Member Profile
Membership type: full
Violeta Chacón
Country of origin: Guatemala Currently in: United States, Boston General field of specialization: Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences-
Degrees
2006 Undergraduate Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences2012 Master Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences -
Current Research Activities
Other
Food policy (marketing, packaging, and labeling); Behavioral interventions for childhood obesity prevention; Food environments in school
Publications resulting from Research:
Chacon V, Letona P, Barnoya J. Child-oriented marketing techniques in snack food packages in Guatemala. BMC Public Health. 2013;13:967.
Letona P, Chacon V, Roberto C, Barnoya J. Effects of licensed characters on children's taste and snack preferences in Guatemala, a low/middle income country. International Journal of Obesity. 2014;38(11):1466-9
Letona P, Chacon V, Roberto C, Barnoya J. A qualitative study of children's snack food packaging perceptions and preferences. BMC Public Health. 2014. 14:1274.
Chacon V, Letona P, Villamor E, Barnoya J. Snack food advertising in stores around public schools in Guatemala. Critical Public Health. 2014; 25(3), 291-298.
Soo J, Letona P, Chacon V, Barnoya J, Roberto C. Nutritional quality and child-oriented marketing of breakfast cereals in Guatemala. International Journal of Obesity. 2015; 40(1):39-44
Madrigal L, Adams I, Chacon V, Barnoya J. Perceived barriers to achieving a healthy weight: a qualitative study using focus groups at public and private schools in Guatemala City. BMC Public Health 2017; 17(1):1-6
Godin K, Chacon V, Barnoya J, Leatherdale S. The school environment and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among Guatemalan adolescents. Public Health Nutrition 2017; 1-8
Chacon V, Paraje G, Barnoya J, Chaloupka FJ. Own-price, cross-price, and expenditure elasticities on sugar-sweetened beverages in Guatemala. PLoS ONE, 2018. 13(10)
Kurschner, S., Madrigal, L., Chacon, V., Barnoya, J. and Rohloff, P. (2020), Impact of school and work status on diet and physical activity in rural Guatemalan adolescent girls: a qualitative study. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci.. doi:10.1111/nyas.14183
Current profession
Current professional activities type:OtherPhD student at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
Workshop and Conference Attended
2017 Atlanta, GA, USA American Public Health Association Meeting2016 Cape Town, South Africa World Public Health Nutrition Association Meeting2015 Montreal, Canada Canadian Conference on Global Health