CHIP Lecture Series, Spring 2015
“Obesity Stigma: Public Attitudes and Potential Policy Remedies”
Rebecca Puhl, PhD, University of Connecticut
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
12:30 - 1:30pm
Co-Sponsors:
Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, UConn
Center for Public Health and Health Policy, UConn Health
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, UConn
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, UConn
Location
Video Conference Room 204, 2nd floor
J. Ray Ryan Building, 2006 Hillside Road
University of Connecticut, Storrs Campus
For directions and maps, see http://www.chip.uconn.edu/about/directions-to-chip/.
Accessibility: elevator available in building lobby on ground floor.
Web Stream
You can view this talk streamed live during the lecture -- or archived after the lecture -- at CHIP's website.
About the Speaker
Dr. Rebecca Puhl is the Deputy Director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. As a Senior Research Scientist, she coordinates research and policy efforts aimed at reducing weight bias and improving the quality of life of children and adults affected by obesity. Dr. Puhl received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Yale University. She has conducted research on weight bias for 15 years and has published numerous studies on weight-based bullying in youth, weight bias in health care and the media, the impact of weight stigma on emotional and physical health, and policy strategies to reduce weight bias. Dr. Puhl has testified in state legislative hearings on weight bias, routinely provides expertise on this issue to State Departments of Health and national health organizations, and has developed evidence-based trainings to reduce weight bias that have been implemented in medical facilities across the country. Dr. Puhl has served on the Council of The Obesity Society, and on the Board of Directors for the Obesity Action Coalition, and has received awards for her work such as the Excellence in Policy Research Award from the National Eating Disorders Coalition. More information on Dr. Puhl’s work is available at www.yaleruddcenter.org.
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