UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health

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.

Full citation: Harris JL, Pomeranz JL, Lobstein T, Brownell KD. A crisis in the marketplace: how food marketing contributes to childhood obesity and what can be done. Annu Rev Public Health. 2009;30:211-225. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.031308.100304

Full citation: Story M, Nanney MS, Schwartz MB. Schools and obesity prevention: creating school environments and policies to promote healthy eating and physical activity. Milbank Q. 2009;87(1):71-100. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0009.2009.00548.x

Full citation: Puhl R, Wharton C, Heuer C. Weight bias among dietetics students: implications for treatment practices. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009;109(3):438-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jada.2008.11.034