research, 2025;9: e69242. doi: https://doi.org/10.2196/69242.
Brown JM, Tahir S, Franco Arellano B, LeSage A, Hughes J, Kapralos B, Lou W, Vogel E, Farkouh M, Tugault-Lafleur C, Arcand J. Efficacy of the Foodbot Factory digital curriculum-based nutrition education intervention in improving children’s nutrition knowledge, attitudes and behaviours in elementary school classrooms: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 2025;15:e092426. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-092426.
Brown JM, Rita N, Franco Arellano B, LeSage A, Arcand J. Co-design and refinement of the curriculum-based Foodbot Factory intervention to support elementary school nutrition education. Nutrients. 2024;16(21), 3769; doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16213769.
Savaglio R, Brown JM, Kapralos B, Franco Arellano B, LeSage A, Arcand J. An accessible version of the Foodbot Factory serious game for nutrition education. IEEE Transactions on Games. 2025;17(1):181-95; doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TG.2024.3414657.
Savaglio R, Brown JM, Kapralos B, LeSage A, Franco Arellano B, Arcand J. An interdisciplinary approach to developing the Foodbot Factory serious game for nutrition education: Some recommendations. International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications (IISA 2023), IEEE Explore 2023: 1-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/IISA59645.2023.10345875.
Savaglio R, Brown JM, Kapralos B, LeSage A, Franco Arellano B, Hughes J, Arcand J. Enhancing the accessibility of Serious Games: A case study with Foodbot Factory. IEEE Explore. 2021: 1-29. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/IISA52424.2021.9555496.
Litchfuss K, Franco Arellano B, Jefferson K, Brady J, Arcand J. The implementation of non-weight focused approaches in clinical practice: A Canadian cross-sectional study among Registered Dietitians. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.13284.
Franco Arellano B, Brown JM, Daggett Q, Lockhart C, LeSage A, Kapralos B, Arcand J. Updating the Foodbot Factory serious game with new interactive engaging features and enhanced educational content. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism. 2024; 1:49(1):52-63. doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2023-0214.
Litchfuss K, Franco Arellano B, Brady J, Arcand J. An Examination of the practice approaches of Canadian dietitians who counsel higher-weight adults using a novel framework: Emerging data on non-weight-focused approaches. Nutrients. 2023;15(3), 631; doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15030631.
Brown JM, Franco Arellano B, Froome H, Siddiqi A, Mahmood A, Arcand J. Nutrition-themed mobile apps for children in Canada: An assessment of content, app quality and behaviour change techniques. JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 2022;10(2): e31537. doi: 10.2196/31537. doi: https://doi.org/10.2196/31537.
Warren C, Hobin E, Manuel DG, Anderson LN, Hammond D, Jessri M, Arcand J, L’Abbe ML, Li Y, Rosella LC, Manson H, Smith BT. Socioeconomic position and consumption of sugary drinks, sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% juice among Canadian: a cross-sectional analysis of the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition. Can J Pub Health. 2022; 113(3):341-362. doi: https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00602-8.
Franco Arellano B, Brown JM, Froome H, LeSage A, Arcand J. Development and pilot testing of the Nutrition Attitudes and Knowledge Questionnaire to measure changes of child nutrition knowledge related to the Canada’s Food Guide. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism. 2021: 21:1-7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2021-0170.
Froome H, Townson C, Rhodes S, Franco Arellano B, LeSage A, Savaglio R, Brown JM, Hughes J, Kapralos, Arcand J. Effectiveness of the Foodbot Factory Mobile Serious Game on Increasing Nutrition Knowledge in Children. Nutrients. 2020; 12(11): 3413. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12113413.
Brown JM, Savaglio R, Watson G, Kaplansky A, LeSage A, Hughes J, Kapralos B, Arcand J. Optimizing Child Nutrition Education with the Foodbot Factory Mobile Health App: Formative Evaluation and Analysis. JMIR Formative Research 2020; 4(4): e15534. doi: https://doi.org/10.2196/15534.
