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News & Events
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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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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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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Winter food systems seminar to highlight food rescue innovation
December 16, 2021
It is estimated that one third of all food produced for human consumption in the world each year is lost or wasted. By 2030, the United Nations has set a goal to cut this number in half, but how can we achieve this aggressive goal? For winter quarter 2022, the Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health...
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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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Survey of Washington state tribal communities illustrates how pandemic has exacerbated food disparities
December 7, 2021
Project finds barriers to traditional foods access and major disparities in food insecurity among Washington state tribal communities during the COVID-19 pandemic A recent survey of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals sheds further light on the disparate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among Washington State tribal communities. The project, the WA Tribal Food Survey (WATRIBAL),...
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Seeking Administrator within UW Nutritional Sciences Program
December 6, 2021
The Nutritional Sciences Program within the School of Public Health at the University of Washington (UW) invites applications for the staff position of Administrator. This position Find full details about the position responsibilities and application process on the UW Jobs Board.
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Fight climate change by eating your leftovers this holiday season
December 4, 2021 | The Verge
Marie Spiker is quoted in this article highlighting the global impacts of food waste on the environment and gives advice on how we as consumers can do our part by reducing food waste at home.
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How a key nutritional program adapted to the pandemic
December 1, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic created economic hardship and food insecurity for many families, a key governmental program for nutritional support pivoted to offer remote services and more flexible food options. As a result, participation and satisfaction with the program grew, according to findings from a new study by University of Washington researchers and the program,...
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