Omni Cassidy
Biographic Data
| ID | 223319 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Omni Cassidy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Omni |
| FAMILY NAME | Cassidy |
| SIGNATURE | CASSIDY O |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1718-2387 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Seeing oneself in the feed
Evaluating Nutrition Education in K‐12 Schools
BACKGROUND: The school environment plays a vital role in shaping children's health and well-being. Nutrition education supports health promotion and disease prevention; however, it is unclear how comprehensive curricula are in the content they cover. This study explored the content of K-12 nutrition curricula in US public schools. METHODS: We analyzed nutrition education curricula from the 2023-2024 school year across a target sample of 50 states…
How healthy are food and beverage products promoted by TikTok influencers
Objective: To evaluate the healthfulness of the food/beverage products featured by TikTok influencers whose audiences include millions of adolescents. Design: In a cross-sectional study, we collected the maximum available up to 100 videos from the top 100 TikTok influencers in the USA – based on views, likes, comments and shares – in July 2022. For each video, we identified the most prominent food/beverage product featured. We used the Nutrient P…
Rewriting the Narrative
The concept of 'food justice' recognizes the systemic injustices embedded in the U.S. food system and the urgent need for transformative policies to ensure equitable access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally relevant food. Limited access to these foods drives food insecurity and increases the prevalence of diet-related diseases in low-income and minority communities. Dominant narratives that individualize hunger and food insecurity often b…
Estimating the impacts of calorie labels in fast-food settings using a novel comparison
Social Media Accounts of Food and Beverage Brands Have Disproportionately More Black and Hispanic Followers than White Followers
Unhealthy food/beverage brands that target Black adolescents have a disproportionately higher percentage of Black followers on social media relative to White followers. These findings support the 2019 proposal to restrict racially targeted advertising through the Children's Online Privacy and Protection Act
A Qualitative Analysis of Black and White Adolescents’ Perceptions of and Responses to Racially Targeted Food and Drink Commercials on Television
Food and beverage marketing is a major driver of childhood obesity, and companies target their least nutritious products to Black youth. However, little is known about adolescents' perceptions of and responses to racially targeted food marketing. In this qualitative study, we investigated how Black and White adolescents perceived and responded to racially targeted television commercials for food and beverages. We recruited 39 adolescents aged 12-…
Examining the Relationship between Youth-Targeted Food Marketing Expenditures and the Demographics of Social Media Followers
Food and sugary drink brands maintain millions of adolescent followers on social media
Engaging African American Adolescents and Stakeholders to Adapt Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Weight Gain Prevention
Developing culturally appropriate obesity prevention programs for African American (AA) adolescent girls that account for psychological risk factors is paramount to addressing health disparities. The current study was part of an investigation utilizing a community-based participatory research framework to gather qualitative data from urban AA girls, their caregivers, and community health liaisons to develop a novel obesity prevention program base…
Attentional bias to food cues in youth with loss of control eating
Attentional bias to food cues in youth with loss of control eating
Engaging African American Adolescents and Stakeholders to Adapt Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Weight Gain Prevention
Developing culturally appropriate obesity prevention programs for African American (AA) adolescent girls that account for psychological risk factors is paramount to addressing health disparities. The current study was part of an investigation utilizing a community-based participatory research framework to gather qualitative data from urban AA girls, their caregivers, and community health liaisons to develop a novel obesity prevention program base…
Attentional bias to food cues in youth with loss of control eating
Engaging African American Adolescents and Stakeholders to Adapt Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Weight Gain Prevention
Developing culturally appropriate obesity prevention programs for African American (AA) adolescent girls that account for psychological risk factors is paramount to addressing health disparities. The current study was part of an investigation utilizing a community-based participatory research framework to gather qualitative data from urban AA girls, their caregivers, and community health liaisons to develop a novel obesity prevention program base…
Examining the Relationship between Youth-Targeted Food Marketing Expenditures and the Demographics of Social Media Followers
Food and sugary drink brands maintain millions of adolescent followers on social media
Social Media Accounts of Food and Beverage Brands Have Disproportionately More Black and Hispanic Followers than White Followers
Unhealthy food/beverage brands that target Black adolescents have a disproportionately higher percentage of Black followers on social media relative to White followers. These findings support the 2019 proposal to restrict racially targeted advertising through the Children's Online Privacy and Protection Act
A Qualitative Analysis of Black and White Adolescents’ Perceptions of and Responses to Racially Targeted Food and Drink Commercials on Television
Food and beverage marketing is a major driver of childhood obesity, and companies target their least nutritious products to Black youth. However, little is known about adolescents' perceptions of and responses to racially targeted food marketing. In this qualitative study, we investigated how Black and White adolescents perceived and responded to racially targeted television commercials for food and beverages. We recruited 39 adolescents aged 12-…
Rewriting the Narrative
The concept of 'food justice' recognizes the systemic injustices embedded in the U.S. food system and the urgent need for transformative policies to ensure equitable access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally relevant food. Limited access to these foods drives food insecurity and increases the prevalence of diet-related diseases in low-income and minority communities. Dominant narratives that individualize hunger and food insecurity often b…
Estimating the impacts of calorie labels in fast-food settings using a novel comparison
Seeing oneself in the feed
Evaluating Nutrition Education in K‐12 Schools
BACKGROUND: The school environment plays a vital role in shaping children's health and well-being. Nutrition education supports health promotion and disease prevention; however, it is unclear how comprehensive curricula are in the content they cover. This study explored the content of K-12 nutrition curricula in US public schools. METHODS: We analyzed nutrition education curricula from the 2023-2024 school year across a target sample of 50 states…
How healthy are food and beverage products promoted by TikTok influencers
Objective: To evaluate the healthfulness of the food/beverage products featured by TikTok influencers whose audiences include millions of adolescents. Design: In a cross-sectional study, we collected the maximum available up to 100 videos from the top 100 TikTok influencers in the USA – based on views, likes, comments and shares – in July 2022. For each video, we identified the most prominent food/beverage product featured. We used the Nutrient P…
Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Advertising (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works)