Jess Fanzo’s publications

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Peer-reviewed

journal articles

Chakrabarti, A., Harou, A.P., Fanzo, J., and Palm, C (2023) Exploring agriculture-child nutrition pathways: Evidence from Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Program. Food Security. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-023-01416-x 

Schneider, K. R., Fanzo, J., Haddad, L., Herrero, M., Moncayo, J. R., Herforth, A., ... & Wiebe, K. (2023). The state of food systems worldwide in the countdown to 2030. Nature Food4(12), 1090-1110.

Dietz, W.H. and Fanzo, J. (2023) Mitigation of the U.S. agrifood sector’s contribution to human and planetary health: a case study. Front. Nutr., 16 November 2023 Sec. Nutrition and Sustainable Diets. Volume 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1297214 

Carducci, B., Jaegermeyer, J., Ruane, A., and Fanzo, J. (2023) Rising to the challenge: Producing and sustaining a nutrient-dense and climate-resilient food basket for all, One Earth (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.006 

Becker, S., Fanzo, J. Population and food systems: what does the future hold? Popul Environ 45, 20 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-023-00431-6 

Fanzo, J., McLaren, R., Bellows, A., and Carducci, B. (2023) Challenges and opportunities for increasing the effectiveness of food reformulation and fortification to improve dietary and nutrition outcomes. Food Policy, 119: 102515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102515.

Walton, S, Hawkes, C, and Fanzo, J. (2023) Searching for the essential: Exploring practitioners’ views on actions for re-orienting food systems towards healthy diets. Global Food Security 27: 100687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2023.100687.

Dagys, K., Agipar, B., Tsolmon, S., Ringler, C., Bellisario, K., & Fanzo, J. (2023). Maximizing nutrition in key food value chains of Mongolia under climate change. Food Policy117, 102468. 

Fanzo, J. and Miachon, L. (2023) Harnessing the connectivity of climate change, food systems and diets: Taking action to improve human and planetary health. Anthropocene, 100381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2023.100381

Shepon, A., Wu, T., Kremen, C., Dayan, T., Perfecto, I., Fanzo, J., Eshel, G., and Golden, C. (2023) Exploring scenarios for the food system–zoonotic risk interface. The Lancet Planetary Health, 7 (4) e329-e335. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00007-4.

Naylor, R., Fang, S., and Fanzo, J. (2023) A global view of aquaculture policy. Food Policy, 116, 102422, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102422

Beal, T., Ortenzi, F., and Fanzo, J (2023) Estimated micronutrient shortfalls of the EAT–Lancet planetary health diet. The Lancet Planetary Health. 7(3): e233-e237. doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00006-2.

Manohar S, Downs S, Shaikh S, Mak S, Sok S, Graham E, Miachon L, Fanzo J. (2023) Riverine food environments and food security: a case study of the Mekong River, Cambodia. Bull World Health Organ. 101(2):140–8. doi: 10.2471/BLT.22.288830. Epub 2022 Dec 8. PMCID: PMC9874365.

Ambikapathi, R., Schneider, K., Davis, B., Herrero, M., Winters, P., and Fanzo, J. (2022) Global food system transitions and patterns in the last decades: what have we learned so far? A Country-Level Perspective. Accepted in: Nature Food.

Clark, M., Bandy, L., Scarborough, P., Rayner, M., Springmann, M., Harrington, R., Macdiarmid, J. I., Fanzo, J., Tilman, D., & Hill, J. (2022). Estimating the environmental impacts of 57,000 food products. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  doi: 10.1073/pnas.2120584119; 08

Mason-D’Croz, D., Barnhill, A., Bernstein, J., Bugard, J., Dennis, G., Dixon, P., Fanzo, J., Herrero, M., McLaren, R., Palmer, J., Rieder, T., Rimmer, M., Faden, R. (2022) Ethical implications of alternative plant-based beef substitutes in the United States: a general equilibrium modelling study. Lancet Planetary Health. 6: e658–69

Herforth, A., Bellows, A., Marshall, Q., McLaren, R., Beal, T., Nordhagen, S., Remans, R., Carmona, N.E., and Fanzo, J. (2022) Diagnosing the performance of food systems to increase accountability towards healthy diets and environmental sustainability. PLOS One 17(7): e0270712.

