Rate My Professor Kelly Brownell

Brownell's research specializations include nutrition, obesity, public policy, food policy, ultraprocessed foods, food addiction, and the climate crisis in health psychology and behavioral medicine. He has authored 15 books and more than 350 scientific articles and chapters. Key publications encompass "Bias, discrimination and obesity" (2013), "Effects of soft drink consumption on nutrition and health: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (2007), "Preliminary validation of the Yale food addiction scale" (2009), "The impact of food prices on consumption: a systematic review of research on the price elasticity of demand for food" (2010), "From Tobacco to Ultraprocessed Food: How Industry Engineering Fuels the Epidemic of Preventable Disease" (2026), and the introduction to "Food & Addiction: A Comprehensive Handbook" (2024). His honors include election to the National Academy of Medicine (2006), designation as one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People (2006), Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association, James McKeen Cattell Award from the New York Academy of Sciences, Distinguished Alumni Award from Purdue University, Lifetime Achievement Award from Rutgers University, and Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology from the APA. Brownell has served as president of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, and Division of Health Psychology of the APA, and advised the White House, members of Congress, governors, and world health organizations on nutrition, obesity, and public policy.