Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health

Master of Public Health


May 12, 2020

A Community Based Participatory Evaluation of the Washington State Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program

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Lunch for All: A Resource for Friday Harbor Students with Type 1 Diabetes

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Resource Development for Seattle Childcare Centers Enrolled in the Farm to Table Program

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Understanding the Needs of “No-Cook” Clients at the U District Food Bank

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Cultured Milk and Egg Proteins: An Analysis of the Policy and Regulatory Environment in Selected Geographies

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Camp Leo DiabEducation Nutrition Curriculum Outline

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November 14, 2019

Low-Income Workers’ Perceptions of Wages, Food Acquisition, and Wellbeing

Seattle’s Minimum Wage Ordinance went into effect in 2015 with a schedule to increase the minimum wage to $15/hour. Previous studies have demonstrated an association between increased economic resources and improvements in food security and health. Higher wages could theoretically be used to purchase food, but could also result in losses to public assistance. The...

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A Systematic Review Characterizing Farm Direct Marketing Challenges, Strategies, and Opportunities

In response to growing demand for local food, direct marketing has grown markedly over the past thirty years but continues to make up a small percentage of farm sales in the United States. We aimed to perform a systematic review to understand the current state of direct marketing in the United States and identify common...

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Have Inequities in BMI Widened for a Nationally Representative Cohort of Kindergarteners?

The primary objective of this study was to determine if inequities in growth trajectories measured by BMI between white and non-white groups have widened in school-aged children. Data from the 1998 and 2010 kindergarten cohorts of the Early Longitudinal Childhood Study were analyzed for differences in growth rates by race/ethnicity. Sex-stratified, linear regression models that...

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Helping Without Harming: Exploring the Current State of External Child and Adolescent Wellness Programs

There is no standardized approach to care for adolescents referred to clinical wellness programs for the purpose of weight management. This makes the care process for adolescents referred to these programs vulnerable to interventions that cause more harm than the intended benefits of weight management and negatively contributes to broader public health. For these reasons,...

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