Barnhill, A., Bernstein, J., Faden, R., McLaren, R., Rieder, T., and Fanzo, J.C. (2022) Moral Reasons for Individuals in High-Income Countries to Limit Beef Consumption. Food Ethics 7, 11.

Fanzo, J. (2022) The need for nuance with dietary data. Am. J. Clin. Nut.

Fanzo, J. (2022). This is our last goodbye. Global Food Security33, 100644.

Béné C, Fanzo J, Achicanoy HA, Lundy M (2022) Can economic development be a driver of food system sustainability? Empirical evidence from a global sustainability index and a multi-country analysis. PLOS Sustain Transform 1(5): e0000013.

Garton, K., Kraak, V., Fanzo, J., Sacks, G., Vandevijvere, S., Haddad, L., . . . Swinburn, B. (2022). A collective call to strengthen monitoring and evaluation efforts to support healthy and sustainable food systems: ‘The Accountability Pact’. Public Health Nutrition, 1-13.

Downs, S. M., Ahmed, S., Warne, T., Fanzo, J., & Loucks, K. (2022). The global food environment transition based on the socio-demographic index. Global Food Security33, 100632.

Downs, S. M., Nicholas, K., Linn, K. K., & Fanzo, J. (2022). Examining the trade-offs of palm oil production and consumption from a sustainable diets perspective: lessons learned from Myanmar. Public Health Nutrition25(4), 964-976.

Ronto R, Saberi G, Leila Robbers GM, Godrich S, Lawrence M, Somerset S, Fanzo, J, Chau, JY. (2022) Identifying effective interventions to promote consumption of protein-rich foods from lower ecological footprint sources: A systematic literature review. PLOS Global Public Health 2(3): e0000209.

Fanzo, J., Shawar, Y.B., and Shiffman, J. (2022). Managing Differences Among Pro-Nutrition Actors on Corporate Engagement. Int. J. Health Policy Management.

Sovacool, B, Newell, P, Carley, S, and Fanzo, J. (2022) Equity technological innovation, and sustainable behavior in a low-carbon future. Nature Human Behavior 6: 326-337.

Fanzo, J. C. and Downs, S. M. (2021). Climate change and nutrition-associated diseases. Nature Reviews Disease Primers7(1), 1-2.

Fanzo, J. (2021). Make this food moment meaningful: A call to the scientific Community. Global Food Security Journal (31): 100597.

Asseng S, Palm, CA, Anderson, JL, Fresco, L, Sanchez, PA, Asche, F, Garlock, TM, Fanzo, J, Smith, MD, Knapp, G, Jarvis, A, Adesogan, A, Capua, I, Hoogenboom, G, Despommier, DD, Conti, L and Garrett KA (2021). Implications of new technologies for future food supply systems. The Journal of Agricultural Science 159 (5-6), 315–319.

Gaupp, F., Ruggeri Laderchi, C., Lotze-Campen, H., DeClerck, F., Bodirsky, B.L., Lowder, S., Popp, A., Kanbur, R., Edenhofer, O., Nugent, R. and Fanzo, J. (2021). A Framework to Guide a Transformation towards a Healthy, Nature-positive and Inclusive Food System. Nature Food. 2(12), pp.928-934.

Marshall, Q, Fanzo, J, Barrett, C, Jones, A, Herforth, A, and McLaren, R (2021) Building a Global Food Systems Typology: A New Tool for Reducing Complexity in Food Systems Analysis. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 5: 482-495.

Singh BK, Arnold T, Biermayr-Jenzano P, Broerse J, Brunori G, Caron P, De Schutter O, Fan S, Fanzo J, Fraser E, Gurinovic M. (2021) Enhancing science–policy interfaces for food systems transformation. Nature Food. Nov 3:1-5.

Fanzo J, Haddad L, Schneider KR, Béné C, Covic NM, Guarin A, Herforth AW, Herrero M, Sumaila UR, Aburto NJ, Amuyunzu-Nyamongo M. (2021) Rigorous monitoring is necessary to guide food system transformation in the countdown to the 2030 global goals. Food Policy. Oct 1;104:102163.

