Archived Webinars

Improving Food Marketing Environments in Black

Communities:

Insights from Policymakers and Food Retailers

Presented by the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN)
based at the University of Pennsylvania

Highlights AACORN research that explored perceptions of targeted food and beverage marketing practices among food retailers and policymakers serving Black communities. Interviews were conducted in Chicago, IL and Birmingham, AL. Presenters will highlight insights from these key decision makers and discuss implications of the study results for efforts to improve the healthfulness of food marketed to Black Americans.

Webinar Attendee Learner Objectives:

• Understand the concept of food marketing equity for black communities
• Gain new insights about perspectives of policymakers and food retailers regarding the challenges and opportunities posed by current food marketing dynamics
• Consider implications for improving health and nutrition outcomes in Black communities

Presenters:

Angela Odoms-Young, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition
University of Illinois at Chicago
Charter Member, AACORN

Monica Baskin, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Preventive Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Member, AACORN

Moderator:

Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Founder & Chair, AACORN

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Price-Based Policy Changes for Obesity Prevention?

New Insights on How Food Prices Influence Black Americans

Presented by the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN)
based at the University of Pennsylvania

The ability to address the high rates of childhood obesity in black communities will depend in part on how healthful, lower-calorie foods are priced relative to less healthful, higher-calorie alternatives. This webinar will highlight AACORN's recently published research with Black Americans from four cities on how food prices impact what foods they buy.

Webinar Objectives:

• Identify how food costs influence food purchases of diverse Black Americans in light of other relevant influences.
  
• Consider implications for the potential to foster childhood obesity prevention in black communities through policies related to food prices.

Presenters:

Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Founder & Chair, AACORN

Katherine Isselmann DiSantis, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Community and Global Public Health
Arcadia University

 

Moderator:

Vikki C. Lassiter, MS
Executive Director, AACORN
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

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