http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Most U.S. adults aren't sweet on the idea of soda and candy taxes, and many doubt the bigger price tags would trim the national waistline. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-americans-oppose-soda-candy-taxes.html Health Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:30:01 EST news286121405 (Medical Xpress)—Overweight patients are not the only ones who suffer weight stigmatization in the doctor's office, a Yale study finds. Physicians who are overweight or obese are vulnerable to biased attitudes from patients which could interfere with quality of care, according to a study by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity. The findings, published in the International Journal of Obesity, show that a provider's excess weight negatively affects patients' perceptions of his or her credibility, level of trust, and inclination to follow medical advice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-overweight-physicians-vulnerable-weight-bias.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:20:01 EST news282977604 (Medical Xpress)—Loopholes in industry self-regulation allow food companies to continue to reach large numbers of children with advertising for unhealthy products—such as fast food, candy, and cookies—during "tween" programs and popular children's holiday specials. The study by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity is published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-industry-self-regulation-junk-food-ads.html Health Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:06:10 EST news282294363 Support is needed in child care centers to help meet existing water policies and new water requirements included in the 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act, according to a study published by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity. The study, published in the March/April 2013 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, is the first to document availability and accessibility of water in compliance with state and federal policy and accreditation standards in child care centers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-stronger-healthy-beverage-child.html Health Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:01 EST news281809593 Food banks are altering their nutrition-related policies and practices to address concerns about the rise in obesity and diet-related diseases among individuals struggling to afford food, according to a study by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity. The study, published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, examines these strategies and identifies the challenges and opportunities related to their implementation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-food-banks-obesity-nutrition-related-policies.html Health Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:38:55 EST news281180324 (Medical Xpress)—In the first studies to examine what the public thinks about people with an addiction to food, researchers at the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale found that while this addiction is less vulnerable to public stigma than others, it could increase the stigma already associated with obesity. The studies are published online in the journal Basic and Applied Social Psychology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-food-addicts-stigmatized.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:24:53 EST news279361484 (Medical Xpress)—In a study that offers insight into the depth of stigmatization of overweight and obese people, researchers at the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity found that weight stigma extends to the courtroom. Published online in the International Journal of Obesity, the study shows that a defendant's body weight and gender impact jurors' perceptions of guilt and responsibility. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-body-weight-gender-judgment-courtroom.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:19:51 EST news276934783 (Medical Xpress)—Even as adolescents struggle to lose weight through treatment programs, they often continue to experience weight-based discrimination—not just from their peers, but from adults they trust, including parents and teachers. The study by researchers at the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale appears online in the journal Pediatrics, and is the first comprehensive examination of how weight-based victimization impacts youth seeking weight-loss treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-youth-weight-loss-treatment-bullying.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:37:40 EST news275845028 (Medical Xpress)—The federal government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) pays at least $2 billion annually for sugar-sweetened beverages purchased in grocery stores alone, according to a study by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-federal-food-billion-annually-sugar-sweetened.html Health Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:24:12 EST news267089044 (Medical Xpress)—With over two thirds of Americans now overweight or obese, public health campaigns have emerged across the country to promote behavior that can help reduce America's waistline. But do the messages communicated by these campaigns help reduce obesity or potentially make the problem worse? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-obesity-americans-positive-messages-shame.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:39:47 EST news266657981 (Medical Xpress)—Communities attempting to improve their local food system are increasingly creating food policy councils as an important tool in that effort, but little research has been done into how those councils are functioning. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-efforts-local-food-policy.html Health Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:41:53 EST news265642904 Public health needs a radical shake up if it is to enable good health to flourish, say experts in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-health-radical-experts.html Health Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:30:02 EST news264782986 "The obesity crisis is made worse by the way industry formulates and markets its products and so must be regulated to prevent excesses and to protect the public good," writes a leading food expert in this week's PLoS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-food-industry-expert.html Health Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:00:03 EST news260553000 (AP) -- "Pink slime" just went from a simmer to a boil. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-schools-choice-beef-pink-slime.html Health Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:07:42 EST news251006850 (Medical Xpress) -- Presenting obese individuals in a positive, non-stereotypical manner in the media could help reduce weight-biased attitudes held by the public, finds a study from the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale. The study, published online in Health Psychology, investigates the impact on public attitudes and preferences of both stigmatizing and positive portrayals of obese individuals in the media. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-positive-media-portrayals-obese-individuals.html Health Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:50:01 EST news249032183 (AP) -- Avoid foreign produce. Wash and peel your fruit. Keep it refrigerated. None of these common tips would have guaranteed your safety from the deadliest food outbreak in a decade, the one involving cantaloupes from Colorado. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-killer-cantaloupe-scary-.html Health Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:28:19 EST news236539310 The language that health care providers use when discussing a child's weight with parents can reinforce negative weight-based stigma and jeopardize discussions about health, finds a study from the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University. The study, which is the first to asses parents' perceptions of common terms used to describe excess weight in children, shows that parents prefer that doctors use the terms "weight" and "unhealthy weight" rather than "fat," "obese," and "extremely obese." The study appears in the October issue of Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-doctor-words-weight-stigma.html Health Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:25:44 EST news236240683 Children are being exposed to almost one advertisement every day for unhealthy food, beverage, and restaurant brands via product placements on prime-time TV, finds a study from Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity. The study — which is the first to categorize, quantify, and report children's exposure to this type of marketing — shows a loophole in the current food industry's self-regulatory pledges to advertise only "better-for-you" foods to children, say the researchers. The study appears in the September issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-product-placements-unhealthy-food-children.html Health Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:15:32 EST news231477319 (PhysOrg.com) -- Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages a penny-per-ounce could reduce consumption and generate significant revenue, finds a study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University and the Bridging the Gap program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-taxing-sugar-sweetened-beverages-yield-sweet.html Health Fri, 13 May 2011 06:00:24 EST news224485150 (Medical Xpress) -- Children exposed to advertisements for high-calorie and nutrient-poor foods consume more unhealthy foods overall, regardless of the specific product and brand being marketed, finds a new study from the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University. The study, published in Economics and Human Biology, shows a relationship between children's exposure to food advertising on television and the consumption of unhealthy food, particularly sugar-sweetened beverages and fast food. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-truth-advertising-junk-food-children.html Health Tue, 10 May 2011 08:20:01 EST news224233587 (PhysOrg.com) -- Obese individuals shown in online news images are frequently portrayed in a negative and stigmatizing way, according to a study from the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University. The study is published online in the Journal of Health Communication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-obesity-stigma-prevalent-online-news.html Health Fri, 06 May 2011 08:03:55 EST news223887815