Easy Method to Monitor Federal and State Legislation on Food Policy and Obesity

If you are interested in federal and state legislation regarding food policy and obesity, you will want to check out Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. The Center recently launched a comprehensive legislative database that tracks legislation related to topics, such as healthy food access, school initiatives, menu labeling and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes. The database includes a number of useful features including detailed search capabilities, information on recently acted upon bills and status updates, bill summaries, updates on bills enacted into law, and contact information for bill sponsors.