Publications

Daniel publishes original research, reviews, commentaries, and opinions in leading international journals of nutrition, public health, and health policy. The list below is current as of August 2026; for the most up-to-date list, see his Google Scholar page.

2026

• Middleton CG, Zaltz DA, Lee JJ, L’Abbé MR. Evaluating and simulating long-term care menus to meet nutrient- and food-based standards. BMC Geriatrics. 2026. In press.
• Dooley K, Zaltz DA, Harding SV, Crichton K, Hammond D, Yi Y, Paquette MC, Wang P, Raine K, Prowse R. In-store beverage pricing and marketing before and after a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Newfoundland and Labrador. Public Health Nutrition. 2026;1-26.

2025

• Pomeroy M, Prowse R, Dooley K, Yi Y, Zaltz DA, Crichton K, Harding S. Exploring the relationship between boil water advisories and beverage attitudes and intake in adults in Newfoundland and Labrador. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 2025;51:1-11.
• Prowse R, Zaltz DA, Crichton K, Dooley K, Hammond D, Yi Y, Paquette MC, Wang P, Raine K, Harding S. Evaluating sugar-sweetened beverage tax effects: online price and sales data from grocers in Canada. Health Promotion International. 2025;40(6):daaf203.
• Hamamji S, Zaltz DA, L’Abbé MR. Association of the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide Food Choices Assessment Score with 10-year cardiovascular disease risk and heart age in Canadian adults. PLOS ONE. 2025. In Press.
• Zaltz DA, Prowse R, Yi Y, O’Dea J, Harding SV. Beverage consumption among adults in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada prior to the implementation of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax. BMC Public Health. 2025;25(1):1226.
• Hamamji S, Zaltz DA, L’Abbé MR. Cardiometabolic health, socioeconomic status, and 2019 Canada’s Food Guide Good Choices Assessment Score: Findings from the Canadian Health Measures Survey. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 2025;50:1-12.
• Flexner N, Zaltz DA, Greenthal E, Musicus AA, Ahmed M, L’Abbé MR. Estimating the dietary and health impact of implementing mandatory front-of-package nutrient disclosures in the US: a policy scenario modeling analysis. PLOS ONE. 2025;20(2):e0312638.
• Hamamji S, Ahmed M, Zaltz DA, L’Abbé MR. Development and evaluation of a food choices assessment score (FCAS) measuring the healthfulness of dietary choices according to 2019 Canada’s Food Guide/Canada’s Dietary Guidelines, using the Canadian Health Measures Survey food frequency questionnaire. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 2025;50:1-12.
• Zaltz DA, Neff RA, Ritchie LD, Benjamin-Neelon SE, & the ECE Beverage Collective. Child beverage consumption in US early care and education settings, 2008-2020. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 2025;57(5):416-424.
• Bucko A, McIver KL, Zaltz DA, Liu T, Neelon B, Benjamin-Neelon SE, Pate RR. ABC grow healthy practices and obesity-related health behaviors in family child care homes in South Carolina. Child: Care, Health, & Development. 2025;51(1):e70004.
• Zaltz DA, Weir BW, Neff RA, Benjamin-Neelon SE. Projected impact of replacing juice with whole fruit in early care and education. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2025;68(2):357-65.

2024

• Zaltz DA, Ahmed M, Vergeer L, Schermel A, L’Abbé MR. Free sugars in the Canadian diet: a research summary and future directions for food policy. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 2024;50:1-6.
• McIver KL, Zaltz DA, Neelon B, Bucko A, Benjamin-Neelon SE, Pate RR. Children’s physical activity in family child care homes: Influence of quality status, environment and policy features, and child characteristics. Child: Care, Health & Development. 2024;50(4):e13274.
• Zaltz DA, Mueller NT, Hoyo C, Østbye T, Benjamin-Neelon SE. Breastfeeding and less healthy beverage intake during the first year of life. Pediatric Obesity. 2024;19(1):e13086.

2023

• Pate RR, Zaltz DA, Neelon B, Liu T, Bucko A, Benjamin-Neelon SE. Policies, practices, and environmental characteristics among family child care homes in South Carolina. Childhood Obesity. 2023;20(6):442-47.
• Zaltz DA. Leveraging the Child and Adult Care Food Program to facilitate healthy behaviors and environments in early care and education settings. American Journal of Public Health. 2023;113(S3):S198-S20.
• Bleiweiss-Sande R, Skelton K, Zaltz DA, Bacardí-Gascón M, Jiménez-Cruz A, Benjamin-Neelon SE. Interventions to prevent obesity in Latinx children birth to six years globally: A systematic review. Public Health Nutrition. 2023;1-43.
• Zaltz DA, Lee DL, Woodward-Lopez G, Ritchie LD, Bleich SN, Benjamin-Neelon SE. Adherence to healthy default beverage laws for children’s meals in 3 US cities. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2023;65(1):67-73.

2022

• Zaltz DA, Pate RR, Liu T, McIver KL, Neelon B, Benjamin-Neelon SE. Young children’s dietary quality in family childcare and in their own home. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2022;123(8):1197-1206.
• Zaltz DA, Bisi LE, Ruskin G, Hoe C. How independent is the International Food Information Council from the food and beverage industry? A content analysis of internal industry documents. Globalization and Health. 2022;18:91.
• Liu T, Broverman S, Puffer ES, Zaltz DA, Thorne-Lyman AL, Benjamin-Neelon SE. Dietary diversity and dietary patterns in school-aged children in Western Kenya: a latent class analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022;19:9130.
• Zaltz DA, Grossman ET, Lucas SA, Ruffin M, Benjamin-Neelon SE. University pouring rights contracts: provisions that may protect companies from beverage policies. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2022;62(6):E367-E370.

2020

• Neff RA, Zaltz DA, Hecht AA, Pate RR, Neelon B, O’Neill JR, Benjamin-Neelon SE. Preschool healthy food policy did not increase percent of food wasted: evidence from the Carolinas. Nutrients. 2020;12:3024.
• Skelton K, Lowe C, Zaltz DA, Benjamin-Neelon SE. Garden-based interventions and early childhood health: an umbrella review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2020;17:121.
• Zaltz DA, Hecht AA, Neff RA, Pate RR, Neelon B, O’Neill JR, Benjamin-Neelon SE. Healthy eating policy improves children’s diet quality in early care and education in South Carolina. Nutrients. 2020;12:1753.
• Zaltz DA, Hecht AA, Pate RR, O’Neill JR, Neelon B, Benjamin-Neelon SE. Participation in the child and adult care food program is associated with fewer barriers to providing healthier foods in early care and education centers. BMC Public Health. 2020;20:856.
• Benjamin-Neelon S, Liu T, Puffer ES, Turner L, Zaltz DA, Thorne-Lyman A, Broverman S. A garden-based intervention to improve dietary diversity in Kenyan school children: results from a natural experiment. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2020;4(2):810.
• Gonzalez-Nahm S, Bhatti AM, Ames ML, Zaltz DA, Benjamin-Neelon SE. A public health messaging campaign to reduce caloric intake: feedback from expert stakeholders. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 2020;52(6):595-606.

2018

• Zaltz DA, Pate RR, O’Neill JR, Neelon B, Benjamin-Neelon SE. Barriers and facilitators to compliance with a state healthy eating policy in early care and education centers. Childhood Obesity. 2018;14(6):349-357.