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Making It AwkwardShare Diabetes with Maria? Soda Taxes Pt 1 with Dr. Kelly BrownellJessica Wilson, MS RD is joined by Dr. Kelly Brownell, Director Emeritus of the World Food Policy Center at Duke University. The two talk about soda taxes, food systems, policy, and marketing. Jessica asks Dr. Brownell about the Duke World Food Policy Center’s Identifying and Countering White Supremacy Culture in Food Systems report. And to wrap up, Dr. Brownell shares how he thinks we achieve healthy food as a human right. The show wants your feedback on this episode for Part 2! You can contact the show at makingitawkwardpod@gmail.comShopRite in Philadelphia Be...2025-03-1342 min
The Leading Voices in FoodRoots of Change – Successful, incentive-based food and farm policy advocacy Join Kelly Brownell in a conversation with Michael Dimock, Executive Director of Roots of Change, about transforming food systems through innovative policies. Discover how Roots of Change collaborates with various stakeholders to create nutrition incentive programs and support sustainable agriculture, focusing on community-first approaches. Learn about pioneering projects, insights into policy influence, and the future of agricultural practices. This episode provides an optimistic view of the evolving food system landscape and the potential for significant positive change. Interview Summary Why don't we begin by you explaining what Roots of Change does. What's the mission and...2024-10-0818 min
The Leading Voices in FoodWhy we need a new food labeling system The first nutrition labels mandated by the Food and Drug Administration appeared on food packages in 1994. A key update occurred in 2016, informed by new science on the link between diet and chronic disease. Along the way, things like trans fats and added sugars were required, but all along, the labels have been laden with numbers and appear on the back or side of packages. There has long been interest in more succinct and consumer-friendly labeling systems that might appear on the front of packages. Such systems exist outside the US, but for political reasons and lobbying by the food...2024-05-0217 min
ILL EFFECTSDoes Barbie give girls eating disorders?Barbie has been accused of a lot over the last 7 decades, but her most enduring criticism is that she sets unrealistic beauty standards for young girls. Ben talks Rich through the curious history of Barbie as a toy and a “role model”, the sometimes-warped world of body image research, and a creepy life-size doll that walks on all fours.
Show Notes:
Anschutz, Doeschka J., and Rutger CME Engels (2010). "The effects of playing with thin dolls on body image and food intake in young girls." Sex Roles 63, 621-630.
[Video] CNN: Woman Makes Life-Size Barbie Look-Alike
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The Leading Voices in FoodWhen babies inherit Mom’s trauma-affected gut microbiomeA diversity of bacteria and microorganisms making up the gut microbiome supports both our physical and our mental health. Research has shown that stress and trauma can negatively impact the microbiome. But a recent study took that finding to a new level. This was a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Scientists now see inflammation-related microbiomes in babies born to women who experienced mistreatment or adversity during their own childhood. These microbiomes predispose children to physical and mental health problems. We'll talk today with the co-author of that paper, Fran Querdasi, from the University...2023-10-1210 min
Policy 360Soda Tax 101Being obese puts people at risk for chronic disease like diabetes and is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. In this episode we explore a policy approach to deal with this epidemic – a tax on sugary drinks. Kelly Brownell, director of the World Food Policy Center at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University breaks down the research and policy behind the approach. Subscribe to the Leading Voices in Food podcast Read the episode transcript Music: Donnalee by Blue Dot Sessions / Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2020-01-0824 min
The Leading Voices in FoodHow FoodCorps and Walmart are Driving Food Security in the USImagine you would like to address food and food insecurity in particular and could start with a blank slate, what kind of programs and practices would make sense given the incredible array of possibilities? Our guest today, Curt Ellis and Karrie Denniston have addressed this issue in their own work. Welcome to The Leading Voices in Food. I'm Kelly Brownell, director of the world Food Policy Center at Duke University and professor of public policy at Duke. I'll begin by introducing Curt Ellis, who was co-founder and CEO of FoodCorps, a national organization affiliated with AmeriCorps. He h...2019-10-2829 min
The Leading Voices in FoodHunt Allcott on the Optimum Soda TaxToday's guest, Dr. Hunt Allcott, had two recent papers with colleagues Benjamin Lockwood and Dmitry Taubinsky, on whether soda taxes are effective, and how an optimal soda tax might be established. They were published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. These are important papers and an important time, given all the activity around the world on soda taxes. I'm Kelly Brownell, director of the World Food Policy Center at Duke University, and professor of public policy at Duke. Welcome to The Leading Voices in Food. Hunt Allcott is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research...2019-10-2110 min
