@BrianElbel

Professor and Assoc Dean, Research Mission at NYU Langone. Also NYU Wagner. Studying policy (mostly food) influence on health and a few other things...

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Joined September 2010
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Britain is fighting childhood obesity with a new soda tax. But will it work? vox.com/2016/3/17/11256594/j…

Britain is fighting childhood obesity with a new soda tax. But will it work?

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Elaine Meyer@emeyer52 Nov 2015
NYC Menu Calorie Counts Don't Add Up To Leaner Diets At Fast Food Spots @BrianElbel, Jonathan Cantor @Health_Affairs prn.to/1KUID7A
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New @Health_Affairs issue on Food & Health now available! bit.ly/1PNYnB0 #APHA15 #publichealth @RWJF
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Elaine Meyer@emeyer527 May 2015
.@WorldSciFest panel w/@BrianElbel of @NYULMC & other experts on fad health foods & unhealthy eating in US on 5/31 worldsciencefestival.com/pro…

Scientific Kitchen: Hard to Swallow

Paleo? Gluten free? Juice cleanse? Want some kale chips with that chia seed burger? Perhaps only in America are food choices so often based on trends. The latest obsession: getting the correct amount...

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Check out the @TODAYshow tomorrow @ 8:05am to see me talk about parents misperceiving their obese child as healthy – at Wheaton, MD
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Congrats to bioethicist @ArthurCaplan, who accepted the @NSF_NSB Individual Public Service Award last week!
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Mary Kissel
@marykissel14 Nov 2013
#OpinionJournal today: Joe Rago on ObamaCare fixes, @JohnMTillman on next Detroit, @BrianElbel talks calories & @DanHenninger. 1pm @WSJLive
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Interested in being my research assistant? Apply now! twitdoc.com/2B7Y
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Our work in here RT @ezraklein "If unhealthy food is wrong, restaurant visitors apparently don’t want to be right." nyti.ms/12um7Ar

Why Healthy Eaters Fall for Fries (Published 2013)

American consumers, even otherwise healthy ones, keep choosing caloric indulgences rather than healthy foods at fast-food restaurants.

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Frank Bruni
@FrankBruni22 Jun 2013
Don’t Count on Calorie Counts: The stomach wants what it wants, even if the love handles pay a pendulous price, nyti.ms/1a2k9fp

Opinion | Don’t Count on Calorie Counts (Published 2013)

Knowledge is no match for hunger, and if we fight the war on obesity with calorie counts alone, we may be doomed to defeat.

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Talking calorie labeling, bloom.bg/14iIRSC MT @NYUDivisionCEDS Live right now on Bloomberg Television, Dr. Brian Elbel
How well might food taxes and labeling really work? Our new field experiment, with a few behavioral econ twists: bit.ly/10fDMx8
Thanks! Now I suppose I just need to tweet more.. RT @haroldpollack Hey @BrianElbel is on Twitter... A terrific researcher.
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MT @jimschachter: Meet NYU researcher who plans to track New Yorkers' post-"ban" soda consumption. wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/… @BrianElbel
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Replying to @HealthyWage
. @NPRHealth story abt $ rewards for wt loss, featuring @HealthyWage @stickK and research I did with @sportseconprof n.pr/XuCd9z
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NYU Wagner@NYUWagner15 Nov 2012
Brian Elbel, Doctoral Program Director, illustrates the unique benefits of pursuing a Ph.D. at NYU Wagner youtu.be/iGUvdePqEuM
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This is probably a good time to link to my book: amazon.com/The-Signal-Noise-…
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Mary Kissel
@marykissel7 Nov 2012
Four more years. #2012
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Come talk with me! RT @nyuwagner: Learn all about our Doctoral program at the Nov 5th Doctoral Open House at 6pm RSVP: bit.ly/YBNs0f
Glad @rtkersh and I could make posting-ready charts for RT @sarahkliff McDonald's add calorie labels to its menus wapo.st/U9fADF
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