Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health
Master of Public Health
October 30, 2012
The Art & Science of Message Communication: The Development of a Nutrition Education Lesson
Sea le Children’s is a trusted community partner, dedicated to fostering healthy children, families, and communities. They are committed to providing positive, accurate, and culturally relevant messages surrounding nutrition and wellness. Seattle Children’s community outreach staff receives regular requests for nutrition information by the community, and the frequency of these requests, coupled with the limited…
Creating Nourishing Food Systems: A Policy Resource Guide for Local Governments in Washington State
Individual food choices are strongly influenced by the food environment. Local governments can play a critical role in transforming local and regional food systems to support healthy eating, but many are just beginning to recognize this opportunity. Creating healthier food environments in communities is best achieved using a food systems approach since food access and…
Farm to School Tool Development: Guidance for farm direct purchasing and kitchen produce handling in a large district central kitchen foodservice model
Increased childhood obesity and interest in local food systems have led school districts to consider farm to school programs. Schools face many hurdles in implementing farm to school. This includes challenges in produce handling, recipe development and local food purchasing. Large urban school districts, such as Kent School District, present particular challenges due to larger…
An action guide for institutional and environmental change related to sugar-sweetened beverages
Emergent public health efforts to promote healthy eating are increasingly directed at environmental and policy changes to curb consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSB), the largest source of added sugars in the American diet and a major contributor to the obesity, diabetes, and heart disease epidemics. The Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition (COPC), in partnership with…
August 24, 2012
Comparing food desert and non-food desert residents by key socio-demographic variables, distance to supermarkets, supermarket type by price, diet quality and obesity in King Co, WA
What’s on the menu? An evaluation of the foods served in Federally-subsidized child care homes
June 15, 2012
Effects of differentially sweetened beverages on hepatic and adipose tissue de novo lipogenesis in healthy young adults
Fast-food consumption and the fast-food environment
April 30, 2012
Washington State Dept. of Agriculture Farm-to-School Project
This project was completed in the course NUTR 531: Public Health Nutrition.
March 23, 2012
Area-level measures of deprivation predict food patterns among 7th grade students in Washington State
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