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Devoted to promoting solutions to #foodinsecurity, #schoolmeals, #foodmarketing, and #weightbias through research and policy.
Hartford, Connecticut
Joined May 2009
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Researchers - looking for #funding for your next project? The RIDGE program is now accepting proposals! 🍎 . With support from @USDANutrition, we are looking for #research ideas related to the economics of federal #nutrition assistance programs. More:
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#News: This week, the FTC issued warning letters to food industry groups and dietitian influencers for failing to clearly disclose when the "health advice" they post on social media is sponsored.📱. Learn more from @washingtonpost + @examinationnews:
theexamination.org
The agency said food and sugar industry trade groups and nutrition influencers failed to adequately disclose who was behind paid advertising.
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Additionally, you can read the full consensus statement on evidence and recommendations to bring an end to diabetes stigma and discrimination here:
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Bringing an end to diabetes stigma and discrimination: an international consensus statement on evidence and recommendations
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For #WorldDiabetesDay, a panel of experts including Rebecca Puhl has published the first international consensus statement on strategies to #EndDiabetesStigma. Please consider joining the pledge to create a more respectful world for people with diabetes:
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How can we reduce children’s sweetened drink consumption?🧃. Our new study shows that front-of-package disclosures on sugary drinks can:. - correct common misconceptions about their ingredients.- reduce perceived healthfulness.- lower intent to purchase.
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Requiring companies to indicate added sugar, diet sweeteners and percent juice on the front of children’s fruit-flavored drinks may reduce children’s sweete ...
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RT @EarlyLearnNatn: The federal Child and Adult Care Food Program works. But just 36.5% of #childcare settings participate, even though i….
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Today, Aditi Rao returned to the Rudd Center to present her dissertation research on weight stigma in news images. Aditi was a Rudd Communications Assistant from 2018 - 2022, and she recently received her PhD from the UConn Department of Communications!
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#News: This week, @UConn_InCHIP announced that @CaspiLab will serve as their new Associate Director!. In addition to being an Associate Professor in @UConnAHS, Caspi has been a member of the Rudd Center since 2020. Congratulations, Caitlin!. 🔗:
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#NewStudy: Only 36.5% of licensed childcare centers participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program despite the many benefits that it provides.🥛🍎. Why is this resource so under-utilized?. New study from Tatiana Andreyeva:
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Why are fast food brands so good at marketing to children? 📱🤔. Recently, @franflemingPhD spoke to @iamshanehewitt about the deceptive tricks that fast food brands use to sell junk food to kids. Listen here:
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Do you know what’s really in your child’s fruit-flavored drink? Finding out should be easier🧃. A new study from the Rudd Center + @nyupublichealth shows that disclosures on children’s drinks help correct common misconceptions about their ingredients. 🔗:
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On Wednesday, our team was joined by Dr. Tera Fazzino from @AddictionKU to discuss the tobacco industry's role in the rise of hyperpalatable foods. Thank you for joining us, Dr. Fazzino!. Learn more about her recent work here:
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"Food insecurity isn't primarily a story about food. It's about many facets of economic instability." - @CaspiLab. This morning, Caitlin Caspi spoke to @wherewelive about misconceptions surrounding food insecurity and efforts to address it in CT. 🔊:
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Toddler milks are:. - not designed to meet all of a child's nutritional needs.- unregulated by the FDA.- more expensive than cow's milk. So why have sales jumped in recent years? 🍼. @franflemingPhD spoke to @NPRHealth about these misleading products:.
npr.org
A new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics warns that drinks marketed as toddler formulas are misleading parents. Some tout beneficial nutrients, but in fact have added sugar and salt.
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Yesterday, Rebecca Puhl gave an invited talk at the 2023 AAP National Conference in Washington, D.C. 🌸. During the session, she discussed stigma-related barriers that interfere with effective provider-patient communication. Event coverage: #AAP2023
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This Thursday @ 12:30, @UConn_InCHIP is hosting a legislative engagement #webinar! 💻 . Rudd Director Marlene Schwartz, @kerri_raissian from @UConn_ARMS, @dnejaime from @YaleLawSch, and @jfoster_rd will be leading this important discussion! . RSVP here:
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Despite the hype, so-called 'toddler milks' are unregulated and unnecessary. This week, @franflemingPhD spoke to @JoNel_Aleccia about how companies promote these "gateway sugary drinks" and make parents believe that they are nutritionally necessary. 🔗:
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Yesterday, our team was joined by Dr. Monique Potvin Kent from @uOttawa_SEPH to discuss her research. She is an expert on policies that address food and beverage marketing targeted at children and adolescents. 📱💻. Learn more about her lab:
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#DYK: Four out of every ten child-influencer videos on #YouTube contain branded food or beverages! 📺. Recently, @franflemingPhD spoke with @jayneore and @thatdarongirl about this "wild west" of advertising to kids: Our Study:
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