Nutrition Policy
Al Ghali R, Tahir S, Vogel E, Khaliq M, Bafagih S, Arcand J. “Nobody is talking about it, so maybe it is not that important” A qualitative study examining Canadian adults’ perceptions and experiences with dietary sodium. Appetite. 216: 108265. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2025.108265.
Christoforou A, Bernstein J, Dickinson KM, Yang Y, Arcand J, L’Abbe MR. Examining changes in the sodium content of Canadian prepackaged foods: 2013 to 2017. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism. 2025; 50:1-13. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0174. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/apnm-2023-0174.
Padilla-Moseley J, Sivakumar B, Flexner N, Grajeda R, Gamble B, Blanco Metzler A, Arcand J. Factors impacting the uptake of dietary sodium research into sodium reduction policies in five Latin American countries: A Qualitative Study. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2023;7(5):100073. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2023.100073.
Padilla-Moseley J, Blanco-Metzler A, L’Abbe M, Arcand J. A program evaluation of a dietary sodium reduction research consortium of five low-and middle-income countries in Latin America. Nutrients. 2022;14(20): 4311. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14204311.
Cappuccio F, Campbell N, He F, Jacobson MF, MacGregor GA, Antman E, Appel LJ, Arcand J, Blanco-Metzler A, L’Abbe MR, Cook NR, Lacklan DT, Lang T, Mclean R, Miglinas M, Sacks FM, Sever PS, Stampfer M, Strazzullo P, Sunman W, Webster J, Whelton PK, Willet W. Sodium and health: old myths, and a controversy based on denial. Current Nutrition Reports. 2022; 11(2):172-184. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13668-021-00383-z.
Arcand J, Campbell NRC. Dietary sodium reduction in Canada: More action needed to reach the 2025 global targets. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2022;194(10). doi: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.211787.
Blanco-Metzler A, Vega-Solano J, Franco Arellano B, Allemandi L, Burgos Larroza R, Saavedra-Garcia L, Weippert M, Sivakumar B, Benavides-Aguilar K, Tiscornia V, Sequera Buzarquis G, Guarnieri L, Meza-Hernández M, Cañete Villalba F, Castronuovo L, Schermel A, L’Abbe MR, Arcand J. An evaluation of the changes in the sodium content of foods sold in four Latin American countries: 2015 to 2018. Nutrients. 2021; 13(11), 4108. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13114108.
Parpia AS, L’Abbe MR, Arcand J, Darling PB. Response to Sharma Parpia et al: The accuracy of Canadian Nutrient File data for reporting phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and protein in selected meat, poultry, and fish products. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2021; doi: https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00545-0.
Smith BT, Hack S, Jessri M, Arcand J, McLaren L, L’Abbe MR, Anderson LN, Hobin E, Hammond D, Manson H, Rosella LC, Manuel DG. The equity and effectiveness of achieving Canada’s Voluntary Sodium Reduction Guidance Targets: a modelling study using the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition. Nutrients. 2021; 13:779. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13030779.
Dash S, Delibasic V, Alsaeed S, Ward M, Jefferson K, Manca D, Arcand J. Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours related to physician-delivered dietary advice for patients with hypertension. Journal of Community Health. 2020; 45:1067-1072. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-020-00831-x.
Franco Arellano B, Arcand J, Kim MA, Schermel A, L’Abbe MR. Progress towards reducing trans fatty acids in the Canadian marketplace, 2013-2017. Public Health Nutrition, 2020;2:1-11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980019004816.
Colín-Ramírez E, Cartas-Rosado R, Alatriste PV, Cuevas AEC. Arcand J, Morales Guerrero J, Cassis Nosthas L, Rivera-Mancía S. Vallejo Allende M, Correa-Rotter R. Developing an online screening tool to assess sodium intake in Mexican population. Pan American Journal of Public Health. 2019. 43: e90. doi: https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2019.90.
Campbell NRC, Webster J, Blanco-Metzler A; He F, Tan M, MacGregor G, Cappuccio F, Arcand J, Farrand C, Trieu K, Jones A, Whelton P, Zhang XH. Packages of Sodium (Salt) sold for consumption and salt dispensers should be required to have a front of package health warning label. A position statement of the World Hypertension League, national and international health, and scientific organizations. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2019;21(11): 1623-25. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.13698.