Fanzo, J, Rudie, C, Sigman, I, Grinspoon, S, Benton, TG, Brown, ME, Covic, N, Fitch, K, Golden, CD, Grace, D, Hivert, MF, Huybers, P, Jaacks, LM, Masters, WA, Nisbett, N, Richardson, RA, Singleton, CR, Webb, P, and Willett, WC. (2021) Sustainable food systems and nutrition in the 21st century: A report from the 22nd annual harvard nutrition obesity symposium. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, nqab315, 

Books &

book chapters

Barrett, CB, Benton, T, Fanzo, J, Herrero, M, Nelson, RJ, Bageant, E, Buckler, E, Cooper, K, Culotta, I, Fan, S, Ghandhi, R, James, S, Kahn, M, Lawson-Lartego, L, Liu, J, Marshall, Q, Mason D’Croz, D, Mathys, A, Mathys, C, Mazariegos-Anastassiou, V, Miller, A, Misra,, K, Mude, A, Shen, J, Sibanda LM, Song, C, Steiner, R, Thornton, P, and Wood, S. (2022) Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation. Sustainable Development Goal Series. Palgrave MacMillan, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88802-2

Fanzo J (2021) Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet? Johns Hopkins University Press. Wavelength Series, Baltimore USA.

Fanzo J and Davis C (2021). Global Food Systems, Diets and Nutrition: Linking Science, Economics and Policy (as part of a series book series on Agricultural Economics and Food Policy by Christopher Barrett.  Palgrave Macmillan, Switzerland.

Barling D and Fanzo J (Editors) (2019). Advances in Food Security and Sustainability. Volume 4. Elsevier, Cambridge MA.

Barling D and Fanzo J (Editors) (2018). Advances in Food Security and Sustainability. Volume 3. Elsevier, Cambridge MA.

Fanzo J and Hunter D (Editors) (2013). Diversifying Food and Diets: Using Agricultural Biodiversity to Improve Nutrition and Health. Earthscan (as part of the series Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity).

Mehra, D, de Pee, S, Fanzo, J and Bloem M (2021) Greening Food Demand in Less-Advanced Economies. Chapter 6 In: The Economics of Sustainable Food: Smart Policies for Health and the Planet. Editor: Batini, N. Island Press. Washington DC USA. Pp 140-154.

Fanzo, J. (2020) No Food Security, No World Order. Chapter 8. In: COVID-19 and World Order: the Future of Conflict, Competition and Cooperation. Eds: Brands, H and Gavin, F. Johns Hopkins University Press Pp 148-168.

Fanzo, J. (2020) Feeding the World (Well): A Moral Imperative. Chapter 1 In: Feed the World Well: A Framework for Ethical Food Systems. Ed: Alan M Goldberg. Johns Hopkins University Press.pp 9-20.

Spiker, M., Ickes, S and Fanzo, J. (2020) Underlying determinants of malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries and nutrition-sensitive approaches to improve nutrition. Chapter 13. In: Public Health Nutrition: Essentials for Practitioners. Johns Hopkins University Press. Pg 295.

Hawkes, C. and Fanzo, J. (2020). Health. Chapter 1. In: Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems. Edited by Mark Lawrence and Sharon Friehl. Routledge, New York, NY.

Davis C and Fanzo J (2019) An Overview of Ethical Issues in Food, Water, and Nutrition in Public Health. Chapter 47. In: Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics. Edited by Anna C. Mastroianni, Jeffrey P. Kahn, and Nancy E. Kass. Oxford Press UK.

Fanzo J (2019) Malnutrition, Public Health, and Ethics. Chapter 49. In: Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics. Edited by Anna C. Mastroianni, Jeffrey P. Kahn, and Nancy E. Kass, Oxford Press UK.

Fanzo, J (2019). Biodiversity: An Essential Natural Resource for Improving Diets and Nutrition. Chapter 4. In: Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Seizing the Momentum. Editors: Shenggen Fan, Sivan Yosef, and Rajul Pandya-Lorch. CABI and IFPRI, Oxfordshire, UK. Pp. 36-46.

Fanzo, J and Swartz, H (2019) Attaining a healthy and sustainable diet. Chapter 10. In: Sustainable Diets: Linking Nutrition and Food systems. Editors: Barbara Burlingame and Sandro Dernini. CABI, Oxfordshire UK. Pp. 99-112.

Stewart, C, Fanzo, J, West, K and Black, R, (2018) Nutrition. Chapter 7. In: Global Health: Diseases, Programs, Systems, and Policies. Volume 4. Jones & Bartlett Learning. Pp. 259-333.

