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As the planet warms, unusual crops could become climate saviors — if we’re willing to eat them
December 20, 2019 | Ensia
Eli Wheat, a core faculty member in the Nutritional Science Program and Program on the Environment at the University of Washington is quoted about how government food production subsidies in our nation do not allow free market forces to act.
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How Washington keeps America sick and fat
November 4, 2019 | Politico
Mario Kratz, an associate professor in epidemiology, medicine, and nutritional sciences at the UW is quoted about the cost-prohibitive factors with NIH grants which present barriers for securing adequate funding for well-controlled dietary studies. Kratz works at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center where he studies dietary interventions and cancer prevention.
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Faculty Friday features Jennifer Otten, Branden Born and Livable City Year
November 8, 2019 | The Whole U
The academic collaboration between Jennifer Otten and Branden Born is highlighted in The Whole U in a Faculty Friday feature.
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Keto, fat and cancer: It’s complicated
October 24, 2019 | Fred Hutch News
Marian Neuhouser and Mario Kratz, core faculty members with the UW Nutritional Sciences Program and researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center are quoted in this article discussing evidence known so far about best diets for cancer treatment and health.
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Health claims in nutrition books can be a ‘volcano of nonsense.’ A new website is fighting back.
May 23, 2019 | The Seattle Times
Dr. Mario Kratz, a faculty member in the UW Nutritional Sciences Program and a researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is quoted in this article highlighting redpenreviews.org , a resource to help consumers verify if health nutrition books are scientifically accurate.
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Hands on with the latest prostate cancer research
May 14, 2019 | Fred Hutch News
Dr. Marian Neuhouser, a Fred Hutch nutritional epidemiologist and core faculty member in UW Nutritional Sciences highlights the importance of a healthy diet in lowering the risk of cancer, including prostate cancer.
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Impetus builds to change status quo for sugary-drink sales
April 3, 2019 | UW Medicine
Jim Krieger, a Health Services faculty member and CPHN collaborator is featured in this story about two new recently-funded studies he will help conduct that examine the effect of taxing sugary drinks, and testing counter-marketing and healthy-beverage social media messages among parents of Latinx children age 0-5.
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Study points to grocery store gap, inequity in access to healthy foods in the Seattle area
March 21, 2019 | UW School of Public Health
Seattle neighborhoods that are lower income or that have more Black or Hispanic residents have fewer options for healthy foods, more fast food and longer travel times to stores that sell produce, according to a new study by the University of Washington School of Public Health and Public Health – Seattle & King County, in Washington.
Read articleFifty Food Elements For a Healthy Future
March 13, 2019 | The Science Times
The report on the Future 50 Foods was spearheaded by Adam Drewnowski, the director of the Center of Public Health Nutrition and Nutritional Sciences Program at the University of Washington.
Read articleHealthy, low impact and tasty: Unilever and WWF name 50 foods we should be eating more
February 27, 2019 | Foodnavigator.com
Adam Drewnowski, director at UW Center for Public Health Nutrition and nutritional sciences co-authored this resource naming 50 nutrient rich foods with a relatively low environmental impact.
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