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October 23, 2024

Expansion of Nutrition Education Resources for Substance-Using Pregnant People

This project entailed creating a new class for the Substance Using Pregnant People (SUPPs) unit on the Swedish Hospital Ballard campus. The class readings were comprised of pregnancy and breast/chest feeding nutrition topics, such as the importance of folic acid, calcium, iron, and how to safely navigate fish and caffeine consumption. Activities to practice identifying…

September 2, 2020

The Impact of Low-Fat and Full-Fat Dairy Consumption on Metabolic Health: A Randomized Dietary Intervention Trial

July 15, 2020

Kelsey Schmidt

Why did you choose UW? I loved how the University of Washington Nutritional Sciences Program was housed within the School of Public Health. Choosing a program that took into account that nutrition and health is multi-faceted and is influenced by a myriad of factors was important to me. It was appealing that the program had a…

October 31, 2019

The Impact of Low-Fat and Full-Fat Dairy Consumption on Glucose Homeostasis

June 20, 2019

FINI Grocery Store Rx Program Assessment of Program Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation & Maintenance

Students partnered with Washington State Department of Health to provide a comprehensive assessment of the Grocery Store Rx program assessing program reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of the program.

August 31, 2017

Stress, Obesogenic Dietary Behaviors, and Obesity in Non-Hispanic White and Hispanic Women

October 31, 2016

Evidence to Support Standardizing Preoperative Weight Loss for Bariatric Program

June 11, 2016

Glutathione in Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is one of several prevalent neurodegenerative diseases plaguing the aging population. To date, no therapies have been shown to slow, stop, or reverse disease progression; the disease is considered irreversible and progressive. Post mortem brain from individuals with premotor PD show a deficiency of reduced glutathione, GSH, and it has been hypothesized…

June 10, 2016

The Effect of Glucose vs. Fructose Beverages on Low-Grade Systemic Inflammation

The epidemics of obesity and related metabolic diseases are a serious health concern worldwide. These conditions are multifactorial in origin and develop over time; however one factor that continues to be implicated in the development of obesity is the intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). Consumption of SSBs is also associated with type 2 diabetes (T2DM)…

March 22, 2013

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