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From: UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Date: April 29, 2016 at 5:38:00 PM GMT+1
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April 2016 Rudd Center Health Digest
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Health Digest - April 2016
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Rudd Center Recent Publications
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Support Increasing for State and Federal Laws To Protect Children
From Weight-Based Bullying
Parental support for enactment of laws and policies to protect youth from weight-based bullying is strong and has increased over the past two years, according to a study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut. All 50 states have anti-bullying laws and many school districts have anti-bullying policies, yet body weight is often overlooked. "Our new findings suggest that parental support for improved legal protections against weight-based bullying is present, consistent and strong," said Rebecca Puhl, the lead study author and Deputy Director of the Rudd Center. "Parental voices can be influential in mobilizing advocacy efforts, and enacting policy change affecting children's health." The study was published online April 26 in Pediatric Obesity.<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=2fdd1f1a1e&e=89c632dff2>
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Americans Back Measures to Prohibit Weight Discrimination
Dr. Puhl also was the lead author of a UConn Rudd Center study showing that public support for laws to prohibit weight discrimination has increased over the past two years, compared to levels of support found in a previous survey. The findings were published in the International Journal of Obesity<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=b9e77bfd34&e=89c632dff2>. Of particular note is the significant increase in support for measures to extend disability protections for individuals with obesity and add body weight as a protected class in civil rights laws, Dr. Puhl noted in her conclusion. "Although previous studies suggest that women are more likely than men to support anti-discrimination laws, the present findings suggest that men may be becoming more supportive of these measures," she wrote. "Similarly, compared with previous research documenting higher support for these laws among liberals, we found no significant differences between liberals and conservatives in support for laws addressing weight discrimination in employment and civil rights statutes." This finding could motivate bipartisan political will to pursue passage of anti-discrimination legislation.
Rudd Center in the News
The UConn Rudd Center's Snack FACTS 2015 report<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=93a56f3bd5&e=89c632dff2> was cited in a Huffpost Healthy Living blog <http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=a3a4ff150c&e=89c632dff2> about a study showing that teens frequently share photos of unhealthy foods and beverages on Instagram, many of them branded products. The April 13 blog post included a key point from our report: "As social media sites enlist teens to market unhealthy products virally to their friends this form of marketing raises additional concerns among health experts."
The Connecticut Post's health writer, Amanda Cuda, wrote a thorough article<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=24245ed58a&e=89c632dff2> on the Rudd Center's new study showing increased parental support for legal measures to address weight-based bullying of children and teens. The piece appeared in several Hearst Media papers April 26 and 27.
The study on parental support for laws and policies to protect youth from weight-based bullying was featured in UConn Today<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=06ad90dce0&e=89c632dff2> on April 26.
Our study published in March 2015<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=55504fb936&e=89c632dff2> showing that middle school students ate more fruit and threw away less of their entrees after healthier national meal standards took effect was highlighted in an April 14 Issue Brief by The Pew Charitable Trusts and its Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project.<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=066e467063&e=89c632dff2>
What's Simmering with Our Friends
With funding from Healthy Food America<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=1cacbf3be8&e=89c632dff2>,<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=57bf49bd5e&e=89c632dff2> researchers from Harvard's CHOICES project examined the potential health impact of Philadelphia's proposed tax on sugary drinks.<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=b89962cb6a&e=89c632dff2> Their model projects 36,000 fewer people with obesity by the end of 2025, with the tax compared to without the tax, and lower estimated health care costs with savings of nearly $200 million. "It is just a total winner of a policy from a public health standpoint," researcher Steven Gortmaker told The Philadelphia Inquirer.<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=ccd6ed7f45&e=89c632dff2>
The April edition of the Food Research & Action Center's newsletter<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=a1c24b585b&e=89c632dff2> focused on obesity and poverty, "looking at the intersection of obesity, low income, food insecurity, the federal nutrition programs, and federal food and nutrition policy." The Research Highlights in the newsletter included our recent study that found that middle school students who eat breakfast at home and another breakfast at school are less likely to have unhealthy weight gain than students who skip breakfast.
