UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health

• Fast-food companies’ racial justice statements and targeted marketing practices. Rudd Brief Report. May 2022
• Harris J, Sacco S, Fleming-Milici F. TV exposure, attitudes about targeted food ads and brands, and unhealthy consumption by adolescents: Modeling a hierarchical relationship. Appetite. 2022, ISSN 0195-6663.
• Harris, J.L. (2020). Targeted food marketing to Black and Hispanic consumers: The Tobacco Playbook. American Journal of Public Health, 110(3), 271-272.
• Fleming-Milici F, Harris JL. (2019). Adolescents’ engagement with unhealthy food and beverage brands on social media. Appetite. 2020;146:104501.
• Increasing Disparities in Unhealthy Food Advertising Targeted to Black and Hispanic Youth, Rudd Report. January 2019.
• Food advertising targeted to Hispanic and Black youth: Contributing to health disparities. Rudd Report. August 2015.
• Each FACTS Report includes a detailed section on marketing to Black and Hispanic youth for the category (including cereals, sugary drinks, fast food and snacks).
• Harris J.L., Frazier W., Fleming-Milici F., Hubert P., Rodriguez-Arauz G., Grier S., Appiah O. (2019). A qualitative assessment of US Black and Latino adolescents' attitudes about targeted marketing of unhealthy food and beverages. Journal of Children and Media, 1-22
• Fleming-Milici, F. & Harris, J.L. (2018). Television food advertising viewed by preschoolers, children and adolescents: contributors to differences in exposure for black and white youth in the United States. Pediatric Obesity, 13, 103-110.
• Hyary, M. & Harris, J.L. (2018). Hispanic youth visits to food and beverage company websites. Health Equity, 1(1), 134-138.
• Fleming-Milici, F., Harris, J.L., Sarda, V., & Schwartz, M.B. (2013). Amount of Hispanic youth exposure to food and beverage advertising on Spanish- and English-language television. JAMA Pediatrics, 167(8), 723-730.

• Harris, J.L., Yokum, S., & Fleming-Milici, F. (2020). Hooked on junk: Emerging evidence on how food marketing affects adolescents’ diets and long-term health. Current Addiction Reports, in press.
• Fleming-Milici F, Harris JL. (2019). Adolescents’ engagement with unhealthy food and beverage brands on social media. Appetite. 2020;146:104501.
• Harris, J.L., Heard A., Schwartz M.B. (2014). Older but still vulnerable: All children need protection from unhealthy food marketing. Rudd Brief.

Increasing Disparities in Unhealthy Food Advertising Targeted to Black and Hispanic Youth:

• Targeted Marketing Webinar
• Q&A with study authors

Rudd Summary: Food Advertising Targeted to Black Youth:

• Access the report

Rudd Summary: Food Advertising Targeted to Hispanic Youth:

• Access the report
• Spanish version

Examples of Marketing Campaigns Targeted to Black and Hispanic Youth:

• Access the resource

Food Marketing Video Series: Food Marketing to Teens: