ReachMD Interviews Marlene Schwartz on Ways to Improve Children's Nutrition

A recent study conducted by Rudd Center researchers found that breakfast cereals for children are less healthy than cereals meant for adults, and those marketed the most aggressively to kids have the worst nutritional quality. Marlene B. Schwartz, PhD, who led the study, was recently interviewed by ReachMD radio about her research on children's nutrition.

Rudd and Yale Faculty Submit New Amicus Brief

San Francisco recently adopted a menu labeling ordinance that requires chain restaurants to provide consumers with nutritional information about their menu items to enable consumers to make healthier choices. Robert Post of Yale University Law School, and Jennifer L. Pomeranz and Kelly D. Brownell of the Rudd Center submitted an amicus brief in support of San Francisco, focusing on free speech issues.

Rudd Report on Menu Labeling in Chain Restaurants

This new Rudd Report presents information to assist policy makers and interested citizens in determining whether menu labeling is a viable alternative for their constituents and communities. It provides a stand-alone fact sheet, and gives an example of calorie information with a menu labeling policy, public opinion polling data, arguments for and against a policy, and a compilation of relevant scientific studies.