Rudd Center in the News
- Like tobacco, energy drinks
such as Red Bull and Monster should be kept behind the counter with
sales limited to adults, Jennifer Harris, UConn Rudd Center Director of
Marketing Initiatives, told USA Today. The March 24 article featured our study showing that energy drinks are a growing public health threat to youth.
- Keep the updated healthier
school lunch standards intact: This was the rallying cry from U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
and Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell in an opinion
piece that also appeared in USA Today March
24. They cited the Rudd Center study showing students are eating more
of the healthy food and throwing less food away since the new standards
took effect.
- The Washington Post featured
a high profile story on the Rudd Center’s study on parents’ beliefs
about sugary drinks. The findings help explain why so many provide them
to their children. The March 11 article sheds light on how parents are
still being misled by clever marketing.
- USA Today published
a hard-hitting piece on the Rudd Center study showing that many parents
wrongly believe that some drinks with high amounts of added sugar are
healthy options for their children. As writer Bruce Horovitz put it in
the March 11 article, “Bamboozled by misleading product marketing and
labeling, parents have failed to get the message that sugary drinks –
beyond soda – are not healthy for kids.”
- Obesity is harming the U.S. economy in surprising ways, according to a March 5 Bloomberg Business article. Among
the experts quoted, Tatiana Andreyeva, the Rudd Center’s Director of
Economic Initiatives, noted that obesity is correlated with an increase
in absenteeism from work because of health issues.
- The updated, healthier
school lunch standards are a major part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s
“Let’s Move” campaign to fight childhood obesity – a point noted in The New York Times March 4 article on the Rudd Center study that adds to evidence that the changes can succeed in helping students eat healthier.
- Time
magazine’s March 4 article on the Rudd Center study showing the new
healthier school lunch standards are having the desired effects included
key data: “students choosing fruit in the cafeteria increased from 54 percent to 66 percent. Children are also throwing away less food, with researchers noting that students ate 84 percent of their (healthier) entrees, up from 74 percent in 2012.”
- ABC News
carried a piece on a Puerto Rico proposal to fine parents of obese
children, which Rudd Center Deputy Director Rebecca Puhl said is "unfair
and inappropriately penalizes and stigmatizes parents. Much broader
societal changes are required to effectively address the challenge, as
"childhood obesity is a highly complex issue."
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