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Testing Variations on Family-Style Feeding To Increase Whole Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among Preschoolers in Child Care

Full citation: Schwartz MB, O’Connell M, Henderson KE, Middleton AE, Scarmo S. Testing Variations on Family-Style Feeding To Increase Whole Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among Preschoolers in Child Care. Child Obes. 2015;11(5):499-505. https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2015.0038

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RESOURCE TYPE:
Publication
FOCUS AREAS:
Early Care & Education
RUDD AUTHORS:
Marlene Schwartz
The mixed impact of medical school on medical students’ implicit and explicit weight bias

Full citation: Phelan SM, Puhl RM, Burke SE, et al. The mixed impact of medical school on medical students’ implicit and explicit weight bias. Med Educ. 2015;49(10):983-992. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.12770

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RESOURCE TYPE:
Publication
FOCUS AREAS:
Weight Bias & Stigma
RUDD AUTHORS:
Rebecca Puhl
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Succeeding But Efforts Needed to Improve Nutrition Quality

The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is successful in alleviating hunger and helping lower-income Americans afford enough calories, according to a study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut.

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RESOURCE TYPE:
Press Release
FOCUS AREAS:
Federal Food Assistance & Nutrition Programs
RUDD AUTHORS:
Tatiana Andreyeva



Children’s Exposure to TV Ads for Candy Increased Substantially After Companies Promised Not to Advertise to Kids

Despite voluntary pledges from candy makers not to advertise to children 11 and under, children viewed substantially more TV ads for candy than they did four years earlier, when the promises went into effect, according to a new study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut.

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Press Release
FOCUS AREAS:
Food & Beverage Marketing
RUDD AUTHORS:
Jennifer Harris
Marlene Schwartz


Dietary Quality of Americans by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Status

Full citation: Andreyeva T, Tripp AS, Schwartz MB. Dietary Quality of Americans by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Status: A Systematic Review. Am J Prev Med. 2015;49(4):594-604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2015.04.035

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RESOURCE TYPE:
Publication
FOCUS AREAS:
Federal Food Assistance & Nutrition Programs
RUDD AUTHORS:
Tatiana Andreyeva
Marlene Schwartz
Sweet promises: Candy advertising to children and implications for industry self-regulation

Full citation: Harris JL, LoDolce M, Dembek C, Schwartz MB. Sweet promises: Candy advertising to children and implications for industry self-regulation. Appetite. 2015;95:585-592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2015.07.028

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Publication
FOCUS AREAS:
Food & Beverage Marketing
RUDD AUTHORS:
Jennifer Harris
Marlene Schwartz
Piloting an online grocery store simulation to assess children’s food choices

Full citation: Heard AM, Harris JL, Liu S, Schwartz MB, Li X. Piloting an online grocery store simulation to assess children’s food choices. Appetite. 2016;96:260-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2015.09.020

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RESOURCE TYPE:
Publication
FOCUS AREAS:
Food Environment
RUDD AUTHORS:
Jennifer Harris
Marlene Schwartz
Black and Hispanic Youth Disproportionately Targeted With Advertising for Unhealthy Food and Beverages

Food companies disproportionately target their TV advertising for fast food, candy, sugary drink and snack brands to black and Hispanic consumers, according to a new report released by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut, the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN) and Salud America!

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RESOURCE TYPE:
Press Release
FOCUS AREAS:
Targeted Marketing
RUDD AUTHORS:
Jennifer Harris



Food advertising targeted to Hispanic and Black youth: Contributing to health disparities
RESOURCE TYPE:
Rudd Report
FOCUS AREAS:
Food & Beverage Marketing
Targeted Marketing
RUDD AUTHORS:
Jennifer Harris
Four-Nation Study Shows Weight Bullying Viewed as Most Prevalent Form of Bullying in Children

A new multi-national study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut found that Weight Bullying is viewed as the most common form of bullying of children. 

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RESOURCE TYPE:
Press Release
FOCUS AREAS:
Weight Bullying
RUDD AUTHORS:
Rebecca Puhl



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