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Tag Archives: Rudd Center
Toying with the Happy Meal: Is McDonald’s evading the law?
While most media outlets dubbed it the “Happy Meal toy ban,” the ordinance passed in San Francisco last year didn’t ban anything. The law just placed a few reasonable nutrition guidelines (a maximum of 600 calories per meal and limits … Continue reading
Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move After Year One: Little More than PR?
The following op-ed was recently published in numerous newspapers across the country through McClatchy-Tribune News Service.
Posted in Child Nutrition, Walmart
Tagged childhood obesity, junk food, Let's Move, marketing to children, Obama, Rudd Center, Walmart
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Why the Happy Meal is already illegal
When it comes to food, everybody’s got an opinion. Same goes for parenting. Mix the two together and you’ve got the makings of a culture war. Witness the recent scuffle between Sarah Palin and Michelle Obama over the White House’s … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing to kids
Tagged consumer protection laws, marketing to kids, McDonald's, Rudd Center
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My latest article on AlterNet – how PepsiCo is buying up top-notch health experts
My latest article on AlterNet is entitled: “How Junk Food Giant PepsiCo Is Buying Up High-Ranking Experts to Look Like a Leader in Health and Nutrition.” And the subhead is just as fun: “Pepsi’s strategy: Create a research environment so … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Public Health
Tagged AlterNet, Derek Yach, food politics, PepsiCo, Rudd Center, ScienceBlogs
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Yale Alumni Magazine covers PepsiCo / Yale School of Medicine partnership controversy
This past March, I blogged about how soda and snack food giant PepsiCo formed a partnership with the Yale School of Medicine, where I earned my public health degree. The grant included $250,000 for a 5-year research fellowship to be … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Public Health
Tagged corporate sponsorships, PepsiCo, Rudd Center, Yale School of Public Health
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Big Food pledge placates White House – Who needs policy when you’ve got promises?
You’ve got to hand it to the food industry. They certainly know how to get the attention of the White House just when they need it most. As announced today by Michelle Obama herself, the nation’s leading food companies have … Continue reading
Lame response from Yale PR office re: PepsiCo / medical school deal
Here is what I received from Yale after I signed the petition at Change.org to ask the Yale School of Medicine to end its deal with PepsiCo, which I wrote about here and here. Thank you for your recent e-mail … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Public Health
Tagged PepsiCo, Rudd Center, Yale School of Public Health
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Yale / PepsiCo Deal Making for Bad PR in Wall Street Journal and Yale Daily News
A few weeks ago I wrote about how the soda and snack-food giant PepsiCo had bought a piece of the Yale School of Medicine (my alma mater – MPH, 1990) by funding a “lab” and a fellowship program. Earlier this … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Public Health
Tagged PepsiCo, Rudd Center, Yale School of Public Health
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