Upcoming Rudd Center Seminar: Oct. 20, 12:30pm

Please join us at 12:30pm on October 20th for the next installment in our Fall 2008 Seminar Series. Our guest will be Alberto Cormillot, MD. Dr. Cormillot is the Founder of the Cormillot Health Network, Former National Congressman, Former Minister of Acción Social of the Province of Buenos Aires, and Former Secretary of Quality of Life of the city of Buenos Aires. His talk is titled Obesity, Nutrition, and Health Education Network.

Rudd Report on Access to Healthy Foods in Low Income Neighborhoods

This new Rudd Report offers information to policy makers and interested citizens about the problem, reports findings on a new Rudd study, and gives suggestions for ways to increase access to healthy foods through positive policy change. A summary of study findings supporting the need for work in this area is also included.

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.