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The Rudd Center For Food Policy & Obesity

The Rudd Center is a non-profit organization devoted to promoting solutions to childhood obesity, poor diet, and weight bias through research and policy.

Front Burner News

Deputy Director Rebecca Puhl interviewed by The New York Times: What Obese Patients Should Say to Doctors

WebMD: Discounts Spur More People to Eat Fruit, Veggies

PBS NewsHour (From STAT): How the sugar industry artificially sweetened Harvard research

From The Lunch Tray - "Copycat Snacks" in Schools Confuse Parents and Kids

NPR: Berkeley's Soda Tax Appears to Cut Consumption of Sugary Drinks

From The New York Times: Parents Should Avoid Comments on a Child's Weight

Teachers support having policies addressing weight-based bullying in schools: new Rudd Center findings

Rudd Center research finds increasing parental support for laws and policies to protect youth from weight-based bullying.

New Study Shows School Breakfasts Support Healthy Weight

Food Marketing Workgroup calls on Betty Crocker to stop fruit snack ads to kids based on Rudd study.

New Continuing Medical Education Course to Improve Obesity Care

The Rudd Center For Food Policy & Obesity