NEW! Food Marketing Presentations
Available for Download
Did you know that the food industry spends $1.8 billion dollars each year targeting children and teens with food marketing for almost exclusively unhealthy foods and beverages? Find out how unhealthy food is marketed to youth in schools, communities, and digitally in these presentations:
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It's easy: download a presentation, customize as needed, and share! Our vision is that these presentations will be used to increase awareness of unhealthy food and beverage marketing, and inspire collective action to make positive change, so that the healthy choice is the easy choice for kids and families.
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Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Addressing Weight Bias
Developed by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, this free, one-hour, online accredited course is for health professionals (clinicians, nurses, social workers and dietitians, and trainees) to improve the quality of care for patients with overweight and obesity, and help reduce weight stigmatization in clinical settings.
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Rudd Center Legislation Database
Available on our website, the Rudd Center's legislation database<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=8eaa73239d&e=89c632dff2> tracks the latest state and federal measures related to obesity and diet-related diseases in areas including access to healthy food, breastfeeding, farms and gardens, food assistance programs, school nutrition and physical activity, food marketing/advertising to children, menu and package labeling, food and beverage taxes, and weight stigma and bias.
If you would like to receive monthly legislative updates, please contact Sally Mancini, Director of Advocacy Resources, at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
News to Chew On
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Harvard Study: Soda tax would make Philadelphia healthier<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=84a73e2558&e=89c632dff2>
Science Daily
Restaurant kids’ meals make nutrition strides, but leave room for improvement<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=4ebbb31ef4&e=89c632dff2>
HealthNewsLine
Pregnant Mom’s Obesity, Diabetes May Cause Fetus To Be Abnormally Large<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=5d0268bb0e&e=89c632dff2>
The Huffington Post
Larger Serving Sizes On Food Labels May Encourage Us to Eat Less<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=999f0c5e78&e=89c632dff2>
The Lunch Tray (blog)
BREAKING: House School Food Bill Is “Everything Health Advocates Feared”<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=098b61e2c4&e=89c632dff2>
Association for Women in Science – magazine Spring 2016
Fat Tax: Weight Penalties for Women in Academia Throughout Their Lifetimes<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=f3bf5528b9&e=89c632dff2>
The Baltimore Sun – opinion
Sugary drinks: a sickeningly sweet issue<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=b68b46a7d0&e=89c632dff2>
Salud Today blog
Contest: How to Create Super-Healthy Schools<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=9fbc0cf052&e=89c632dff2>
Food Dive
Mars to reduce salt and sugar, use ‘occasional’ food labels in $20M program<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=cea242a2fe&e=89c632dff2>
Philly.com<http://philly.com> - opinion
Letters: Soda tax is what's best for kids<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=3fc6a63e32&e=89c632dff2>
The Seattle Times
PepsiCo CEO: We're reducing our reliance on colas for sales<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=099a5b3a37&e=89c632dff2>
The Christian Science Monitor
How much longer will Coca-Cola and Pepsi be 'soda' companies?<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=23df3f2b1e&e=89c632dff2>
The Washington Post
Americans' junk food habits start in toddler years. At age 1, we eat fries and brownies - but few veggies<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=154e7cbbd4&e=89c632dff2>
The Huffington Post
Americans Finally Found Something To Drink That's Better Than Soda<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=953aa2c327&e=89c632dff2>
CNN via NBC
Clinton ‘very supportive’ of Philadelphia soda tax<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=99b096525e&e=89c632dff2>
Yahoo!
Coke’s Latest Plan to Lure Consumers: A New Zero-Sugar Label<http://uconnruddcenter.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1101bb71c01df421903058a46&id=2b3e2cd729&e=89c632dff2>
Parents: See What's Happening at
Rudd 'Roots Parents
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