The technical report and fact sheets from our HER sponsored Digital Marketing Expert Panel are now available! healthyeatingresearch.org/research/digit… "[HER] convened an expert panel to develop evidence-based recommendations for actions to mitigate harms from digital food marketing"

A great highlight of one of our awesome Penn State Students Olivia Lawler! hhd.psu.edu/college-news/b…

We're cooking up some awesome immersive learning experiences for our students here in the Nutritional Sciences program at Penn State!

As a graduate student, Olivia Lawler utilized her research to develop effective nutrition education videos, now available for educators and health professionals. Learn more about her experience ow.ly/eWS650TVny8

My lab is looking for a new post-doc! If you have any questions feel free to reach out. Job posting here: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic/j…

My labs study investigating Nutrition Education in Primary Care is now available! authors.elsevier.com/a/1k5Da5KxDN-G… tldr: Video materials (which can be accessed in office via QR codes) outperform standard education materials like pamphlets!

Our MS students doing some nutrition XR education modules developed by my lab! Penn State is always on the forefront of education and research to provide the best education to our students!

New press release on some of our nutrition communications work with the College of Medicine: psu.edu/news/health-an…

How realistic does food need to be modeled in VR? It might depend! Certain foods and tasks warrant caution. However, our results suggest that participants perception of realism is likely a determining factor for research: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

From the archives: "The Plant Paradox" by Steven Gundry (2017), which claims plant lectins are the root cause of obesity and chronic diseases. Here's what our review found: (1/13)

Check out our peer-reviewed article in the new issue of Cutting Edge Nutrition and Diabetes Care on Food Noise and Its Impact on Diabetes Care and Management!

Check out our new study with our digital dietitian program IVAN! IVAN improves portion size self-efficacy and we introduce a new immersive assessment of portion size estimation accuracy for use in future studies. authors.elsevier.com/c/1kgQ05KxDO33…

🍔News: During exposure to fast food commercials, connectome predictive modeling predicts body mass gain. Not in the paper; I think CPM explains more variance than standard contrast approaches I've seen. Interesting question to compare them directly. academic.oup.com/scan/article/2…

New paper from our team! Greater variety seeking in a virtual buffet was associated with increased intake in a laboratory meal. Our findings indicate that behavioral markers from immersive virtual tasks are related to food intake! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📢 Our latest paper is out! Brand-only marketing for food and alcohol influences preference, choice, and purchase intent 🧐

We have provided a scholarsphere copy of our recent paper "Food Noise and Its Impact on Diabetes Care and Management: Insights for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists." scholarsphere.psu.edu/resources/632e…

A new publication from our Penn State team! mdpi.com/2072-6643/17/1… We looked at differences in public health messaging using shorter form media (i.e., YouTube shorts) compared to longer forms. The videos can be found at: myplate.gov/partner-resour…

Using iVR to enhance learning of Nutritional Biochemistry! This project really highlights the collaborative nature of Penn State and the desire to provide the best learning tools to our students! doi.org/10.1002/bmb.70…

A short letter from our group on some of the ins and outs of our food cue reactivity model and its potential relationship with food noise onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ob…

What do medical professionals think about using healthy cooking videos with their patients? Do they benefit from watching these materials? We took a look at how healthy messaging can be incorporated into medical practice in our new paper here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…