Last week, the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity published its Baby Food FACTS (Food Advertising to Children and Teens Score) report, which examines the nutrition and marketing of baby and toddler food and Read More
Nov 08
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
Aug 31
New Report on Smart Snacks: Bad for Kids, Good for Brands
The UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity is one of our favorite health-focused organizations. They understand the big picture and connect the public health dots... and are not afraid to call out the food Read More
Nov 02, 2015
The Latest Stats on Industry’s Junk Food Marketing
Today, the University of Connecticut’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity released Snack FACTS 2015, a thoroughly researched report evaluating snack food nutrition and marketing to youth. The report “examines the Read More
Sep 11, 2015
Industry’s Empty Promises to Stop Marketing Junk Food to Children
More evidence that industry self-regulation is flawed. "Despite voluntary pledges from candy makers not to advertise to children 11 and under, four years after the promises went into effect children were viewing Read More
Nov 20, 2014
Report: The Soda Industry Continues Marketing to Children
The 2014 edition of the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity's Sugary Drink FACTS (Food Advertising to Children and Teens Score) report is out. Not surprisingly, Big Soda continues to target children and Read More
Dec 10, 2013
Coca-Cola’s Questionable Charitable Donations
We think multi-disciplinary approaches to health and wellness are key, and were glad to see the issue of Big Food advertising to children raised in this May 2013 Psychology Today article by Jennifer Harris, PhD, MBA, of Read More