UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health

Full citation: Schwartz MB, Brownell KD. Actions necessary to prevent childhood obesity: creating the climate for change. J Law Med Ethics. 2007;35(1):78-89. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007.00114.x

Full citation: Vartanian LR, Schwartz MB, Brownell KD. Effects of soft drink consumption on nutrition and health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Public Health. 2007;97(4):667-675. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2005.083782

Full citation: Schwartz MB. The influence of a verbal prompt on school lunch fruit consumption: a pilot study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2007;4:6. Published 2007 Mar 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-4-6

Full citation: Andreyeva T, Michaud PC, van Soest A. Obesity and health in Europeans aged 50 years and older. Public Health. 2007;121(7):497-509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2006.11.016

Full citation: Puhl RM, Moss-Racusin CA, Schwartz MB. Internalization of weight bias: Implications for binge eating and emotional well-being. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007;15(1):19-23. https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2007.521

Full citation: Puhl RM, Brownell KD. Confronting and coping with weight stigma: an investigation of overweight and obese adults. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2006;14(10):1802-1815. https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2006.208

This measure was created in collaboration with the Connecticut State Department of Education in 2006. The survey was designed to be completed by school principals, and sections include:

• Nutrition Education
• School Food Practices
• Physical Education and Physical Activity
• Communication and Promotion
• Coordinated School Health
• Barriers to Promoting a Healthy School Environment

Full citation: Puhl RM, Schwartz MB, Brownell KD. Impact of perceived consensus on stereotypes about obese people: a new approach for reducing bias. Health Psychol. 2005;24(5):517-525. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.24.5.517

Full citation: Puhl RM, Schwartz MB. If you are good you can have a cookie: How memories of childhood food rules link to adult eating behaviors. Eat Behav. 2003;4(3):283-293. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1471-0153(03)00024-2

Full citation: Puhl RM, Brownell KD. Psychosocial origins of obesity stigma: toward changing a powerful and pervasive bias. Obes Rev. 2003;4(4):213-227. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1467-789x.2003.00122.x