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Changes in SNAP participation and food expenditures for households with children during the pandemic Open

Mary K. Muth, Erin Love, Abigail M. Okrent, Acelynn Bock, Darryl Creel , et al. · 2025

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), provides food benefits to low-income families so they can afford to purchase more nutritious…

Consumer Perceptions and Purchase Behavior Towards Plant-Based Eggs: A Vignette Experiment Open

Da Eun Kim, Brenna Ellison · 2025

The plant-based eggs category is growing rapidly; however, there is limited research on consumer behavior towards plant-based eggs. We explore consumer perceptions and investigate factors affecting the likelihood of purchase for plant-base…

Differentiating Added-Protein Preferences: Consumer Demand for Added-Protein Across Product Types Open

Da Eun Kim, Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Brenna Ellison · 2025

Health Halos or Drinkability? Evaluating What Is Behind Hard Seltzer's Meteoric Growth Open

Aaron J. Staples, Trey Malone, Brenna Ellison, Vincenzina Caputo · 2025

The halo effect, or the tendency to judge one product characteristic based on other product characteristics, is prevalent in food purchasing decisions. However, its effects have remained understudied in beverage markets. Understanding pote…

Economic Implications of MAHA-Inspired School Meal Priorities Open

Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Brenna Ellison, Beverly L. Girard, Melissa Pflugh Prescott · 2025

Goodbye Aunt Jemima: Consumer Preferences for Pancake Mix Following Rebranding Open

Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Brenna Ellison, Jayson L. Lusk · 2024

Corporate political engagement is increasingly noticeable at grocery stores; however, there is limited research evaluating the impact on consumer demand. Here, we investigate the case of Aunt Jemima (AJ), which responded to criticism that …

Potential consumer response to the healthy symbol proposed by the U.S. food and Drug Administration Open

Jillian Hyink, Brandon R. McFadden, Brenna Ellison · 2024

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed updates to the definition of "healthy," including distinctions between types of sugar and fats and limits on added sugar, saturated fat, and sodium. To communicate the updated standa…

School Nutrition Stakeholders Find Utility in MealSim: An Agent-Based Model Open

Shelly Palmer, Iulia Ciubotariu, Roland O. Ofori, M. A. Ruiz Saenz, Brenna Ellison , et al. · 2024

Although agent-based models were new to the school nutrition stakeholders, MealSim was viewed as a useful tool. Application of these findings will allow the model to meet the intended audience's needs and better estimate the system.

Adapting the <span>USDA</span> Food Security Survey Module for use with college students: Can we improve model fit? Open

Brenna Ellison, Cassandra J. Nguyen, Matthew P. Rabbitt, Brian F. French, Meg Bruening · 2024

The USDA Food Security Survey Module (FSSM) is the gold standard for measuring food security; however, research suggests that college students may respond to FSSM items differently than the general population. Students may have a varied po…

Food labeling: Ingredient exemptions and product claims Open

Elena Krasovskaia, Bradley J. Rickard, Brenna Ellison, Brandon R. McFadden, Norbert Wilson · 2024

New breeding methods have provided scientists with opportunities to improve traits in a wide range of crops, however, there remains resistance to foods that are produced from these crops, and mandates on labels used to describe such proces…

Consumer responses to rebranding to address racism Open

Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Brenna Ellison, Tiffany Barnett White · 2023

In 2020, following the death of George Floyd and the renewed national focus on racism, many food brands with racist names and packages announced they would rebrand. Brands differed in their extent of rebranding (some only removed an image,…

U.S. household food acquisition behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic Open

Brenna Ellison, Melissa G. Ocepek, Maria Kalaitzandonakes · 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic upended how many Americans acquire foods. In this paper, we analyze eight food acquisition activities at different points in the pandemic, which allows us to evaluate how food acquisition changed as case rates changed…

Is it more convenient to waste? Trade‐offs between grocery shopping and waste behaviors Open

Brenna Ellison, Linlin Fan, Norbert Wilson · 2022

Efforts to reduce food loss and waste are being made across the supply chain, with households targeted as one of the most wasteful nodes in the chain. In this article, we consider the impact of changing one household food management behavi…

The Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of Replacing Whole Apples with Sliced in the National School Lunch Program Open

Shelly Palmer, Jessica Jarick Metcalfe, Brenna Ellison, Toni Kay Wright, Lindsey Sadler , et al. · 2021

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) serves 29.6 million lunches each day. Schools must offer ½ a cup of fruit for each lunch tray. Much of this fruit may be wasted, leaving the schools in a dilemma. The objectives of this study were t…

What Food waste solutions do people support? Open

Linlin Fan, Brenna Ellison, Norbert Wilson · 2021

Effects of Longer Seated Lunch Time on Food Consumption and Waste in Elementary and Middle School–age Children Open

Xanna Burg, Jessica Jarick Metcalfe, Brenna Ellison, Melissa Pflugh Prescott · 2021

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04191291.

