The Rudd Center Seminar Series welcomes speakers from different disciplines to present and discuss their work and its implications for the study of obesity and food policy. The Rudd Center is interdisciplinary, and our meetings are attended by a diverse group representing psychology, public health, law, medicine, nursing, public policy, and other fields. Our meetings are open to the public, and all are invited to attend.
Our complete roster of speakers for the Spring 2009 academic term is available below. You may also view our archive of past speakers, available here.
Our seminars are held at the Rudd Center, located at 309 Edwards Street in New Haven, Connecticut. They are free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
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Lori Dorfman, DrPH
Director of Berkeley Media Studies Group, a project of the Public Health Institute
The Eyeballs Have Moved: Marketing to Children and Youth in the Digital Age
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1/14/09
12:30 pm
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Podcast
Podcast II
Slides
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Gary A. Taubes
Science Journalist and Author of “Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control and Disease”
Adiposity 101: Why We Get Fat and the Alternative Hypothesis of Obesity
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1/21/09
12:30 pm
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Slides
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Juliet B. Schor, PhD
Professor of Sociology, Boston College
The Impacts of Consumer Culture on Children's Well-Being
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2/4/09
12:30 pm
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Susan Peters, APRN, MPH; Sonia Pereira, PhD
Peters is Director of the Physical Activity & Wellness Project for New Haven Public Schools, Supervisor/Clinician in School Based Health Center: Yale-New Haven Hospital; Pereira is Term Assistant Professor, Barnard College, Columbia University
Is PAW Working? Results from an Evaluation of the New Haven Public Schools Health/Wellness Initiative: Physical Activity & Wellness (PAW)
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2/11/09
12:30 pm
Podcast
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Marian Tanofsky-Kraff, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Researcher, Unit on Growth and Obesity, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
Preventing Excessive Weight Gain in Adolescent Girls at High-Risk for Adult Obesity
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2/18/09
12:30 pm
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Podcast
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David Wallinga, MD, MPA
Wm T Grant Foundation Fellow, University of Minnesota; Director, Food and Health Program Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Overfed and Undernourished: Downstream Impacts of a Flawed Farm Policy?
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2/25/09
12:30 pm
Notes
Podcast
Podcast II
Podcast III
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Marcia L. Pelchat, PhD
Associate Member, Monell Chemical Senses Center
Human Food Addiction?
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3/4/09
12:30 pm
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Podcast
Podcast II
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Steven C. Hayes, PhD
Foundation Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada
First You Win, Then You Play: Acceptance, Mindfulness, and Values in Food, Body Image, and Health
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3/25/09
12:30 pm
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Podcast
Podcast II
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David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pediatric, Harvard Medical School; Director, Optimal Weight for Life (OWL) Program
An Integrative, Family-based Approach to Childhood Obesity
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4/1/09
12:30 pm
Notes
Podcast
Podcast II
Podcast III
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Jason M. Fletcher, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, Yale University
Can State Level Policies Influence Children's Weight? Evidence Using Soft Drink Taxes and Vending Machine Bans
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4/8/09
2:00 pm
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Christina Economos, PhD
New Balance Chair, Childhood Nutrition; Associate Director, John Hancock Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Catalyzing Communities to Prevent Childhood Obesity
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4/22/09
12:30 pm
Podcast
Podcast II
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Michael W. Hamm, PhD
C.S. Mott Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, Departments of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies, Crop and Soil Sciences, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University
Sustainable Agriculture and Public Health: Reciprocity and Opportunity for Transforming Our Food System
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5/6/09
12:30 pm
Notes
Podcast
Podcast II
Podcast III
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Barry M. Popkin, PhD
Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition; Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Obesity, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The World is Fat
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5/13/09
12:30 pm
Podcast
Podcast II
Podcast III
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