Rudd Center
Study Reveals How Parents Talk About Their Teen’s Weight, and How Teens Feel About It
Positive weight comments from parents were reported to be more frequent than negative parental comments about weight
New Report Reveals Industry-Led Initiative Fails to Protect Kids from Marketing of Unhealthy Foods and Beverages
Despite recent strengthening of Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI) nutrition standards, loopholes allow the marketing of unhealthy products to children, contributing to poor diets and placing their health at risk
Schools Will Soon Stop Serving Free Lunch to All Students: What Comes Next?
The policy has reduced food insecurity and provided more kids with nutritious, healthy meals
Study: Front-of-Package Claims and Images Persuade Parents that Sugar-Sweetened Drinks are Healthy Choices for Children
'Marketing tactics commonly used to promote fruit-flavored drinks and toddler milks appear to mislead, mask and misrepresent true ingredients'
National Survey Seeks Experiences of 17,000 Sexual and Gender Diverse Teens
'The spirit of the project is to better understand who among a very heterogenous group may need the most attention in reducing health disparities'
Study: USDA’s Child and Adult Care Food Program Underused By Connecticut Child Care Centers
Low program awareness and burdensome paperwork cited as common reasons for lack of participation, which costs the state millions in foregone federal fund
Six From UConn Named to World’s Highly Cited Research List
The list identifies researchers who produced multiple papers ranking in the top one percent by citations for their field and year of publication
Companies are Pushing Sweetened Drinks to Children through Ads and Misleading Labels – and Families are Buying
There are dozens of options for children’s drinks in most supermarkets. Choosing the healthy options is difficult
Study: International Support for Policies to Address Weight-Based Bullying & Discrimination
Support is highest for laws that would make it illegal for employers to refuse to hire people because of their weight
New Study Reveals Marketing Disproportionately Affects Purchases of Sweetened Children’s Drinks by Households with Low Incomes
Researchers say restrictions on marketing of unhealthy drinks are needed to address health disparities affecting low-income communities and communities of color