Fanzo J and Swartz H (2017) Nutrition Sensitive Interventions for the First 1000 Days. In: The Biology Behind the First 1000 Days of Life. Editors: Crystal D Karakochuk, Kyly C. Whitfield, Tim J Green, Klaus Kraemer. CRC Press. Pp 389-408.

Fanzo J, Downs, S, Marshall, Q, de Pee, S and Bloem M (2017) Value chains for Nutrition. In: Nutrition in Developing Countries. 753-770. Humana Press, Cham.

Fanzo J, and Graziose M (2017) Developing Capacity in Nutrition. In: Nutrition in Developing Countries. 67-88. Humana Press, Cham.

Fanzo, J. (2016) Food Policies’ Roles on Nutrition Goals and Outcomes: Connecting of Food and Public Health Systems. In: International Food Law and Policy. Editors: Steier, Gabriela, Patel, Kiran. Springer. Pp 213-251.

Denning G and Fanzo J. (2016). Ten Forces Shaping the Global Food System. Chapter 1.1 In: Good Nutrition: Perspectives for the 21st Century. Editors: Eggersdorfer M, Kraemer K, Cordaro JB, Fanzo J, Gibney M, Kennedy E, Labrique A, Steffen J. Basel, Krager. Pp 19-30.

Downs, S and Fanzo J. (2016). Managing Value Chains for Improved Nutrition. Chapter 1.3 In: Good Nutrition: Perspectives for the 21st Century. Editors: Eggersdorfer M, Kraemer K, Cordaro JB, Fanzo J, Gibney M, Kennedy E, Labrique A, Steffen J. Basel, Krager. Pp 45-59.

Thomson, M, Fanzo J and Haddad, L (2016) Nutrition and Climate: Requirements for mitigating the influence of climate change. Chapter 3.2 In: Good Nutrition: Perspectives for the 21st Century. Editors: Eggersdorfer M, Kraemer K, Cordaro JB, Fanzo J, Gibney M, Kennedy E, Labrique A, Steffen J. Basel, Krager. Pp 145-159.

Fanzo, J. (2016) Sustainable Diets for Nutrition and Environmental Health: The impact of food choices, dietary patterns and consumerism on the planet. Chapter 3.3 In: Good Nutrition: Perspectives for the 21st Century. Editors: Eggersdorfer M, Kraemer K, Cordaro JB, Fanzo J, Gibney M, Kennedy E, Labrique A, Steffen J. Basel, Krager. Pp 160-172.

Fanzo, J, Remans R, Termonte, C (2015) Smallholders, agro-biodiversity and mixed cropping and livestock systems. In: Handbook of Food and Nutrition Security, Routledge, UK. Chapter 20, pp. 299-318.

Fanzo, J, Negin, J., Remans, R., Pronyk, P. Motuo, P., Wariero, J., Masira, J., Duru, W., Nemser, B., Kim, D., Muniz, M., Palm, C., Sachs, SE, Sanchez, P and Sachs, JD. (2011) A 3-year cohort study to assess an integrated food- and livelihood-based approach to better nutrition in rural western Kenya. In: Combating Micronutrient Deficiency: Food-based Approaches. Edited by B Thompson, and L Amoroso, FAO and CABI Italy. Chapter 4.

Fanzo, J, Remans, R. and Sanchez, P. (2011) The Role of Chemistry in Addressing Hunger and Food Security. In: The Chemical Element: Chemistry’s Contribution to Our Global Future, First Edition. Edited by Javier Garcia-Martinez, Elena Serrano-Torregros. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. Chapter 2.

Remans, R., Fanzo, J., Palm, C.A., DeClerk, F. (2011) Human Nutrition as an Ecological Service.  In Integrating Ecology into Poverty Alleviation and International Development Efforts: A Practical Guide De Clerck, F., Ingram, JC., Rumbaitis del Rio, C. Eds. Springer, New York, Vol. 1. Chapter 2.1.2.

Reports &

discussion papers

Food Systems Countdown Initiative. 2023. The food systems countdown report 2023: The state of food systems worldwide. New York: Columbia University; Ithaca: Cornell University; Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Geneva: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). https://doi.org/10.36072/fsci2023.

Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Webb, P., Sonnino, R., Fraser, E. and Arnold T., Everyone at the Table: Transforming food systems by connecting science, policy and society, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2022 (https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/440690).

