Press Releases

To learn more about our recent research, check out some of our press releases below.

Press Releases
2024
New York Times

Forget the Spicy Tuna Rolls; Most Fans Still Just Want a Dog

Dr. Brian Elbel is featured in NYTimes article speaking about the perceptions of the healthfulness of foods.

New York Times

After Menu Labels, Parents and Kids Order Same Foods

Dr. Brian Elbel shares insight about menu labelling to NYTimes author, Tara Parker-Pope.

2020
Contemporary Pediatrics

Kid Influencers Have Free Reign on Social Media

Dr. Bragg’s research examining the impact of junk food product placements in kid influencer YouTube videos was featured in Contemporary Pediatrics

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Kid influencers — a new arena of social media food marketing

Dr. Bragg’s research on the impact of unhealthy food product placement in kid influencer videos was featured in Nature Reviews Endocrinology.

American Academy Of Pediatrics (AAP) News

The Unhealthy Promotion of Food and Drink by Child Social Media Influencers

Dr. Bragg’s research onkid influencer’s promotion of unhealthy food and beverage productswas featured in the American Academy of Pediatrics

New York Times

Are “Kidfluencers” Making Our Kids Fat?

Comparing the social media advertising practices of McDonald’s—the largest fast food company in the world—in 15 high-income, upper-middle- income and lower-middle-income countries.

Marketwatch

YouTube Kid Influencers are Marketing Junk Food From McDonald’s, Coke and Others to Children

Dr. Bragg’s research on the impact of junk food product placements in kid influencer YouTube videos was featured in MarketWatch.

New York Times

Family & Tech: Are you Zoombombing Your Own Kids?

Dr. Bragg’s research on kid influencers’ promotion of junk food to children was featured in the New York Times.

OrthoAtlanta

Social Media “Kid Influencers” Are Promoting Junk Foods

Dr. Bragg’s research on the impact of junk food product placements in kid influencer YouTube videos was featured in Ortho Atlanta.

CNN

Young YouTube Influencers are Increasingly Marketing Junk Food to Fellow Kids, Study Finds

Dr. Bragg’s research on the impact of junk food product placements in kid influencer YouTube videos was featured in CNN Health.