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Carol Byrd-Bredbenner
Extension Specialist in Nutrition
 Extension Specialists
Davison 211A
26 Nichol Ave
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 732-932-2383
Fax: 732-932-6522
Email: bredbenner@aesop.rutgers.edu
Website: nutrition.rutgers.edu/faculty/bredbenner.html

Expertise Summary
  Her research interests include nutrition education and promotion, instructional design, dietary behavior change, and health intervention evaluation. She has developed, implemented, and evaluated a wide variety of nutrition education intervention program materials for audiences ranging in age from preschool to older adulthood. Dr. Byrd-Bredbenner has also authored a number of nutrition texts, journal articles, and computer software packages. In 1999, the American Dietetic Association named her "Outstanding Dietetics Educator." She also served as a Fellow to the United Nations, World Health Organization (in that capacity she worked at the WHO Collaborating Center for Nutrition Education, University of Athens, Greece). Dr. Byrd-Bredbenner was a recipient of the National Awards Program for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

International Expertise
Greece, Cyprus

Research Projects
  • An Integrated Approach to Prevention of Obesity in High Risk Families
  • Promoting healthful eating to prevent excessive weight gain in young adults
  • FOOD HANDLING AND CONSUMPTION KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIORS OF YOUNG ADULTS & THE IMPACT OF A
  • Peer Networking and Social Norms Design: Implications for Food Safety Media and Behavioral Change

    • Selected Publications
    Comparison of the Anthropometric Measurements of Idealized Female Body Images in Media Directed to Men, Women, and Mixed Gender Audiences
      Journal: Topics in Clinical Nutrition
     Authors: Byrd-Bredbenner, C. and Murray, J.
    Volume: 18    Pages: 117-129
    Date Published: 2003
    Effect Of The Nutrition Labeling Education Act (NLEA) On Nutrient Content Claims And Health Claims In Television Advertising
      Journal: Family Economics and Nutrition Review
     Authors: Byrd-Bredbenner, C. and Grasso, D.
    Volume: 13    Pages: 37-49
    Date Published: 2001
    Health Related Content in Prime-Time Television Programming
      Journal: Journal of Health Communication
     Authors: Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Finckenor, M., and Grasso, D
    Volume: 8    Pages: 329-341
    Date Published: 2003
    Saturday Morning Children’s Television
      Journal: Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal
     Authors: Byrd-Bredbenner, C.
    Volume: 30    Pages: 382-403
    Date Published: 2002

     

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