UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health

Parents, both with and without overweight children, are concerned about Weight Bullying and are in favor of a range of policy initiatives to address the issue, according to two new studies published this month by researchers at the Yale Rudd Center.

The Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity will become part of the university’s Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS), Yale’s premier center for the study and shaping of public policy and training of future policy leaders, it was announced. The Rudd Center is a distinguished program that researches and provides high-level guidance for obesity- and food-related policy.

Full citation: Katz DL, Fox T, Kaufman FR, Schwartz MB, Wootan MG. Policy and system changes in marketing foods to children. Child Obes. 2013;9(6):477-483. https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2013.9605

Full citation: Puhl RM, Luedicke J, Grilo CM. Obesity bias in training: attitudes, beliefs, and observations among advanced trainees in professional health disciplines. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2014;22(4):1008-1015. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.20637

Full citation: Puhl RM, Luedicke J, Depierre JA. Parental concerns about weight-based victimization in youth. Child Obes. 2013;9(6):540-548. https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2013.0064

Full citation: Radnitz C, Loeb KL, DiMatteo J, Keller KL, Zucker N, Schwartz MB. Optimal Defaults in the Prevention of Pediatric Obesity: From Platform to Practice. J Food Nutr Disord. 2013;2(5):1. https://doi.org/10.4172/2324-9323.1000124

In 2010, researchers at the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity issued Fast Food FACTS. The report examined the nutritional quality of fast food menus, advertising on TV and the internet, and marketing practices inside restaurants. Three years after our first report – using the same methods as the original Fast Food FACTS – this report quantifies changes in the nutritional quality of fast food and how it is marketed to children and teens

In 2010, researchers at the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity issued Fast Food FACTS. The report examined the nutritional quality of fast food menus, advertising on TV and the internet, and marketing practices inside restaurants.

Efforts to reduce consumption of saturated fat among women and young children receiving food assistance appear to be paying off, according to a study by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity.

In 2012 the fast food industry spent $4.6 billion to advertise mostly unhealthy products, and children and teens remained key audiences for that advertising, according to a new report by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity. The report highlights a few positive developments, such as healthier sides and beverages in most restaurants’ kids’ meals, but also shows that restaurants still have a long way to go to promote only healthier fast-food options to kids.