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
Workplace wellness programs : How regulatory flexibility might undermine success
Failed retrieving data.A comprehensive strategy to overhaul FDA authority for misleading food labels.
Failed retrieving data.Assessing the impact of federal and state preemption in public health : A framework for decision makers
Failed retrieving data.Energy drinks : An emerging public health hazard for youth
Failed retrieving data.Local governments and the food system: innovative approaches to public health law and policy
Failed retrieving data.New developments in the law for obesity discrimination protection
Failed retrieving data.New developments in the law for obesity discrimination protection
Failed retrieving data.Over-the-counter and out-of-control : Legal strategies to protect youths from abusing products for weight control
Failed retrieving data.Taxing food and beverage products: a public health perspective and a new strategy for prevention
Failed retrieving data.Advanced policy options to regulate sugar-sweetened beverages to support public health
Failed retrieving data.Extending the fantasy in the supermarket: where unhealthy food promotions meet children and how the government can intervene
Failed retrieving data.Legal Implications: Regulating Sales and Marketing
Failed retrieving data.No need to break new ground: a response to the Supreme Court’s threat to overhaul the commercial speech doctrine.
Failed retrieving data.Pomeranz responds
Failed retrieving data.Portion sizes and beyond - Government's legal authority to regulate food-industry practices
Failed retrieving data.The bittersweet truth about sugar labeling regulations : They are achievable and overdue
Failed retrieving data.The wheels on the bus go "buy buy buy" : School bus advertising laws
Failed retrieving data.Advancing public health obesity policy through state attorneys general
Failed retrieving data.Federal Trade Commission's authority to regulate marketing to children : deceptive vs. unfair rulemaking.
Failed retrieving data.Front-of-package food and beverage labeling : New directions for research and regulation
Failed retrieving data.The Role of United States Law to Prevent and Control Childhood Obesity
Failed retrieving data.The unique authority of state and local health departments to address obesity
Failed retrieving data.Television food marketing to children revisited : The federal trade commission has the constitutional and statutory authority to regulate
Failed retrieving data.The Role of United States Law to Prevent and Control Childhood Obesity
Failed retrieving data.A crisis in the marketplace : How food marketing contributes to childhood obesity and what can be done
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