Website: www.uconnruddcenter.org

M.Phil., Psychology, Yale University, 1993
M.S., Psychology, Yale University, 1992
B.A., Haverford College, 1988 

Dr Schwartz is Director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health. The mission of the Rudd Center is to promote solutions to food insecurity, poor diet quality, and weight bias through research and policy.

View more about Dr. Schwartz’s research at the Rudd Center website’s pages on schools and food security.

[Note: All Rudd Center publications and reports are available from the Rudd Center’s Resource Database]

* Designates UConn student and post-doc authors

1. *Bennett, B.L., McKee, S.L., Burkholder, K., Chafouleas, S.M., Schwartz, M.B. (2024). USDA’s Summer Meals During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Examination of Participants and Non-Participants in 2021.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Apr;124(4):495-508.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2023.07.015.
2. *Connolly, K., Koslouski, J.B., Chafouleas, S.M., Schwartz, M.B., Edmondson, B., Briesch, A.M. (2024). Evaluating the Usability of the Wellness School Assessment Tool Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WellSAT WSCC): A School Wellness Policy Assessment Tool. Journal of School Health. May;94(5):406-414. doi: 10.1111/josh.13410.
3. *Burkholder, K., Bennett, B.L., McKee, S.L., Cohen, J.F.W., Xu, R., Schwartz, M.B. (2024). Participation in the US Department of Agriculture’s Summer Meal Programs: 2019-2021 Journal of School Health. Jan 23. doi: 10.1111/josh.13438
4. Schwartz, M.B., & Caspi, C. (2023). The Charitable Food System as a Change Agent. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1201.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1156501
5. Schwartz, M.B., Chafouleas, S.M., Koslouski, J.B. (2023) Expanding school wellness policies to encompass the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model. Frontiers in Public Health 11:1143474. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1143474
6. Gombi-Vaca, M.F. & Schwartz, M.B. (2023) Evaluation of US Department of Agriculture Foods programs for households using nutrition guidelines for the charitable food system. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2023.02.012.
7. Lewis, K.H.; Hsu, F.-C.; Block, J.P.; Skelton, J.A.; Schwartz, M.B.; Krieger, J.; Hindel, L.R.; Ospino Sanchez, B.; Zoellner, J. A (2023) Technology-Driven, Healthcare-Based Intervention to Improve Family Beverage Choices: Results from a Pilot Randomized Trial in the United States. Nutrients, 15, 2141. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu1509214
8. *Lawrence, S., Puhl., R., Watson, R., Schwartz, M., Lessard, L., Foster, G. (2023). Family-based weight stigma and psychosocial health: A multinational comparison. Obesity.
9. Musicus, A.A., Gibson, L.A., Bellamy, S.L., Orr, J.A., Hammond, D., Glanz, K., Vlopp, K.G., Schwartz, M.B., Bleakley, A., Starasser, A.A., Roberto, C.A. (2023). Effects of sugary beverage text & pictorial warnings: A randomized trial. American Journal of Preventive Medicine
10. A.N., Gardner, C.D., Kendrick, K.B., Seligman, H.K., Yaroch, A.L, Gomes, A.V., Ivy, K.N., Scarmo, S., Cotwright, C.J., & Schwartz, M.B. (2022). Strengthening US Food Policies and Programs to Promote Equity in Nutrition Security: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation, https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001072
11. *McKee, S.L., Xu, R., & Schwartz, M.B. (2022). Assessing the Effects of a Statewide Training Initiative on Local School Wellness Policies. Health Promotion Practice. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399211070808
12. Levi, R., Schwartz, M.B., Campbell, E., Martin, K., Seligman, H. (2022). Nutrition standards for the charitable food system: challenges and opportunities. BMC Public Health 22, 495. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12906-6
13. *McKee, S.L., *Thorne, T., Koslouski, J.B., Chafouleas, S.M., & Schwartz, M.B. (2022). Assessing District Policy Alignment with the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model in Connecticut, 2019 to 2020. The Journal of School Health. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.13183
14. *Bennett, B. L., Gans-Deluca, K., *Burkholder, K., Esposito, J., *Warykas, S. W., & Schwartz, M.B. (2022). Distributing Summer Meals during a Pandemic: Challenges and Innovations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063167
15. Schwartz, M.B., Leider, J., Cohen, J.F.W., Turner, L., Chriqui, J.F. (2021). Association between nutrition policies and student body mass index. Nutrients, 13. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13010013
16. *Boehm, R., Cooksey, K., Schneider, G.E., & Schwartz, M.B. (2021). Race, Ethnicity, and Neighborhood Food Environment Are Associated with Adolescent Sugary Drink Consumption During a 5-Year Community Campaign. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-01074-9
17. *Jensen, M.L., & Schwartz, M.B. (2021). Junk food consumption trends point to the need for retail policies. In The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqab189
18. Cohen J.F.W., Hecht, A.A., Hager, E.R., Turner, L., *Burkholder, K., & Schwartz, M.B. (2021). Strategies to Improve School Meal Consumption: A Systematic Review. Nutrients, 13(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13103520
19. Koriakin, T.A., McKee, S.L., Schwartz, M.B., Chafouleas, S.M. (2020). Development of a comprehensive tool for school health policy evaluation: The WellSAT WSCC. Journal of School Health. 90(12):923-939. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12956
20. Schwartz, M., Levi, R., Lott, M., Arm, K., Seligman, H. (2020). Healthy Eating Research Nutrition Guidelines for The Charitable Food System. Durham, NC: Healthy Eating Research. Available at: https://healthyeatingresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/her-food-bank_FINAL.pdf

Contact Information

Email	marlene.schwartz@uconn.edu
Phone	(959) 200-3521
Mailing Address	1 Constitution Plaza, Suite 600, Hartford CT 06103
Campus	Storrs
Courses	HDFS 3425 Food and the American Family: Fall 2022