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Research Shows the Importance and Paradox of Early Childhood Care and Education
October 8, 2020 | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Dependable child care is critical for healthy development—and for the nation to return to work. However, costs are often unaffordable even while many child-care workers are not making a living wage. Ultimately, the entire nation faces the consequences of a system in crisis.
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Daily eating occasions and risk of type 2 diabetes
September 21, 2020 | Fred Hutch
How does meal frequency affect T2D risk? New study from Marian Neuhouser, core faculty in the UW Nutritional Sciences Program and researcher at Fred Hutch evaluated the association between the number of daily eating occasions with T2D risk and whether these associations varied by body mass index (BMI), age, or race/ethnicity.
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Food insecurity rates have more than doubled since start of COVID-19 pandemic
September 15, 2020 | knkx.org
Since the onset of the pandemic, food insecurity rates have more than doubled in WA state, according to UW Nutritional Sciences and Center for Public Health Nutrition Center researchers who comment on the recently compiled the results from their first round of a statewide survey.
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Changes to food system needed to reduce consumer food waste, new report says
August 27, 2020 | UW School of Public Health
Jennifer Otten, associate professor in the UW Nutritional Sciences Program co-authored this new report which identifies recommendations for reducing consumer food waste at a national level.
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Food label fight splits EU
August 19, 2020 | CGTN
Adam Drewnowski comments on new food labeling proposed as a component of the ambitious European Green Deal.
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Collaborating for health equity
August 19, 2020 | UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
Nutritional Sciences core faculty members Jennifer Otten, Adam Drewnwoski, Sarah Collier, and Yona Sipos awarded population health equity research grants by the UW Population Health Initiative.
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School awarded six COVID-19 population health equity grants
August 17, 2020 | UW School of Public Health
Nutritional Sciences Program faculty Jennifer Otten, Adam Drewnowksi, Sarah Collier, Yona Sipos among researchers involved in new UW Population Health Initiative COVID-19 healthy equity research projects. Read more about the studies in this story by UW School of Public Health.
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Obama-era school nutrition policy led to better diets for students but faces changes
July 28, 2020 | UW School of Public Health
UW Nutritional Sciences researchers Jessica Jones-Smith, Cristen Harris and Kelsey Kinderknecth conducted the first nationally representative study to assess specifically how the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act – championed by former first lady Michelle Obama and signed into law by former President Barack Obama – impacted the overall nutritional quality of school meals eaten by students, rather than meals served.
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Outdoor dining and drinking is allowed. But is it safe?
June 26, 2020 | Vox
Nutritional Sciences lecturer Anne-Marie Gloster contributes to this comprehensive piece offering advice for dining and drinking outdoors and outside the home during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Statewide survey could map how COVID-19 is affecting food security, economics
June 24, 2020 | KNKX
Research studying food security in WA state affected by COVID-19 is highlighted, featuring project leads Adam Drewnowski and Jennifer Otten. The study is conducted in partnership with Washington State University, Tacoma Community College, and partners in local, county and state governments.
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