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Brenna Ellison

Health Professions · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2001
Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsConsumer Attitudes and Food LabelingFood Waste Reduction and SustainabilityObesity, Physical Activity, DietEconomic and Environmental Valuation

Publications

114

Citations

2,754

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

26

Publishing since 2001

Research summary
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Brenna Ellison studies consumer behavior around food, focusing on topics like food security, food labeling, school meals, and food waste. Her work combines economic analysis with survey and experimental methods to understand how people make decisions about buying, cooking, and consuming food, including during events like the COVID-19 pandemic and infant formula shortage. Much of her recent research examines food insecurity among college students, school nutrition programs, and consumer responses to product labeling claims.

Food security and insecurityConsumer food purchasing behaviorFood labeling and product claimsSchool nutrition and food wasteEconomic analysis of food policy

Publication output was higher in the 2017-2020 period, dipped around 2021-2023, and has recently increased again in 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.6/year recently
2017: 10 publications172018: 8 publications182019: 13 publications13192020: 12 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 8 publications242025: 9 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior×14
  • Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy×6
  • PLoS ONE×4
  • Appetite×4
  • AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)×4
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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