UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health

Full citation: O’Brien KS, Latner JD, Puhl RM, et al. The relationship between weight stigma and eating behavior is explained by weight bias internalization and psychological distress. Appetite. 2016;102:70-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.02.032

Full citation: Pearl RL, Puhl RM. The distinct effects of internalizing weight bias: An experimental study. Body Image. 2016;17:38-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.02.002

Parental support for enactment of laws and policies to protect youth from Weight Bullying is strong and has increased over the past two years, according to a new study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut.

Full citation: Puhl RM, Suh Y, Li X. Legislating for weight-based equality: national trends in public support for laws to prohibit weight discrimination. Int J Obes (Lond). 2016;40(8):1320-1324. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2016.49

Full citation: Puhl RM, Suh Y, Li X. Improving anti-bullying laws and policies to protect youth from weight-based victimization: parental support for action. Pediatr Obes. 2017;12(2):e14-e19. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12129

Full citation: Ferrante JM, Seaman K, Bator A, et al. Impact of Perceived Weight Stigma among Underserved Women on Doctor-Patient Relationships. Obes Sci Pract. 2016;2(2):128-135. https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.40

Middle school students who eat breakfast at school – even if they have already had breakfast at home – are less likely to be overweight or obese than students who skip breakfast, according to a new study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut and the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE) at Yale School of Public Health.

Full citation: Wang S, Schwartz MB, Shebl FM, Read M, Henderson KE, Ickovics JR. School breakfast and body mass index: a longitudinal observational study of middle school students. Pediatr Obes. 2017;12(3):213-220. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12127

Full citation: Puhl RM, Phelan SM, Nadglowski J, Kyle TK. Overcoming Weight Bias in the Management of Patients With Diabetes and Obesity. Clin Diabetes. 2016;34(1):44-50. https://doi.org/10.2337/diaclin.34.1.44

Government policies and laws against weight discrimination have broard public support in four nations where this form of bias is prevalent, according to a new multinational study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut. The findings of the study, published in The Milbank Quarterly, suggest that a key condition needed to foster policy change – strong public support – is present in the United States and three other countries surveyed.