CUNY Urban Food Policy InstituteGraduate School of Public Health and Health Policy(Grantee: Research Foundation of City University of New York)

  • $30,000
  • New York
  • NY
  • https://youthfoodcountermarketing.org
*Craig Willingham, Managing Director

Posted on July 16, 2021

To support Youth Food Educators and the Youth Food Countermarketing Hub. Teens learn about food industry marketing targeted to low-income, African American and Latino youth and its influence on the eating behaviors of young people. They use social media and art to conduct counter-marketing campaigns targeting unhealthy foods in their neighborhoods. The Countermarketing Hub (see URL above) contains educational tools, teaching materials, and examples of countermarketing art.