Full Member
Violeta Chacón
Membership since:
2025
Field of activity:
Degrees:
2006
Undergraduate Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
2012
Master Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
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
American Public Health Association Meeting
2025
Atlanta, GA, USAWorld Public Health Nutrition Association Meeting
2025
Cape Town, South AfricaCanadian Conference on Global Health
2025
Montreal, Canada