Rudd Center Launches Fall Seminar Series
Each semester the Rudd Center hosts many renowned experts in academics, public policy, and the media to discuss their work and its implications for the study of obesity, food policy, and weight bias. The Fall 2010 Seminar Series will welcome Kevin W. Concannon, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services in the USDA; Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, Professor of Epidemiology and Associate Dean for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; and Richard F. Daines, MD, FACP, Commissioner of Health for the New York State Department of Health.
Please join us for our first seminar, featuring Peter Kaminsky on Wednesday, September 15 at 12:30 pm. Mr. Kaminsky is an author and journalist. His seminar is titled, In Search of the Perfect Pig (and Some Other Delicacies). Please check the box on the left side of the homepage each week for information about the upcoming seminar.
Fact Sheet on Federal Menu Label Law
Congress passed the federal menu label law, which became effective when President Obama signed the Health Care Reform Act in March 2010. The FDA will draft regulations to carry out the law’s intent. The federal menu label regulation will require covered restaurants and vending machines to disclose nutrition information to consumers and may additionally encourage covered restaurants to reformulate products to make them healthier and covered vendors to provide healthier options. Read the Rudd Center's Fact Sheet on the Federal Menu Label Law to learn more about it.
Sugared Beverage Tax Endorsements and Recommendations
A new resource is available for those interested in sugar-sweetened beverage taxes. The Rudd Center has created a list of national organizations and institutions that support these taxes, recommend more research on the efficacy of this promising strategy, or have called for a decrease in the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, as a part of the national effort to reduce obesity and overweight. The document quotes the pertinent statement from each organization, and provides links to the full statement.
Rudd Center in the Media
Obesity and food policy are in the news now more than ever, and our faculty has been on the front lines. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart featured an interview with Marlene Schwartz on the importance of the government's role in the obesity epidemic.
