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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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Study asks Washington state residents to describe food security and access during pandemic, economic downturn
June 24, 2020 | UW News
Online survey launched by Center for Public Health Nutrition gathers data on how the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic downturn have affected food access and economic security to Washington state residents.
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Is It Actually Safe to Host a BBQ This Summer?
June 16, 2020 | Chowhound
Anne-Marie Gloster is quoted offering expert advice on public health safety at barbecues and outdoor gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic this summer.
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It’s time to rethink the disrupted US food system from the ground up
June 5, 2020 | The Conversation
Jennifer Otten and Sarah Collier, discuss a key vulnerability at the very foundation of the food system: soil. On farms and ranches across the U.S., the health of soil is seriously compromised today. The article covers what’s at stake if we don’t begin addressing this soil health as a key resource, and how we should go about it.
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Experts across campus discuss future of food supply system
June 4, 2020 | The UW Daily
A review of a UW experts panel discussing impacts on the food supply featuring core faculty members Jennifer Otten and Adam Drewnowski.
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Food Systems senior to be SPH gonfaloniere, alumni honored as Guardians of the Gonfalon
June 1, 2020 | School of Public Health
Esther Nguyen, a graduating senior of the Food Systems, Nutrition, a Health Major and Nutritional Sciences Program alumnae June Bartell (’79) and Kathy Kingen (’79) will be honored at the 2020 UW Commencement celebration.
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Initiative announces award of 21 COVID-19 rapid response grants
April 30, 2020 | UW Population Health
Nutritional Sciences Program researchers awarded Population Health Initiative grant to study impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on Washington state food systems, food security, and food access. Faculty involved in the project include Adam Drewnowski, Jennifer Otten, and Sarah Collier.
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Sowing self-reliance down the supply chain
April 22, 2020 | Real Change News
How food insecurity is growing in the Pacific Northwest and a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and insights on how supporting sustainable and local farms and food producers can help reduce impacts on the global food supply. The article quotes food systems expert and Nutritional Sciences Program core faculty member Yona Sipos.
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Seattle residents consuming fewer sugary drinks after city’s ‘soda tax’
April 16, 2020 | UW School of Public Health
New 12-month report co-authored by UW Center for Public Health Nutrition researchers Jessica Jones-Smith, Lina Walkinshaw and Vanessa Oddo offer surprise finding that one year after Seattle’s tax on sweetened beverages took effect, low-income children and their parents were consuming significantly fewer sugary drink.
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Lower-income kids in Seattle are drinking less pop than before soda tax, but so are kids outside the city
April 16, 2020 | The Seattle Times
Latest analysis of the Seattle’s soda tax and its impact on consumer purchasing choices authored by researchers from UW’s Center for Public Health Nutrition researchers Jessica Jones-Smith, Lina Walkinshaw and Vanessa Oddo.
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