Brian Elbel

Guest Author

Brian Elbel, PhD, MPH, is an associate professor of population health and health policy at NYU School of Medicine, where he heads the Section on Health Choice, Policy and Evaluation within the Department of Population Health, and at NYU Wagner. He also directs the NYU Langone Medical Center Comprehensive Program on Obesity. Dr. Elbel studies how individuals make decisions that influence their health, with a particular emphasis on evaluation, obesity, and food choice.

Brian's Work:

05.10.2017 Closeup of the top of a cup of soda with a plastic top and straw

Health Equity
Nutrition

Legislate Sodas Out of Combo Meals

Decoupling sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) from kid-sized combo meals is a small change on both the policy and industry side that can have a meaningful effect on childhood obesity.

Guest Authors Jonathan Cantor, Andrew Breck, Brian Elbel