Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University
About Us
The Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity is a non-profit research and public policy organization devoted to improving the world’s diet, preventing obesity, and reducing weight stigma. The Rudd Center serves as a leader in building broad-based consensus to change diet and activity patterns, while holding industry and government agencies responsible for safeguarding public health. Our Center serves as a leading research institution and clearinghouse for resources that add to our understanding of the complex forces affecting how we eat, how we stigmatize overweight and obese people, and how we can change.
Our charge is to reverse the global spread of obesity; to reduce weight bias; and to galvanize community members, public officials, and advocacy groups to achieve positive, lasting change.
Articles by Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University
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Is Your Child a Target of Weight Bias?
What is weight bias? Children who are overweight or obese are vulnerable to weight bias. This means that they may be...
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Ways For Parents to Combat Weight Bias
1) Challenge your personal assumptions about body weight It’s important as a parent to become aware of your own...
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New Ways of Advertising to Children
Television has traditionally been the preferred medium for children’s food advertising, but the landscape is changing...
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Reducing Exposure to Advertisements
Children lack the cognitive skills to understand the persuasive intent of advertising and need protection from...
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Nutrition Pointers
Nutrition Pointers: Fruits and Veggies Eat as many as possible—try filling half your plate with fruits and...
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Picky Eaters
Picky eating is normal! Most children go through a stage where they refuse to eat certain foods. Food preferences...
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Healthy Celebrations: Promoting a Healthy School Environment
Birthday parties and holiday celebrations at school provide a unique opportunity to help make healthful eating fun and...
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Lunch
Most schools participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), a federal assistance program regulated by the...
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Vending Machines & School Stores
In 2003, the Center for Science in the Public Interest surveyed schools across the nation and found that 74 percent of...
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A la Carte
While school lunches are subject to some regulation, most food items that are sold separately, or a la carte, are not. A...
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