Sean Cash
@SeanBCash
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Food economist on faculty at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy @TuftsNutrition, @TuftsUniversity. Nutrition, ag, food, environment, stats.
Tufts University, Boston
Joined May 2013
RCT: Both a continuous Food Compass Score and a binary FDA label increased healthy + decreased unhealthy supermarket purchases; the continuous score increased healthy purchases 1.75x vs the binary label and decreased no-purchases. @SeanBCash
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The Tufts Tuition Pact is meant to ensure that students from all socioeconomic backgrounds, including middle-income families, know that a Tufts education is within reach. | @TuftsAdmissions Learn more: https://t.co/6MOAZdopWl
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New work from our group on the dietary quality of foods purchased at #DollarStores
Although food purchased at dollar stores tends to be less healthy compared with other food outlets, households are balancing this with more nutritious items purchased elsewhere, Tufts researchers find. https://t.co/HntM8JPpuq
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First-of-its-kind study alert! 🚨 What happens when real people taste cultivated meat at a public tasting event—just 4 days before a state ban takes effect? Do people see personal and cultural value in CM? We found out. And the results are complex-- and hopeful. 🧵
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Read our fresh off the presses open-access article now: “It’s supposed to be real meat”: An analysis of media coverage of the first U.S. approval of cell-cultivated chicken in Future Foods— NOW! https://t.co/CUdTQFjTKW
@SeanBCash
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Tea and tariffs: Trade war places popular beverage in the crosshairs
foodnavigator-usa.com
Tea’s history and global trade events are intrinsically linked, meaning the future of the world’s second favorite beverage is steeped in uncertainty amid the Trump administration’s ongoing trade war.
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📱 🚸 Food and beverage marketing has become increasingly common on social media. A recent study conducted a systematic review of studies published over the past 12 years related to the effects of digital food marketing on children and adolescents: https://t.co/ri7uq7IDSZ
@CGIAR
ifpri.org
A study shows the influence of social media.
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Ultra-processed foods researcher leaves NIH, alleges censorship
washingtonpost.com
Kevin Hall, a leading expert on ultra-processed foods, has raised concerns about the future of nutrition research and science at NIH.
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Do food labels really influence kids' snack choices? https://t.co/m8yi1GPX9w
#seancash #gabrielafretes #IFPRI #Tufts #Chilefoodlabelinglaws #Childfoodadvertisinglaws #youthsnackfoodchoices #nutritionwarninglabels #frontofpackagefoodlabels #FOP #sustainablepackaging #ecolabels
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In this 🆕 🗞️ @gabifretes, Paula Veliz, Ana Maria Narvaez, D’Arcy Williams, Romain Sibille, Maaike Arts, and Jef Leroy conducted a narrative review of digital marketing of unhealthy foods and drinks towards youth in LAC: https://t.co/BguQ4ivOtd
@CGIAR @UNICEF @uniceflac
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The Rise (and Fall?) of the National Science Foundation
chronicle.com
In the ’50s, America declared science an “endless frontier.” We may be reaching the end of it.
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🥫 Front-of-pack labels can be useful tools to improve young consumers' food choices. This recent study assessed youth's purchasing behavior by conducting an online discrete choice experiment in Santiago, #Chile: https://t.co/sa4wvajikt
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🆕 📄 Front-of-pack labels and young consumers: An experimental investigation of #nutrition and #sustainability claims in #Chile ✍️ By @gabifretes, Norbert L.W. Wilson, Camila Corvalan, Christina D. Economos, and Sean B. Cash. 🔗 https://t.co/sa4wvajikt
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Does FDA’s proposed front-of-pack nutrition labeling miss the mark?
foodnavigator-usa.com
FDA says proposal to mandate front-of-pack nutrition labeling that quantifies and qualifies amounts of saturated fat, sodium and added sugar will help consumers more easily make informed dietary...
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Congrats @LauLaraC on leading this important work on the worldwide disease burden of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption.
Millions of cases of diabetes and heart disease occur each year globally due to consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, says new research from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. https://t.co/7EP6pCC20B
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A nice summary of the research that @ChefSuziGerber, Sadie Dix and I did comparing marketing of plant-based and animal-sourced foods in online retail, via @faunalytics | The Marketing Landscape Of Online Groceries
faunalytics.org
A comparison of plant-based and animal-sourced foods uncovers differences in how they’re marketed in-store and online.
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More than one quarter of U.S. food dollar was paid to wholesale and retail trade establishments in 2023 Learn more in today's Chart of Note: https://t.co/1d3vi6l8y7
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"Figuring out the social impacts of a food is very different than figuring out its environmental impacts ... it requires not only different data but also a different data collection approach." @nt_blackstone on social aspects of sustainable diets, more@
now.tufts.edu
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FDA mulls standard date labels to reduce food waste
foodnavigator-usa.com
FDA, industry advocate for standard 'Best if Used By' date labels to reduce consumer confusion about food safety that could lead to premature disposal of of 'wholesome and safe food.'
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If you’re fueling your #BlackFriday shopping with coffee ☕️, you are probably not alone. DYK the U.S. is the world’s second leading importer of coffee, with most imports coming from Latin America. Learn more in today's Chart of Note: https://t.co/ojTVZmq6gK
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