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Take a look at CHIBE’s publications, which are helping advance the science of using behavioral economics to improve health and leading to discoveries around how our minds work.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program issuance timing is associated with sugar-sweetened beverage marketing in the USA

Public Health Nutrition
September 23, 2024
Jane Dai, Erica L Kenney, Mark J Soto, Anthony Zhong, Alyssa J Moran, Emily M Broad Leib, Sara N Bleich

Sodium Reduction Is A Proven Strategy That Saves Lives—More Work Is Needed To Hold Industry Accountable

Health Affairs
August 16, 2024
Alyssa J. Moran, Marlene Schwartz, Christina A. Roberto

Food is brain medicine — relevance and translation to neurology

Nature Reviews Neurology
August 2, 2024
Michell S. V. Elkind & Kevin G. Volpp

GLP-1 Agonists for Obesity

JAMA
July 31, 2024
Alyssa J. Moran, Christina A. Roberto

Behavioral Economics to Enhance Food Is Medicine Programs

JAMA Network
July 12, 2024
Kevin G. Volpp, Cait Lamberton

Comparison of Sales From Vending Machines With 4 Different Food and Beverage Messages: A Randomized Trial

JAMA Network Open
May 8, 2024
Laura A. Gibson, PhD; Alisa J. Stephens-Shields, PhD; Sophia V. Hua, PhD; Jennifer A. Orr, MSPH; Hannah G. Lawman, PhD; Sara N. Bleich, PhD; Kevin G. Volpp, MD, PhD; Amy Bleakley, PhD; Anne N. Thorndike, MD; Christina A. Roberto, PhD

Philadelphia Beverage Tax’s Impact on Beverage Ad Expenditures and Number of Ads Purchased

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
March 18, 2024
Sophia V. Hua, Matthew M. Lee, Rebecca Mozaffarian, Sara N. Bleich, Christina A. Roberto, Frances Fleming-Milici, Briana Stephenson, Erica L. Kenney

Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Perceived Beverage Healthfulness, Tax Awareness, and Tax Opinions

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
March 9, 2024
Caitlin M. Lowery, Christina A. Roberto, Sophia V. Hua, Sara N. Bleich, Nandita Mitra, Hannah G. Lawman, Lindsey S. Taillie, Shu Wen Ng, Laura A. Gibson

Are Caregivers’ Feeding Competence and Autonomy Associated with Healthier Restaurant Food Purchases for Their Child at Fast Food or Counter Service Restaurants? A Cross-Sectional Study in a Diverse Sample of U.S. Caregivers

Nutrients
February 7, 2024
Violeta Chacón, Sara C. Folta, Erin Hennessy, Tashara M. Leak, Hannah Macfarlane, Christina A. Roberto, Alison Tovar, Norbert Wilson, Christina D. Economos

Outcome of BMI2+: Motivational Interviewing to Reduce BMI Through Primary Care AAP PROS Practices

Pediatrics
January 29, 2024
Ken Resnicow, Emerson Delacroix, Kendrin R. Sonneville, Shannon Considine, Robert W. Grundmeier, Di Shu, Jennifer A. Faerber, Alexander G. Fiks, Jennifer Steffes, Donna Harris, Heide Woo, Tim Proctor, Margaret E. Wright, Laura P. Shone, Sarah E. Barlow, Richard C. Wasserman, Robert Siegel, Melissa S. Stockwell

The Longitudinal Association Between Caregivers’ Perceived Competence and Autonomy and Children’s Dietary Consumption Before and 10 Months Into the COVID-19 Pandemic

Appetite
January 17, 2024
Violeta Chacón, Mei Chung, Sara C. Folta, Erin Hennessy, Hannah Macfarlane, Christina A. Roberto, Alison Tovar, Norbert L. W. Wilson, Christina D. Economos

Restaurant Calorie Labeling and Changes in Consumer Behavior

JAMA Network Open
December 15, 2023
Christina A. Roberto, Joshua Petimar

A “Food Is Medicine” Approach to Disease Prevention: Limitations and Alternatives

JAMA
November 30, 2023
Alyssa J. Moran, Christina A. Roberto

Social, Clinical, and Policy Implications of Ultra-Processed Food Addiction

BMJ
October 9, 2023
Ashley N. Gearhardt, Nassib B. Bueno, Alexandra G. DiFeliceantonio, Christina A. Roberto, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Fernando Fernandez-Aranda

Advertising and stocking at small retailers: A sweetened beverage excise tax in Philadelphia

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
October 9, 2023
Matthew M. Lee, MS; Laura A. Gibson, PhD; Sophia V. Hua, PhD; Caitlin M. Lowery, MSPH; Maiki Paul, MPH; Christina A. Roberto, PhD; Hannah G. Lawman, PhD; Sara N. Bleich, PhD; Nandita Mitra, PhD; Erica L. Kenney, ScD

Food Is Medicine: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association

Circulation
September 28, 2023
Kevin G. Volpp, Seth A. Berkowitz, Shreela V. Sharma, Cheryl A. M. Anderson, LaPrincess C. Brewer, Mitchell S. V. Elkind, Christopher D. Gardner, Julie E. Gervis, Robert A. Harrington, Mario Herrero, Alice H. Lichtenstein, Mark McClellan, Jen Muse, Christina A. Roberto, Justin P. V. Zachariah; American Heart Association