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. 2016 Jul;138(1):e20153977. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-3977

TABLE 1.

Music Celebrities Ranked by Number of Food or Beverage Brand Endorsements

Music Celebrity Endorsed Food or Beverage Brands Number of Food or Beverage Endorsements Mean NPI Score for Food Productsa % of Endorsements That Are Food or Beverage Brands
Baauer A&W Restaurants, Dr Pepper, Hot Pockets, Red Bull, Pepsi Regular 5 50.43 71
will.i.am Coca-Cola, Doritos, Dr Pepper, Pepsi Regular 4 42.59 15
Britney Spears GG Tea, McDonald’s, Pepsi Regular 3 48 27
Justin Timberlake Chili’s,b McDonald’s, Pepsi Regular 3 46.75b 25
Jessie J McDonald’s, Pop Tarts, Cadbury’s 3 34.18 100
Pitbull Dr Pepper, Pepsi Regular, Sheets Energy Strips 3 70 30
Maroon 5 Coca-Cola, Snapple 2 18
Chris Brown Got Milk, Wrigley’s Doublemint 2 46.89 100
Snoop Dogg Hot Pockets, Monster Energy 2 52.67 20
Psy Wonderful Pistachio, Nongshim Shin Ramyun Black Cup 2 48 33
Shakira Pepsi Regular, Activia 2 71.46 40
Carrie Underwood Vitamin Water, Hershey 2 27.88 40
Usher Honey Nut Cheerios, Twix 2 33.9 50
Juicy J CORE Hydration, Red Bull 2 100
Katy Perry Pepsi Regular, PopChips 2 51.86 22
Blake Shelton Pepsi Regular, Pizza Hutb 2 b 40
Nelly Honey Nut Cheerios, Mike and Ike 2 44.23 50
Macklemore Cracker Jack, Dr Pepper 2 39 20
One Direction Nabisco, Pepsi Regular 2 43.47 29
Ne-Yo Pepsi Regular 1 65.67 40

—, indicates that the artist only endorsed beverage products, meaning NPI scores did not apply.

a

Lower scores represent less healthful foods.

b

Complete nutrition information was unavailable for this company, so it was excluded from analyses.

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