Master of Public Health

October 30, 2012

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

The effects of high- and low-glycemic load diets on subjective mood and energy levels in normal weight and overweight/obese adults

October 30, 2011

Teaching Traditional Diet and Environmental Justice to Urban Youth Participating in the Native Youth Enrichment Program’s Digital Storytelling Workshop

The mission at the University of Washington’s Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI) is to marshal community, tribal, academic, and governmental resources toward innovative, culture-centered interdisciplinary, collaborative social and behavioral research and education. Within IWRI, the Native Youth Enrichment Program (NYEP) is a culturally based program intended to promote Native youth in science, technology, engineering, and…

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