Kelly D. Brownell

[3] He is credited with coining the term "yo-yo dieting",[4] and was named as one of "The World's 100 Most Influential People" by Time Magazine in 2006.

[citation needed] In 1991, he joined Yale University, where he held positions as the James Rowland Angell professor of psychology,[9] professor of epidemiology and public health, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, chair of the department of psychology, and head of the undergraduate dormitory Silliman College.

[citation needed] Brownell left Yale in 2013 to join Duke University as Dean of its Sanford School of Public Policy, in which role he continued until the end of the 2018 academic year.

[11] In 2017, backed by funding from the Duke Endowment, William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation, Duke University announced the formation of its new World Food Policy Center (WFPC), based at the Sanford School of Public Policy.

[25] A frequent radio[26] and television guest,[27] he is the host of the Policy 360 podcast, and has appeared in a variety of feature films and documentaries: The Sanford School of Public Policy's Brownell-Whetten Diversity and Inclusion Award was established in 2016 to recognize the work of Brownell and fellow professor, Kate Whetten.