Jennifer Pomeranz
Jennifer L Pomeranz
Associate Professor of Public Health Policy and Management
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Professional overview
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Professor Jennifer Pomeranz is a public health lawyer who researches policy and legal options to address the food environment, obesity, products that cause public harm, and social injustice that lead to health disparities.
Prior to joining the NYU faculty, Professor Pomeranz was an Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health at Temple University and in the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple. She was previously the Director of Legal Initiatives at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University. She has also authored numerous peer-reviewed and law review journal articles and a book, Food Law for Public Health, published by Oxford University Press in 2016.
Professor Pomeranz leads the Public Health Policy Research Lab and regularly teaches Public Health Law and Food Policy for Public Health.
"Policy is so important because it is the most effective way to influence public health. I got into public health to change the world -- to improve health and address inequities.”
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Education
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BA, History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIJD, Juris Doctorate, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NYMPH, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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Areas of research and study
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Diet-related diseaseProducts that cause harmPublic Health LawPublic Health PolicySocial injustices that create health disparities
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Publications
Publications
United States : Protecting Commercial Speech under the First Amendment
Failed retrieving data.Whole-grain food intake among US adults, based on different definitions of whole-grain foods, NHANES 2003-2018
Failed retrieving data.Breastmilk or infant formula? Content analysis of infant feeding advice on breastmilk substitute manufacturer websites
Failed retrieving data.Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Nutrition Facts Added-Sugar Labeling and Obesity-Associated Cancer Rates in the US
Failed retrieving data.Effect of reducing ultraprocessed food consumption on obesity among US children and adolescents aged 7-18 years : Evidence from a simulation model
Failed retrieving data.Firearm Extreme Risk Protection Order Laws and Preemption : New Developments and Outstanding Issues, 50 States, 2020
Failed retrieving data.Governmental actions to address COVID-19 misinformation
Failed retrieving data.Identifying novel predictors of state legislative action to address obesity
Failed retrieving data.Misperceptions about added sugar, non-nutritive sweeteners and juice in popular children's drinks : Experimental and cross-sectional study with U.S. parents of young children (1-5 years)
Failed retrieving data.State Gun-Control, Gun-Rights, and Preemptive Firearm-Related Laws Across 50 US States for 2009–2018
Failed retrieving data.State Preemption : An Emerging Threat to Local Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxation
Failed retrieving data.Trends in Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods among US Youths Aged 2-19 Years, 1999-2018
Failed retrieving data.Anticipating and defeating preemption across public health
Failed retrieving data.Child Social Media Influencers and Unhealthy Food Product Placement
Failed retrieving data.Children's Fruit "Juice" Drinks and FDA Regulations : Opportunities to Increase Transparency and Support Public Health
Failed retrieving data.Consumer confusion about wholegrain content and healthfulness in product labels : A discrete choice experiment and comprehension assessment
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Failed retrieving data.Firearm industry groups are using COVID-19 to expand gun rights
Failed retrieving data.Geographic and Longitudinal Trends in Media Framing of Obesity in the United States
Failed retrieving data.Infant formula and toddler milk marketing : Opportunities to address harmful practices and improve young children's diets
Failed retrieving data.Infant formula and toddler milk marketing and caregiver's provision to young children
Failed retrieving data.Legal Feasibility and Implementation of Federal Strategies for a National Retail-Based Fruit and Vegetable Subsidy Program in the United States
Failed retrieving data.Marketing to children in supermarkets : An opportunity for public policy to improve children’s diets
Failed retrieving data.State Legislative Strategies to Pass, Enhance, and Obscure Preemption of Local Public Health Policy-Making
Failed retrieving data.Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Warning Policies in the Broader Legal Context : Health and Safety Warning Laws and the First Amendment
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