Kelly Brownell directs the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University.

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Michigan is the only state that prohibits weight-based discrimination, according data from the Rudd Center.

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Successful completion of that survey was a key criteria for an April 2011 Rudd Center study on food addiction.

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In elementary school, obese students are 63% more likely to be bullied than their non-overweight peers, according to a 2012 report from the Rudd Center.

FORBES: Women Judged On Weight In Court, Study Finds

But it turns out that some jurors think differently, according to a study released Tuesday by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity.

FORBES: Women Judged On Weight In Court, Study Finds

Mr. KELLY BROWNELL (Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University): Both the dairy and the soft drink industries are notorious for giving investigators money to do studies that typically find things favorable to the industry.

NPR: Researchers Find Bias in Nutrition Studies

Before Tuesday's vote, Mar cited a study released this week by Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, which examined 12 popular restaurant chains and found only 12 out of more than 3, 000 kids' meal combinations met the nutritional guidelines for preschool-age children.

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