Ruel M.T. and Fanzo, J. (2022) Nutrition and Climate Change: Shifting to Healthy Sustainable Diets. In: International Food Policy Research Institute’s Global Food Policy Report 2022. Washington, DC.

Herrero, M., Mason-D’Croz, D., Thornton, P.K., Fanzo, J., Rushton, J., Godde, C., Bellows, A., de Groot, A., Palmer, J., Chang, J. and van Zanten, H., (2021) Livestock and sustainable food systems: status, trends, and priority actions. UN Food Systems Summit Brief.

Hendricks, S., de Groot Ruiz, A., Herrero Acosta, M., Baumers, H., Galgani, P., Mason-D'Croz, D., Godde, C., Waha, K., Kanidou, D., von Braun, J., Benitez, M., Blanke, J., Caron, P., Fanzo, J., Greb, F. Haddad, L., Herforth, A., Jordaan, D., Masters, W., Sadoff, C., Soussanaa, J., Tirado, MC, Torero, M., Watkins, M. (2021) The True Cost and True Price of Food. UN Food Systems Summit Brief. https://sc-fss2021.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/UNFSS_true_cost_of_food.pdf

Leape, J., Micheli, F., Tigchelaar, M., Allison, E.H., Basurto, X., Bennett, A., Bush, S.R., Cao, L., Crona, B., DeClerck, F., Fanzo, J., Gephart, J., Gelcich, S., Golden, C., Hicks, C., Kishore, Al, Koehn, Z., Little, D.C., Naylor, R.L., Selig, E., Short, R.E., Sumaila, R., Thilsted, S., Troell, M., and Wabnitz, C. (2021) The Vital Roles of Blue Foods in the Global Food System. UN Food Systems Summit Brief. https://sc-fss2021.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FSS_Brief_Blue_Economy_MT.pdf

SouSoussana, J. F., Weill, C., Caron P., Chotte, J. L., Joly  P. B., AggarwaL, P., Axelos, M;  De Boer, I, Caquet, T., Caranta, C., Chemineau, P., Cherbut, C., Denis, D., Fanzo, J., Flammarion, P., Guégan, J. F., Gouel, C., Halley des Fontaines, S., Hamant, O., Hannah, D., Hetherington, M.,Huyghe, C., Kao, C., Kremer, A., Langridge, P., Leadley, P., Lee, M., Lindner, M., Loconto, A., Lopes, M. A., Masson-Delmotte, V., Matthews, A., Mille, R., Naiman, R. J., Riboli, E., Schot, J., Sokona, Y., Stirling, A., Tomé, D., Tomei, M. C., Treyer, S., Visser, S., Wery, J., Whitmee, S., INRAE (2021). International Science Foresight Workshop: Global Challenges and Research Gaps. The Royaumont process: INRAE (France), 25 p, DOI:10.15454/m3k7-j656

Hawkes, C., Walton, S., Haddad, L., Fanzo, J. (2020) 42 policies and actions to orient food systems towards healthier diets for all. London: Centre for Food Policy, City, University of London.

Barrett, Christopher B., Tim Benton, Jessica Fanzo, Mario Herrero, Rebecca J. Nelson, Elizabeth Bageant, Edward Buckler, Karen Cooper, Isabella Culotta, Shenggen Fan, Rikin Gandhi, Steven James, Mark Kahn, Laté Lawson Lartego, Jiali Liu, Quinn Marshall, Daniel Mason-D’Croz, Alexander Mathys, Cynthia Mathys, Veronica Mazariegos-Anastassiou, Alesha (Black) Miller, Kamakhya Misra, Andrew G. Mude, Jianbo Shen, Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Claire Song, Roy Steiner, Philip Thornton, and Stephen Wood. Socio-technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-food Systems Transformation, Report of the International Expert Panel on Innovations to Build Sustainable, Equitable, Inclusive Food Value Chains. Ithaca, NY, and London: Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Springer Nature, 2020.

Fanzo, J and McLean, R (2020) The Product Reformulation Journey So Far: An Assessment. Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). Discussion Paper #8. Geneva Switerland. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36072/dp.8.