Consumers’ decisions to access or avoid added sugars information on the updated Nutrition Facts label Open

Elizabeth Jiyoon Kim, Brenna Ellison, Brandon R. McFadden, Melissa Pflugh Prescott · 2021

The Nutrition Facts (NF) label was recently updated and now includes the added sugars content in an effort to reduce added sugars consumption. This study investigated whether consumers wanted to access or avoid the added sugars content usi…

Viewpoint: Food insecurity among college students: A case for consistent and comparable measurement Open

Brenna Ellison, Meg Bruening, Daniel J. Hruschka, Cassandra J. Nikolaus, Irene van Woerden , et al. · 2021

A growing body of research among college students has estimated remarkably high levels of food insecurity when compared to food insecurity estimates from the general population over the past decade, with recent literature reviews reporting…

Misperceived quality: Fertilizer in Tanzania Open

Hope Michelson, Anna Fairbairn, Brenna Ellison, Annemie Maertens, Victor M. Manyong · 2020

Examining Food Purchase Behavior and Food Values During the <span>COVID</span>‐19 Pandemic Open

Brenna Ellison, Brandon R. McFadden, Bradley J. Rickard, Norbert Wilson · 2020

The COVID‐19 pandemic has altered conceptions of “normal” globally, including food purchasing and acquisition decisions. In this paper, we surveyed a panel of 1,370 U.S. households four times during the COVID‐19 pandemic from mid‐March to …

P168 Student Vegetable Sensory Perception Questionnaire Responses Associated with School Lunch Vegetable Consumption Open

Nader Hamdi, Brenna Ellison, Jennifer McCaffrey, Jessica Jarick Metcalfe, Melissa Pflugh Prescott · 2020

A systematic review of school meal nudge interventions to improve youth food behaviors Open

Jessica Jarick Metcalfe, Brenna Ellison, Nader Hamdi, Rachel Richardson, Melissa Pflugh Prescott · 2020

Implementation of a Multi-Component School Lunch Environmental Change Intervention to Improve Child Fruit and Vegetable Intake: A Mixed-Methods Study Open

Nader Hamdi, Brenna Ellison, Jennifer McCaffrey, Jessica Jarick Metcalfe, Ashley J. Hoffman , et al. · 2020

Nudge interventions are widely used to promote health in schools, yet implementation metrics are seldom used to understand intervention outcomes. A multi-component intervention consisting of cafeteria decorations, creative names, social no…

Elementary and Middle School-Aged Students with Longer Seated Lunch Time Eat More Fruits and Vegetables Open

Melissa Pflugh Prescott, Xanna Burg, Jesscia Jarick Metcalfe, Brenna Ellison · 2020

OBJECTIVES: Health advocates recommend 20 minutes of seated lunch time. Yet, no federal policy ensures adequate time for school lunch across the US. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of meeting the 20-minute seated lunch …

The urgency of transforming the Midwestern U.S. landscape into more than corn and soybean Open

Linda S. Prokopy, Benjamin M. Gramig, Alisha Bower, Sarah P. Church, Brenna Ellison , et al. · 2020

Economic Drivers of Food Loss at the Farm and Pre-Retail Sectors: A Look at the Produce Supply Chain in the United States Open

Travis Minor, Gregory Astill, Sharon Skorbiansky Raszap, Suzanne Thornsbury, Jean C. Buzby , et al. · 2020

College students’ interpretations of food security questions: results from cognitive interviews Open

Cassandra J. Nikolaus, Brenna Ellison, Sharon M. Nickols‐Richardson · 2019

Background Food insecurity (FI) – the lack of sufficient access to food to maintain a healthy lifestyle – among college (i.e. post-secondary or higher education institution) students has become a prominent issue in the U.S. However, it is …

Food Insecurity among College Students in the United States: A Scoping Review Open

Cassandra J. Nikolaus, Ruopeng An, Brenna Ellison, Sharon M. Nickols‐Richardson · 2019

P195 A Cross-Sectional Study Examining School Meal Component Selection and Consumption by Gender Open

Nader Hamdi, Brenna Ellison, Jennifer McCaffrey, Jessica Jarick Metcalfe, Kristin Bogdonas , et al. · 2019

Food Insecurity Among College Students in the U.S.: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (P04-072-19) Open

Cassandra J. Nikolaus, Brenna Ellison, Ruopeng An, Sharon M. Nickols‐Richardson · 2019

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of food insecurity (FI) among U.S. students and assess how sample characteristics correlate with the prevalence. METHODS: Studies were identified via systematic searches in 4 electronic databases, rev…

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