UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health

Cereal FACTS presents a comprehensive and independent science-based evaluation of cereal company marketing to children and adolescents in 2008 through early 2009: the period prior to and immediately following full implementation of cereal company CFBAI pledges.

This comprehensive report is a first step in quantifying the marketing and nutrition impact of cereals marketed to children. The hope is that cereal companies, whether by choice or mandate, will make rapid and sustained progress toward marketing only healthy cereals, as defined by objective nutrition standards, to children and adolescents.

Full citation: Harris JL, Bargh JA. Television viewing and unhealthy diet: implications for children and media interventions. Health Commun. 2009;24(7):660-673. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410230903242267

Full citation: Brownell KD, Schwartz MB, Puhl RM, Henderson KE, Harris JL. The need for bold action to prevent adolescent obesity. J Adolesc Health. 2009;45(3 Suppl):S8-S17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.004

Full citation: Puhl RM, Moss-Racusin CA, Schwartz MB, Brownell KD. Weight stigmatization and bias reduction: perspectives of overweight and obese adults. Health Educ Res. 2008;23(2):347-358. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cym052

Full citation: Fletcher JM, Andreyeva T, Busch SH. Assessing the Effect of Increasing Housing Costs on Food Insecurity. SSRN Electronic Journal. September 2009. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1503043

Full citation: Schwartz MB, Henderson KE. Does obesity prevention cause eating disorders?. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2009;48(8):784-786. https://doi.org/10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181acfb88

Full citation: Schwartz MB, Lund AE, Grow HM, et al. A comprehensive coding system to measure the quality of school wellness policies. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009;109(7):1256-1262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jada.2009.04.008

Full citation: Harris JL, Bargh JA, Brownell KD. Priming effects of television food advertising on eating behavior. Health Psychol. 2009;28(4):404-413. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014399

Overweight and obese youth are frequently teased, tormented, and victimized because of their weight. Weight-based teasing and stigma (also called ‘weight bias’) can have a detrimental impact on both emotional well-being and physical health. The Rudd Center has released this new video to increase youth awareness about weight bias, and to highlight strategies to help combat this rapidly growing problem for overweight adolescents.