UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health

Full citation: Powell LM, Harris JL, Fox T. Food marketing expenditures aimed at youth: putting the numbers in context. Am J Prev Med. 2013;45(4):453-461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2013.06.003

Efforts to encourage healthy consumption of whole grains by people receiving federal food assistance are paying off, according to a study by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity.

Some mental health practitioners who treat patients with eating disorders may have their own weight biases that could negatively affect their patients, according to a study by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity. Although previous research has documented weight bias among other healthcare providers, this is the first to examine it specifically among mental health specialists. The study is published online in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.

Full citation: Puhl RM, Latner JD, King KM, Luedicke J. Weight bias among professionals treating eating disorders: attitudes about treatment and perceived patient outcomes. Int J Eat Disord. 2014;47(1):65-75. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.22186

Full citation: Kuebler M, Yom-Tov E, Pelleg D, Puhl RM, Muennig P. When overweight is the normal weight: an examination of obesity using a social media internet database. PLoS One. 2013;8(9):e73479. Published 2013 Sep 18. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073479

Full citation: Swift JA, Choi E, Puhl RM, Glazebrook C. Talking about obesity with clients: preferred terms and communication styles of U.K. pre-registration dieticians, doctors, and nurses. Patient Educ Couns. 2013;91(2):186-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2012.12.008

Full citation: LoDolce ME, Harris JL, Schwartz MB. Sugar as part of a balanced breakfast? What cereal advertisements teach children about healthy eating. J Health Commun. 2013;18(11):1293-1309. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2013.778366

Full citation: King KM, Puhl RM, Luedicke J, Peterson JL. Eating behaviors, victimization, and desire for supportive intervention among adolescents in weight-loss camps. Eat Behav. 2013;14(4):484-487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.08.004

Full citation: Swift JA, Hanlon S, El-Redy L, Puhl RM, Glazebrook C. Weight bias among UK trainee dietitians, doctors, nurses and nutritionists. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2013;26(4):395-402. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12019

Yale researcher Marlene Schwartz will be the next director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale. Schwartz, who is currently associate director of the center, succeeds Kelly Brownell, who co-founded the Rudd Center with Leslie Rudd in 2005.