Fanzo J, Shawar, YR, Shyam, T, Das, S and Shiffman, J. Food System PPPs: Can they Advance Public Health and Business Goals at the Same Time? Analysis and Ideas for Moving Forward. Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). Discussion Paper #6. Geneva, Switzerland, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36072/dp.6

Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. 2020. Future Food Systems: For people, our planet, and prosperity. London, UK. Project Lead Expert Group for Foresight 2.0 Report.

Reardon, T, Tschirley, D, Liverpool-Tasie, S, Fanzo, J, Solislager, M, Sauer, C, Dhar, R, Vargas, C and Popkin B (2020). The food system transformation and it links with the underweight and the overweight/obesity burden in sub-Saharan Africa. FAO. Rome.

FAO and WHO (2019) Summary Paper 2: The role of healthy diets in creating environmentally sustainable food systems Authors: Michael Clark, Jennie Macdiarmid, Andrew D. Jones, Janet Ranganathan, Mario Herrero and Jessica Fanzo. In:  Sustainable healthy diets – Guiding principles. Rome.

Fanzo, J (2019) Considering Ethics Along the Data Value Chain for Nutrition. In: Data in Nutrition. Sight and Life, Vol 33(1), 122-126.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2019). Climate Change and Land: An IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. Contributing Author to Chapter 5 on Food Security. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/srccl/

Rawe T, Antonelli M, Chatrchyan A, Clayton T, Fanzo J, Gonsalves J, Matthews A, Nierenberg D, Zurek M. 2019. Transforming food systems under climate change: Local to global policy as a catalyst for change. CCAFS Working Paper no. 271. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Available online at: www.ccafs.cgiar.org.

Development Initiatives (2018) Global Nutrition Report 2018: Shining a Light to Spur Action on Nutrition. Bristol, UK: Development Initiatives. Lead Writer and Co-Chair.

Fanzo, J (2018) Addressing Capacity Challenges: Breaking down silos in the nutrition community. In: The Double Burden of Malnutrition. Sight and Life, Vol 32(2): 36-40.

Fanzo, J. and Swartz, H. (2018) Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition: The importance of production systems and agrobiodiversity for Mexico. In: UNESCO Innovacion para el desarrollo sosteinible. Editors: Nuria Sanz y Carlos Tejada. 211-224.

Kennedy, E and Fanzo, J (2018). Overweight, obesity and the food environment: Are there Solutions in: Advancing equity, equality and non-discrimination in food systems: Pathways to reform. UNSCN News 43. Rome, Italy. 43-49.

Herforth, A, Ahmed, S, DeClerck, F, Fanzo, J and Remans R. (2017) Creating sustainable, resilient food systems for healthy diets. In: A Spotlight on the Nutrition Decade, UNSCN news 42. Rome. 15-22.

WHO (2017) Accelerated Nutrition Improvements (ANI) in sub-Saharan Africa. WHO, Geneva. Lead Writer.

United Nations HLPE (2017) Nutrition and food systems. A report by the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security, Rome.  Team Leader and Lead Writer.

Development Initiatives (2017) Global Nutrition Report 2017: Nourishing the SDGs. Bristol, UK: Development Initiatives. Lead Writer and Co-Chair.

Fanzo, J, McLaren, R, Profumo, G, Boavida, J (2017) Strategic Review of Timor Leste- Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 2.

Fanzo, J, McLaren, R, Davis, C and Choufani, J. (2017) Nutrition, Diet, and Food System Risks with Climate Change and Variability. IFPRI, G-CAN Project, Washington, DC.

Jerling, J, Pelletier, D, Fanzo, J, and Covic, N. (2016) Supporting Multisectoral Action: Capacity and Nutrition Leadership Challenges Facing Africa. Chapter 11. In: Covic, N. and S. L. Hendriks (Eds). 2016. Achieving a Nutrition Revolution for Africa: The Road to Healthier Diets and Optimal Nutrition. ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 

Fanzo, J (2016) Non-Communicable Diseases, Food Systems and the Sustainable Development Goals. Food Systems Issue. Sight and Life, Vol. 30 (1): 34-40.

Fanzo, J, Hawkes, C, & Rosettie, K. (2016). Making SMARTer commitments to nutrition action: Global nutrition report guidance note. Intl Food Policy Res Inst.

Fanzo, J and Arakelian, M. (2015). Progress against nutrition for growth commitments. Pp. 27-38. In: Global Nutrition Report, IFPRI, Washington DC.