Education
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Marie Bragg, Assistant Professor of Public Health Nutrition at GPH, and Amaal Alruwaily, a GPH alumna who graduated in 2019 with a concentration in Epidemiology. Marie and Amaal were both a part of conducting a widely-circulated study on the harmful effects of “Kid Influencers” on Youtube promoting junk foods. The study had media coverage across major outlets such as CNN and The New York Times and was published in the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Prior to devising the idea for this study, Amaal spent a year working in Dr. Bragg’s SocioEconomic Evaluation of Dietary Decisions or (SEED) Program, working with content analysis among other things. The study illuminated connections between the manner in which foods are promoted through these videos how and food marketing is contributory to childhood obesity. The conversation was centered around the line of research in this study and its accessibility, fascinating findings from it and their greater implications, as well as how this issue might be compounded by COVID-19 among other things. To learn more about the NYU School of Global Public Health, and how our innovative programs are training the next generation of public health leaders, visit publichealth.nyu.edu.