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Sweetened beverage taxes produce net economic benefits for lower-income communities

July 8, 2022 | UW News

New study from University of Washington Center for Public Health Nutrition examines the economic equity impacts of sweetened beverage taxes in three cities: Seattle, San Francisco and Philadelphia. Jessica Jones-Smith was co-prinicipal investigator and Lina Pinero Walkinshaw was a co-author on the study.

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Pandemic disrupts food access for tribal communities

January 24, 2022 | DEOHS Blog

DEOHS Blog highlights how tribal communities in Washington state experienced food insecurity during the pandemic, according to according to a new report by researchers at the Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center (NWTEC), a division of the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, the University of Washington and Tacoma Community College.

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Survey shows disproportionate food insecurities in Washington tribal communities

January 20, 2022 | UW Population Health

Highlights findings from a recent study, WATRIBAL, which shows the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food disparities and food sovereignty among American Indian/Alaska Native communities in Washington State.

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Resiliency of food systems during COVID-19

January 10, 2022 | KOMO Radio

A UW study focuses on the adaptations made to keep food systems going during the pandemic. It found a third of farmers formed new working relationships while coping with supply chain failures, worker shortages and more.

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New Evidence Suggests That Seattle’s Soda Tax Is Working — and It’s Working Well

January 11, 2022 | The Patch

A study in Baltimore which uses grocery store sales data bolsters early evidence published by UW Center for Public Health Nutrition, supporting the that the Seattle soda tax is working. Jessica Jones-Smith, lead researcher involved in the UW research is quoted.

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Studies show how the pandemic pushed the food system to the brink

January 9, 2022 | GoSkagit.com

UW researchers published a study commissioned by the state Department of Agriculture that focused on the resiliency of the state’s food system during the pandemic, and the adaptations made by the system.

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Studies show extent of strain to Washington’s food access and food production systems due to COVID-19

December 14, 2021 | Washington State Department of Agriculture

A UW study commissioned by the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) by researchers in the Center for Public Health Nutrition in the UW School of Public Health demonstrates how the COVID-19 pandemic affected access to food in Washington, in the areas of both food production and food assistance, and how the state can learn from the pandemic and take advantage of new opportunities.

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Washington state food assessment report: How the pandemic has affected food access

December 14, 2021 | Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

New UW study commissioned by the Washington State Department of Agriculture shows the pandemic’s strain on Washington’s food access and food production systems. This DEOHS blog post highlights the team’s findings.

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For many King County families, food aid ‘not nearly enough’ as need spikes in pandemic

June 27, 2021 | The Seattle Times

Food bank staff and public health officials predict it will take households several years to recover from food insecurity made worse by the economic instability of the pandemic. Ongoing research led by the UW Center for Public Health Nutrition in partnership with Washington State University and Tacoma Community College is highlighted.

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You waste more than $1,000 of food a year. Chew on that

March 23, 2021 | Los Angeles Times

Marie Spiker speaks with the Los Angeles Times about global food waste and new data published in the Food Waste Index for 2021 by the UN Environment Programme which assesses that the world wastes 1 billion tons of food each year.

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