The Leading Voices in FoodAllan Savory on Regenerative AgricultureRegenerative agriculture is a highly visible, interesting and promising approach to raising animals. The person credited for conceiving this approach, testing it and helping it spread around the world is our guest today, Allan Savory. I'm Kelly Brownell, Director of the World Food Policy Center at Duke University and professor of public policy at Duke. Welcome to the Leading Voices in Food. Allan Savory is from Zimbabwe and is a livestock farmer, author and ecologist, and is president and co-founder of the Savory Institute. He is credited with creating the holistic approach to agriculture management...2019-10-1518 min
The Leading Voices in FoodNeena Prasad on the Sound Benefits of Soda TaxesImagine you've come to work for a major foundation and were asked to create a program on obesity prevention. With the vast array of possible things one might do, how in the world would you choose what might have the most impact, and what would be the most cost effective? This was the task of our guest Dr Neena Prasad, who joined Bloomberg Philanthropies in 2008. I'm Kelly Brownell, Director of The World Food Policy Center at Duke University and professor of Public Policy at Duke. Welcome to The Leading Voices in Food. Neena Prasad is a primary...2019-10-0220 min
RadioRev8 - Rev Up 2019 Meet the Speakers Series with Kelly BrownellIn this episode, Revel CEO Jeff Fritz is talking with our Rev Up 2019 keynote speaker, Kelly Brownell. Kelly is currently the Director of the World Food Policy Center at Duke University. He is a renowned expert on behavioral science and food policy, and is known for his public policy work and research on obesity in the US.
We're excited to welcome Kelly to the Rev Up 2019 conference taking place in Minneapolis, MN August 14-15th. For more information about the event and to view the complete agenda visit: www.revupshow.com 2019-07-0925 min
Medical Education (Video)Connecting the Dots: Linking Food Systems Locally and Globally - Hunger for Change: Food Insecurity Stress and Obesity 2017 COAST/SSEW SymposiumFour leaders in food policy and law discuss troubling trends of food insecurity, poor diet, chronic disease and obesity along with novel strategies that can be implemented locally and globally. Panelists: Kelly Brownell, Duke University; Laura Schmidt, UCSF; Allison Korn, UCLA; Breanna Hawkins, LA Food Policy Council. Moderated by Emilie Aguirre, Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy at UCLA Law.
Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33241]2019-02-1400 min
Obesity Research and Prevention (Audio)Connecting the Dots: Linking Food Systems Locally and Globally - Hunger for Change: Food Insecurity Stress and Obesity 2017 COAST/SSEW SymposiumFour leaders in food policy and law discuss troubling trends of food insecurity, poor diet, chronic disease and obesity along with novel strategies that can be implemented locally and globally. Panelists: Kelly Brownell, Duke University; Laura Schmidt, UCSF; Allison Korn, UCLA; Breanna Hawkins, LA Food Policy Council. Moderated by Emilie Aguirre, Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy at UCLA Law.
Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33241]2019-02-1435 minObesity Research and Prevention (Video)Connecting the Dots: Linking Food Systems Locally and Globally - Hunger for Change: Food Insecurity Stress and Obesity 2017 COAST/SSEW SymposiumFour leaders in food policy and law discuss troubling trends of food insecurity, poor diet, chronic disease and obesity along with novel strategies that can be implemented locally and globally. Panelists: Kelly Brownell, Duke University; Laura Schmidt, UCSF; Allison Korn, UCLA; Breanna Hawkins, LA Food Policy Council. Moderated by Emilie Aguirre, Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy at UCLA Law.
Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33241]2019-02-1435 min
COAST: UCSF Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment (Video)Connecting the Dots: Linking Food Systems Locally and Globally - Hunger for Change: Food Insecurity Stress and Obesity 2017 COAST/SSEW SymposiumFour leaders in food policy and law discuss troubling trends of food insecurity, poor diet, chronic disease and obesity along with novel strategies that can be implemented locally and globally. Panelists: Kelly Brownell, Duke University; Laura Schmidt, UCSF; Allison Korn, UCLA; Breanna Hawkins, LA Food Policy Council. Moderated by Emilie Aguirre, Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy at UCLA Law.
Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33241]2019-02-1435 minCOAST: UCSF Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment (Audio)Connecting the Dots: Linking Food Systems Locally and Globally - Hunger for Change: Food Insecurity Stress and Obesity 2017 COAST/SSEW SymposiumFour leaders in food policy and law discuss troubling trends of food insecurity, poor diet, chronic disease and obesity along with novel strategies that can be implemented locally and globally. Panelists: Kelly Brownell, Duke University; Laura Schmidt, UCSF; Allison Korn, UCLA; Breanna Hawkins, LA Food Policy Council. Moderated by Emilie Aguirre, Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy at UCLA Law.
Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33241]2019-02-1435 minPolicy 360Season Premiere, Food PolicyKelly Brownell has stepped away from his role as dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy to launch a new World Food Policy Center at Duke University. He talks with the school's new dean, Judith Kelley, about key challenges that he hopes his new center will begin to address. For example, he hopes to get people in the food and food policy space talking to each other. The academic field is segmented, he says. "There is a lot of depth around particular topics but not much breadth across them and very little communications across them."2018-09-0422 minObesity Research and Prevention (Video)Strategic Research in Preventing Hunger and Obesity - Hunger for Change: Food Insecurity Stress and Obesity 2017 COAST/SSEW SymposiumKelly Brownell explores why research doesn’t get turned into policy and why perfect research may not create systemic change. He also explains why it is imperative for the growing population and for the environment that our research is effectively implemented to create change. Brownell is the Duke University Dean of the School of Public Policy.
Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33235]2017-12-2240 minObesity Research and Prevention (Audio)Strategic Research in Preventing Hunger and Obesity - Hunger for Change: Food Insecurity Stress and Obesity 2017 COAST/SSEW SymposiumKelly Brownell explores why research doesn’t get turned into policy and why perfect research may not create systemic change. He also explains why it is imperative for the growing population and for the environment that our research is effectively implemented to create change. Brownell is the Duke University Dean of the School of Public Policy.
Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33235]2017-12-2240 minCOAST: UCSF Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment (Video)Strategic Research in Preventing Hunger and Obesity - Hunger for Change: Food Insecurity Stress and Obesity 2017 COAST/SSEW SymposiumKelly Brownell explores why research doesn’t get turned into policy and why perfect research may not create systemic change. He also explains why it is imperative for the growing population and for the environment that our research is effectively implemented to create change. Brownell is the Duke University Dean of the School of Public Policy.
Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33235]2017-12-2240 minCOAST: UCSF Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment (Audio)Strategic Research in Preventing Hunger and Obesity - Hunger for Change: Food Insecurity Stress and Obesity 2017 COAST/SSEW SymposiumKelly Brownell explores why research doesn’t get turned into policy and why perfect research may not create systemic change. He also explains why it is imperative for the growing population and for the environment that our research is effectively implemented to create change. Brownell is the Duke University Dean of the School of Public Policy.
Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33235]2017-12-2240 min
Weight a Minute: Why Obesity in America Is Not What You Think (The Takeaway)The Big Business of The Obesity CrisisClick on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.
Today, about one in three American kids and teens is overweight or obese, making childhood obesity one of the biggest concerns for healthcare providers and parents. Part of the challenge in combating childhood obesity is the way junk food is marketed to kids and adolescents, often without their parents' knowledge.
"The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the primary funder of work in the country on childhood obesity and has been spending close to $100 million on this now for a number of years," says Dr. K...2017-06-0707 minWeight a Minute: Why Obesity in America Is Not What You Think (The Takeaway)What Fighting Big Tobacco Can Teach Us About Taxing Sugary DrinksIn 1994, Dr. Kelly Brownell had a bit of a radical idea for the times. In an op-ed written for The New York Times, Dr. Brownell proposed a tax on unhealthy foods.
"While the government has imposed so-called sin taxes on cigarettes and alcohol in order to reduce consumption, it has yet to consider taxing low-nutrition foods or banning commercials for fatty snacks targeted at children," he wrote.
Brownell argued that the cigarette tax could be used as a model for how to tax other unhealthy foods, like sugary drinks.
"That has been hugely s...2017-06-0608 min
Ways & MeansSugar FixPublic health advocates are waging battle against added sugar in our foods. And they’re taking pointers from another public health battle: the campaign against tobacco. New evidence suggests sugar, like tobacco, is addictive and harmful to long-term health. Duke's Kelly Brownell says the two fights have a lot in common.2016-03-1618 min
How Do We Fix It?#12 The Sour Fight Over Sugary Sodas: How Do We Fix It?Coca-Cola, the world’s largest maker of sugary sodas, is under fire for giving millions of dollars to a group of scientists who say that lack of exercise is much more important cause of obesity than poor diets. Are they right? Is Coke using scientists to reverse the recent decline in soda sales? And what are the best ways to solve America's obesity crisis? Kelly Brownell, Dean of the Sanford School of Public Health at Duke University, is our guest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2015-08-1228 min
NEJM InterviewsNEJM Interview: Dr. Kelly Brownell on the FDA's proposed ban on artificial trans fats and the future of U.S. food regulation.Kelly Brownell is the Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. K.D. Brownell, J.L. Pomeranz. The Trans-Fat Ban - Food Regulation and Long-Term Health. N Engl J Med 2014;370:1773-5.2014-05-0708 min