Publications
The New Tobacco
Laura Schmidt. June 27, 2025, UC Berkeley Public Affairs
The Impossible Math of Philanthropy
Taparia, H and Buchanan, B. February 3, 2025, New York Times Op Ed
SNAP shouldn’t subsidize America’s obesity epidemic
Schmidt, LS, Taparia, H, and Lustig, R. February 2, 2025, The Hill
The Bittersweet Truth About Sugar
Laura Schmidt, October 25, 2024, CNN-Chasing Life PodCast
Why, Exactly, Are Ultraprocessed Foods So Hard to Resist? This Study is Trying to Find Out.
Alice Callahan, July 30, 2024, New York Times
NOURISH reimagines the food business to try to prevent food deserts
Thomas Fudge, April 22, 2024, KPBS
The Lie That Made Food Conglomerates Rich...And Is Slowly Poisoning Us, Part 1.
Tera Fazzino, April 11, 2024, More Perfect Union Podcast</p>
Using AI and Data Science to ReNOURISH Food Deserts.
Cynthia Dillon, April 4, 2024, UC San Diego Today
Is Our Junk Food Addiction Killing Us?
Tera Fazzino, January 30, 2024, Cambridge Forum on Ultra-Processed Foods and Public Health
Addictive Eating: How Hyper-Palatable Foods are Reshaping Our Diets.
Tera Fazzino, Episode #298. January 29, 2024, The Proof Podcast
New AI Platform Addresses Challenge of Food Deserts in Low-Income Communities
James Roake, Cynthia Dillion, April 13, 2023, UC San Diego Today
Community Governed Capitalism
Hans Taparia, 2022, ABIS Colloquium - Research track: Leveraging corporate governance and the roll of boards
How Covid-19 Is Making Millions of Americans Healthier
Hans Taparia, April 18, 2020, The New York Times
The Past, Present and Future of Food
Hans Taparia, 2018, TEDx
A Seismic Shift in How People Eat
Hans Taparia, Pamela Koch, November 6, 2015, The New York Times
Why We Can't Stop Eating Unhealthy Foods.
Laura Schmidt, September 2015, TEDMED Talk
News Page
New USDA/FDA Rules for “healthy” foods (e.g., removing food dyes, SNAP and soda)