Simone Pettigrew

About Professor Simone Pettigrew

Program Head, Food Policy

  • PhD (Consumer Research)

Professor Simone Pettigrew is the Head of Food Policy. She has qualifications in Economics, Marketing, and Consumer Psychology. Her broad areas of expertise include behavioural psychology, health promotion, health policy, communications, social marketing, and intervention research.

Along with nutrition, her substantive areas of research include obesity, physical activity, alcohol consumption, smoking, active transport, and healthy ageing. Simone sits on numerous advisory committees and regularly performs research consultancies for NGO and government entities. To date, she has published more than 400 peer-reviewed papers and produced more than 160 technical reports for NGOs and government departments.

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Publications

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Concerned but confused: Australian consumers’ awareness, understanding, and recognition of ultra-processed foods

Appetite Date published:

Beyond the label: analyzing the presence and information behind the QR codes on alcohol containers in 13 European countries

International Journal of Drug Policy Date published:

Assessing the impact of voluntary food reformulation targets: Mid-point assessment of Australia’s voluntary sodium and saturated fat reduction policy

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition Date published:

Stakeholder perspectives on scaling up potassium-enriched salt to reduce cardiovascular disease in Australia: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health Date published:

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