Vega-Solano J, Blanco-Metzler A, Benavides-Aguilar KF, Arcand J. An evaluation of the sodium content and compliance with the national sodium reduction targets in packaged foods sold in Costa Rica in 2015 and 2018. Nutrients. 11 (9); 2226. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11092226.
Jefferson K, Wong C, Semnani-Azad Z, L’Abbe M, Arcand J. Changing Sodium Knowledge, Attitudes, and Intended Behaviours Using Web-delivered Dietary Assessment Tools. Nutrients. 2019:11(9);2186. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11092186.
Santos JA, Sparks E, Thout SR, McKenzie B, Trieu K, Hoek A, Johnson C, McLean R, Arcand J, Campbell NRC, Webster J. The Science of Salt: A global review on changes in sodium levels in foods. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2019;21(8):1043-1056. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.13628.
Campbell NRC, He F, Tan M, Cappuccio F, Neal B, Woodward M, Cogswell ME, McLean R. Arcand J, MacGregor G, Whelton P, Jula A, L’Abbe M, Cobb L, Lackland D. The International Consortium for Quality Research on Dietary Sodium/Salt (TRUE) position statement on the use of 24-hour, spot, and short duration (less than 24 hours) timed urine collections to assess dietary sodium intake. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2019 May;21(6):700-709. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.13551.
Thout RS, Santos J, MacKenzie B, Johnson C, McLean R, Arcand J, Campbell NRC, Webster J. The Science of Salt: Updating the evidence on global estimates of salt intake. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2019;21(6):710-721. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.13546.
Arcand J, Blanco-Metzler A, Benavides Aguilar K, L’Abbe MR, Legetic B. Sodium levels in packaged foods sold in 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries. Nutrients. 2019; 11:369. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11020369.
Petersen KS, Rae S, Venos E, Malta D, Johnson C, Jefferson K, Trieu K, Santos JA, Raj TS, Webster J, Campbell NRC, Arcand J. Paucity of high-quality studies reporting on salt and health outcomes from The Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes (April 2017 to March 2018). Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2019 Feb;21(2):307-323. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.13450.
Lacey M, Chandra S, Tzianetas R, Arcand J. Evaluation of actions, barriers, and facilitators to reducing sodium in health care institutions. Food Sci Nutr. 2018 Sep 30;6(8):2337-2343. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.814.
McKenzie B, Santos J, Trieu K, Raj T, Johnson C, Arcand J, Webster J, McLean R. The Science of Salt: A focused review on salt related knowledge, attitudes and behaviours, and sex differences. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2018;20(5):850-866. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.13289.
Parpia AS, Darling PB, L’Abbe MR, Goldstein MB, Arcand J, Cope A, Shaikh AS. The accuracy of Canadian Nutrient File data for reporting phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and protein in selected meat, poultry, and fish products. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2018;109(1):150-152. doi: https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-018-0043-8.
Parpia AS, Goldstein MB, Arcand J, Cho F, L’Abbe MR, Darling PB. Sodium-reduced meat and poultry products contain a significant amount of potassium from food additives. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2018;118(5)878-885. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2017.10.025.
Parpia AS, L’Abbe M, Goldstein M, Arcand J, Magnuson B, Darling PB. The impact of additives on phosphorus, potassium and sodium content of commonly consumed meat, poultry, and fish products among patients with chronic kidney disease. Journal of Renal Nutrition. 2018;28(2):83-90. doi: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jrn.2017.08.013.
Webster J, Waqanivalu T, Arcand J, Trieu K, Cappuccio FP, Appel LJ, Woodward M, Campbell NRC, McLean R. Understanding the science that supports population-wide salt reduction programs. J Clin Hypertension. 2017;19(6):569-76 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.12994.
Colin-Ramirez E, Espinosa-Cuevas A, Miranda-Alatriste PV, Tovar-Villegas VI, Arcand J, Correa-Rotter R. Food sources of sodium intake in an adult Mexican population. Nutrients. 2017. 27;9(8) doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9080810.
Arcand J, Jefferson K, Schermel A, Shah F, Trang S, Kutlesa D, Lou W, L’Abbe MR. Evaluation of food industry progress in reducing the sodium content of packaged foods in Canada: 2010 to 2013. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism. 2016; 41(6):684-90. doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2015-0617.
