Talk:Brian Wansink

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This topic should remain. Additional material has been placed in the article to "round out" the description of the person. It is not an advertisement, but a good description of an important person whose contributions to the health of the nation are appreciated. Brian Wansink is a very well known academic in the fields of consumer behavior, marketing, psychology, behavioral medicine, and food & nutritional science. This topic is also important because it represents the first significant advance into the psychology of food consumption. As verification of the importance of this topic, Brian Wansink's work has recently been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, Time Magazine (Oct. 16th W10), 20/20 news magazine, countless associated press articles, and other media outlets. His research into food psychology has been published by some of the top academic journals including JAMA, British Medical Journal, Annual Review of Nutrition, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, and Marketing Science. The article makes a nice addition to the general knowledge base of Wikipedia.