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Hot off the presses! In Colombia, nutrient warnings help consumers identify sugary drinks and unhealthy foods and discourage their intake, and--spoiler alert-- octagon-shaped warnings (like Chile, Peru, and Mexico) perform best. mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/1…

"Nutrient warnings are an important strategy that should be leveraged as soon as possible." @MarissaGHall of UNC Public Health and @uncpopcenter.bsky.social and Anna Grummon of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in JAMA jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… cpc.unc.edu/news/viewpoint…

Our new study investigated parents’ perceptions & use of calorie labeling—messages to increase use should be nonjudgmental, fact-based, and highlight value, fullness, and easy meal component swaps 👍👍 Christina A. Roberto Jason Block Jim Krieger Christina Economos sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Nutrient warnings on foods could help inform consumers, encourage the food industry to make healthier products, benefit public health, counteract adverse industry marketing practices, and potentially improve health equity ja.ma/3myuMyR @MarissaGHall Anna Grummon

Thank to the The Atlantic for the interview.

In our new study led by Pasquale Rummo w/Marie A. Bragg, PhD, Christina A. Roberto & Alyssa Moran, we tested healthy default bevs & restrictions on unhealthy bevs on kids' menus—they didn't sig. reduce bev calories ordered, but real-world evals are needed Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Agree w/ @Neena_P, our JAMA Network Open commentary argues if Cook County had robust public health messaging+tax, part of the effect might have persisted after repeal (price is still likely biggest driver of tax effects). jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… Anna Grummon Healthy Food America

Come join the PEACH lab UPenn Medical Ethics & Health Policy! We are currently hiring a project coordinator: peachlab.org/job-opportunit… Food policy friends-please share! Shu Wen Ng, PhD Lindsey Smith Taillie @amusicus413 Anna Grummon John Cawley Pasquale Rummo Marie A. Bragg, PhD Jason Block Eric Rimm

Happy to share our new American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) paper on messaging to promote healthier kids' meals at restaurants—we found specific kcal recs may be most useful for parents Christina A. Roberto Jason Block Christina Economos Jim Krieger Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health authors.elsevier.com/a/1cdf62gOwG4d…

Join us for a conversation on #WorldObesityDay to discuss the evidence that supports #HealthyFoodPolicies on March 4th at 10 am EST with Bad Idea Ai Lindsey Smith Taillie & Marian Lorena Ibarra.

NEW: We’re proud to have supported this special issue of Nutrients MDPI on the importance of healthy meals in schools. The new research is based on USDA #SNMCS data collected by Mathematica. bit.ly/SNMCS-I #healthyschoolmeals

Yay! Congrats to Fernanda Mediano Stoltze on this new study showing that warning labels help reduce- but don’t eliminate- the misleading effects of nutrition claims on unhealthy foods. Policy lesson: warning label policies need to consider nutrition claims too.

🆕study The Lancet Planetary Health shows 🇿🇦ZA’s sugar-density sugary drink tax⬇️sugar from beverages by 51% (11g sugar/capita/day) vs what it would have been w/out Health Promotion Levy! doi.org/10.1016/S2542-… Wits_News Global Food Research Program at UNC-Chapel Hill @uncpopcenter.bsky.social UNC Department of Nutrition UWC

Thank you Christina J. Cross!!! This worked for me as well - first dose Moderna scheduled for next week. So happy I could cry!

What happens when UNC Department of Nutrition alums get together? We made an online experimental supermarket! 👀 at Lola’s Grocery below and check out our new protocol paper to learn more and how to do it. mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/9… Pasquale Rummo Prof Lindsay Jaacks

Using >250 million supermarket transactions: in-store promotions associated with large increases of promoted items (mostly unhealthy food/beverages); bigger effect in shoppers using SNAP Eric Rimm Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Anna Grummon Center for Science in the Public Interest @MGHRI Mongan Institute authors.elsevier.com/c/1gsBL2gOwGCF…

Our study with UCSF IHPS & UC Nutrition Policy found that the Water First school water intervention shows promise in overweight prevention. Thanks to the schools, parents, students, advisors, & researchers who contributed. Video results/materials in English/Spanish: researchinchildhealth.org/resources/wate…

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🎉VICTORY 🎉 The Sweet Truth Act has been passed by the New York City Council, requiring warnings on all menu items at chain restaurants that contain more than a day’s worth of added sugars. cspinet.org/press-release/…