Trang S, Fraser S, Wilkinson L, Steckham K, Oliphant H, Fletcher H, Tzianetas R, Arcand J. A multi-centre assessment of nutrient levels and foods provided by hospital patient menus. Nutrients. 2015;11;7(11):9256-64. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu7115466.
Arcand J, Scourboutakos MJ, Au JTC, L’Abbe MR. Trends in trans fatty acid levels in the Canadian food supply: An updated analysis from 2006 to 2011. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2014;100(4):1116-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.114.088732.
Fitzpatrick L, Arcand J, L’Abbe MR, Deng M, Duhaney T, Campbell NRC. Canadian food labels: Are they accurate? Nutrients. 2014. 22;6(8):3326-35. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu6083326.
Arcand J, Au JTC, Schermel A, L’Abbe MR. A comprehensive analysis of sodium levels in the Canadian packaged food supply. American Journal of Preventative Medicine. 2014;46(6):633-42. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2014.01.012.
Niebylski ML, Lu T, Campbell NRC, Arcand J, Schermel A, Hua D, Yeates KE, Tobe SW, Twohig PA, L’Abbe MR, Liu PP. Healthy Food Procurement Policies, and their Impact. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2014;3;11(3):2608-27. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110302608.
Arcand J, Abdulaziz K, Bennett C, L’Abbe MR, Manuel DG. Developing a web-based dietary sodium screening tool for personalized assessment and feedback. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism. 2014;39(3):413-414. doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2013-0322.
Mendoza J, Schram GA, Arcand J, Henson S, L’Abbe MR. Assessment of consumers' level of engagement in following recommendations for lowering sodium intake. Appetite. 2014; 73:51-57. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2013.10.007.
Wong CL, Arcand J, Mendoza J, Henson S, Qi Y, Lou W, L’Abbe MR. Consumer attitudes and understanding of low sodium claims on food: An analysis of healthy and hypertensive individuals. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2013;97(6):1288-98. doi: https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.112.052910.
Schermel A, Emrich TE, Arcand J, Wong CL, L’Abbe MR. Nutrition Marketing on Processed Food Packages in Canada: 2010 Food Label Information Program". Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism. 2013;38(6):666-72. doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2012-0386.
Food Monitoring Group. Progress with a global branded food composition database. Food Chemistry. 2013;140(3):451-7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.10.065.
Arcand J, Mendoza J, Qi Y, Henson S, Lou W, L’Abbe MR. Results of national survey examining Canadians’ concern, actions, barriers, and support for dietary sodium reduction interventions. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2013; 29:628-631. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2013.01.018.
Arcand J, L’Abbe MR, Newton GE. Hospital Salt – Reply. JAMA – Internal Medicine. 2013;11;173(5):391-2. doi: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2545.
Emrich T, Arcand J, L’Abbe MR. Front-of-Pack nutrition labelling: a missed opportunity? Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2012;103 (4): 260-2. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03404231.
Dunford E, Webster J, Metzler AB, Czernichow S, Ni Mhurchu C, Wolmarans P, Snowdon W, L'Abbe M, Li N, Maulik PK, Barquera S, Schoj V, Allemandi L, Samman N, de Menezes EW, Hassell T, Ortiz J, Salazar de Ariza J, Rahman AR, de Núñez L, Garcia MR, van Rossum C, Westenbrink S, Thiam LM, MacGregor G, Neal B; Food Monitoring Group. International collaborative project to compare and monitor the nutritional composition of processed foods. European Journal of Preventative Cardiology. 2012;19(6):1326-32. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1741826711425777.
Arcand J, Steckham K, Tzianetas R, L’Abbe M, Newton GE. Evaluation of sodium levels in hospital patient menus. Archives of Internal Medicine (JAMA Internal Medicine). 2012;172(16):1261-2. Editorial comment by Bibbins-Domingo K. doi: https://doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2368.
Food Monitoring Group. International collaborative project to compare and track the nutritional composition of fast foods. BMC Public Health. 2012; 12:559. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-559.
