Parents, both with and without overweight children, are concerned about weight-based bullying and are in favor of a range of policy initiatives to address the issue, according to two new studies published this month by researchers at the Yale Rudd Center....
Exposure to weight stigma causes physiological stress in both overweight and lean women, according to a study by researchers at the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity.
The study, titled “The Stress of Stigma: Exploring the Effect of Weight Stigma...
Obesity is associated with significant increases in absenteeism among American workers and costs the nation over $8 billion per year in lost productivity, according to a study recently published by Rudd Center researchers. The study suggests that the...
Beverage companies spent $866 million to advertise unhealthy drinks in 2013, and children and teens remained key target audiences for that advertising, according to a new report released today by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity. The...