UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health

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.

Despite food company pledges to advertise only healthier foods to children, a Yale Rudd Center study finds that companies place billions of ads for unhealthy foods and beverages on children’s websites. The study is the first to evaluate banner and other display advertising on websites that are popular with children, such as Nick.com and CartoonNetwork.com. The study is published online in Pediatric Obesity and was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Full citation: Puhl R, Luedicke J, Lee Peterson J. Public reactions to obesity-related health campaigns: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Prev Med. 2013;45(1):36-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2013.02.010