Jennifer Pomeranz
Jennifer L Pomeranz
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Associate Professor of Public Health Policy and Management
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Professional overview
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Professor Jennifer Pomeranz is a public health lawyer who researches policy and legal options to address the food environment, obesity, products that cause public harm, and social injustice that lead to health disparities.
Prior to joining the NYU faculty, Professor Pomeranz was an Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health at Temple University and in the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple. She was previously the Director of Legal Initiatives at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University. She has also authored numerous peer-reviewed and law review journal articles and a book, Food Law for Public Health, published by Oxford University Press in 2016.
Professor Pomeranz leads the Public Health Policy Research Lab and regularly teaches Public Health Law and Food Policy for Public Health.
"Policy is so important because it is the most effective way to influence public health. I got into public health to change the world -- to improve health and address inequities.”
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Education
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BA, History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIJD, Juris Doctorate, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NYMPH, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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Areas of research and study
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Diet-related diseaseProducts that cause harmPublic Health LawPublic Health PolicySocial injustices that create health disparities
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Publications
Publications
A comprehensive strategy to overhaul FDA authority for misleading food labels.
Assessing the impact of federal and state preemption in public health: A framework for decision makers
Energy drinks: An emerging public health hazard for youth
Local governments and the food system: innovative approaches to public health law and policy
Pomeranz, J. (n.d.).Publication year
2013Journal title
Annals of Health LawVolume
39Issue
4Page(s)
355-372New developments in the law for obesity discrimination protection
Over-the-counter and out-of-control: Legal strategies to protect youths from abusing products for weight control
Taxing food and beverage products: a public health perspective and a new strategy for prevention
Advanced policy options to regulate sugar-sweetened beverages to support public health
Extending the fantasy in the supermarket: where unhealthy food promotions meet children and how the government can intervene
Pomeranz, J. (n.d.).Publication year
2012Journal title
Indiana Health Law ReviewPage(s)
117-185Legal Implications: Regulating Sales and Marketing
No need to break new ground: a response to the Supreme Court’s threat to overhaul the commercial speech doctrine.
Pomeranz responds
Portion sizes and beyond - Government's legal authority to regulate food-industry practices
The bittersweet truth about sugar labeling regulations: They are achievable and overdue
AbstractPomeranz, J. L. (n.d.).Publication year
2012Journal title
American journal of public healthVolume
102Issue
7Page(s)
E14-E20AbstractThe recent Institute of Medicine recommendation to the Food and Drug Administration to include added sugar in a new front-of-package system provides new justification for reviewing outdated regulations pertinent to sugar and analyzing whether the government's previous resistance to sugar labeling remains valid given new and robust science. I have provided an overview of US sugar consumption, its public health implications, and the science related to added sugar detection. I reviewed US and international sugar intake recommendations and suggested revised regulations to better inform and protect consumers. I concluded by noting new directions in the area of sugar research for future public health policy.The wheels on the bus go "buy buy buy": School bus advertising laws
AbstractPomeranz, J. L. (n.d.).Publication year
2012Journal title
American journal of public healthVolume
102Issue
9Page(s)
1638-1643AbstractSchool buses, a practical necessity for millions of children, are at the center of new efforts to raise revenue. School bus advertising laws bring public health and commercialization concerns to the school setting. In doing so, they potentially expose school districts to First Amendment lawsuits. I examined various school bus advertising bills and laws. I reviewed First Amendment "forum analysis" as applied in the transit and school settings to clarify how this legal test may affect school districts subject to such laws. I have made recommendations for school districts to enact appropriate policies to ensure that such advertising does not undermine public health and to enable the districts to maintain control over their property.Advancing public health obesity policy through state attorneys general
Federal Trade Commission's authority to regulate marketing to children: deceptive vs. unfair rulemaking.
Front-of-package food and beverage labeling: New directions for research and regulation
The unique authority of state and local health departments to address obesity
Television food marketing to children revisited: The federal trade commission has the constitutional and statutory authority to regulate
The Role of United States Law to Prevent and Control Childhood Obesity
A crisis in the marketplace: How food marketing contributes to childhood obesity and what can be done
Assessing laws and legal authorities for obesity prevention and control
Compelled speech under the commercial speech doctrine: the case of menu label laws
Pomeranz, J. (n.d.).Publication year
2009Journal title
Journal of Healthcare Law & PolicyPage(s)
159-194Improving laws and legal authorities for obesity prevention and control
Pomeranz, J. L., & Gostin, L. O. (n.d.).Publication year
2009Journal title
Journal of Law, Medicine and EthicsVolume
37Page(s)
62-75