UConn’s nationally-renowned Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health promotes solutions to food insecurity, poor diet quality, and weight bias through research and policy. Marlene Schwartz is the director of the Rudd Center and joins us on the podcast. She is also a professor of Human Development and Family Studies. Marlene talks about how the Rudd Center performs research and advocates on these various issues. She also gives parents helpful hints on how to get their children to eat healthy foods and good tips on how buying things like fruits and vegetables can be done in an economic way. Schwartz also reviews what college students can do to eat healthy when they move into dormitory life.