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Global and Public Health Nutrition

Session Type: Symposium

Drivers of Food Choice and the Context of Changing Food Environments: Moving Beyond the “What” of Consumption to the “How” and the “Why”

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Speaker(s)

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Christine Blake, PhD, MS, RD

Associate Professor
Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Shauna Downs, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor
Department of Health, Behavior, Society, & Policy
Rutgers University, School of Public Health
Newark, New Jersey, United States

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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Winnie Bell, PhD, MPH

Senior Technical Advisor
Intake - Center for Dietary Assessment at FHI Solutions
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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Ashish Deo

Senior Advisor, Commercial Solutions
GAIN

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Amos Laar, PhD

Associate Professor
University of Ghana
Legon, Greater Accra, Ghana

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Disclosure(s):

Christine E. Blake, PhD, RD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Shauna M. Downs, PhD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Winnie Bell, PhD, MPH: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Ashish Deo: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Amos Laar, PhD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Learning Objectives:

Describe how the changing food environment contributes to food choices
Explain how consumer values impact food choices and diet quality
Review how public policies can impact food choices

Presentations:

2:00 PM – 2:10 PM ET

Introduction - Drivers of Food Choice and the Context of Changing Food Environments: Moving Beyond the “What” of Consumption to the “How” and the “Why”
Speaker: Christine E. Blake, PhD, MS, RD – University of South Carolina
2:10 PM – 2:20 PM ET

Food Environments and Food Choice
Speaker: Shauna D. Downs, PhD, MS – Rutgers University, School of Public Health
2:20 PM – 2:30 PM ET

Consumers’ Values and Preferences, Food Choices, and Diet Quality
Speaker: Winnie Bell, PhD, MPH – Intake - Center for Dietary Assessment at FHI Solutions
2:30 PM – 2:40 PM ET

Demand Generation
Speaker: Ashish Deo – GAIN
2:40 PM – 2:50 PM ET

Food Choice and Policy Implications: Perspective from Ghana
Speaker: Amos Laar, PhD – University of Ghana
2:50 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Panel Discussion - Drivers of Food Choice and the Context of Changing Food Environments: Moving Beyond the “What” of Consumption to the “How” and the “Why”
Speaker: Christine E. Blake, PhD, MS, RD – University of South Carolina
Speaker: Shauna D. Downs, PhD, MS – Rutgers University, School of Public Health
Speaker: Winnie Bell, PhD, MPH – Intake - Center for Dietary Assessment at FHI Solutions
Speaker: Ashish Deo – GAIN
Speaker: Amos Laar, PhD – University of Ghana