Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health
Master of Public Health
October 30, 2015
Restaurant Kids’ Meals: Feasibility Study & Policy Options
Children eat almost a fifth of their meals away from home, and the nutritional quality of those meals is important; diet quality can impact cognitive development, weight maintenance, and risk of chronic disease later in life. Less than 10% of kids’ meals meet criteria of various nutrition standards. On a typical day, one third of…
Strengthening Human Milk Banking Systems through an Integrated Approach: A Global Perspective
The provision of donor human milk has been shown to significantly reduce morbidity and mortality of vulnerable infants both in the US and globally and is recommended as the next best option when a mother’s own milk is unavailable. Scale-up of human milk banks has been hindered, however, by the absence of an appropriate model…
Healthy Eating Strategies in Brown, Nicollet, Le Sueur, and Waseca Counties
The Minnesota counties of Brown, Nicollet, Le Sueur, and Waseca are home to over 105,000 individuals, and 29%-30% of adults living there are obese compared to 26% of all Minnesotans. Americans today spend almost half of their budgets on food away from the home compared to less than 25% in 1955. Healthy Together – a…
August 21, 2015
Compliance with an Intense Dietary Intervention and Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes
SNAP-Based Incentives for Healthy Food Access: Comparing Socio-demographic Factors of SNAP Shoppers at Farmers Markets to SNAP Participants in Washington State
April 30, 2015
Time for Lunch at School
This project was completed in the course NUTR 531: Public Health Nutrition.
March 20, 2015
Restaurant Response to the San Francisco Toy Ordinance: Changes in Toy Marketing and Children’s Menu Options
December 12, 2014
Effects of State and Federal Legislation on a Sample of Local Public School District Wellness Policy Scores over Time
The Influence of Caregivers and Meal Decision Makers on the Nutritional Content of Fast Foods Purchased for Children
October 30, 2014
Promising Strategies for Improving Participation in Physical Activity in King County
Environments that promote physical inactivity, poor nutrition, and stress contribute to rising rates of obesity and other chronic conditions. Thirty-one percent of King County adults and 78% of King County students grade 6, 8, 10, and 12 do not meet the national recommendations for physical activity (PA). Adults living in South King County, adults with…
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