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June 10, 2016

Analysis of Media Coverage on Breastfeeding Policy in Washington State

Framing of messages about breastfeeding policy in the media can foster or hinder interpretations of policy’s potential benefits and may ultimately influence important policy decisions in institutions and legislative bodies. This study evaluated how breastfeeding policies were framed in print and web-based newspapers in Washington State; to identify sources of frames; to examine the balance…

March 25, 2016

Food Shopping Trip Characteristics Before and After the Light Rail

The Seattle Food Action Plan recommends improving healthy food access via non-auto transportation options, and light rail is a public transportation system recently introduced and currently being invested in and expanded. When studying food access, time is both an area-based measure of proximity and a component of travel cost to the individual, but proximity does…

December 11, 2015

Evaluation of Patient Characteristics, Indications, and Effectiveness of Home Parenteral Nutrition (HPN) Therapy in Obese Adult Patients

Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) involves the administration of parenteral nutrition (PN) therapy outside of the institutional setting. Recipients of HPN are generally patients who do not have acute medical conditions and require long-term nutritional support. The use of HPN has increased in the US. Historically, most patients receiving HPN were underweight or malnourished. However, in…

The sodium potassium ratio: adherence to guidelines in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Few Americans meet the guidelines for sodium and potassium consumption. Yet, sodium reduction remains a major public health aim due to its relationship with hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD), increasing potassium is not equally emphasized. The sodium-potassium ratio may better reflect dietary quality with respect to hypertension. Few studies have investigated guideline adherence to a…

Effects of excessive energy intake from fructose- vs. high fructose corn syrup (HFCS)- vs. glucose-sweetened beverages on fasting plasma IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 concentrations

Epidemiological studies indicate that added sugar consumption and plasma concentrations of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) are associated with increased cancer risk, particularly for breast and colorectal cancers, but data are less clear for many other cancers (references). Insulin, which stimulates the production and release of IGF-1, is released post-prandially after glucose consumption, but not after…

Association Between Soda Consumption and Body Mass Index in the University of Washington Twin Registry

Obesity is of major public health concern due to its association with many chronic diseases and its history of increased prevalence. Obesity development is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. This study improves upon previous studies of body mass index and soda consumption by using an informed twin design to decipher how genetic and…

Exploring the Use of Seattle’s Farmers’ Market Incentive Program (“Fresh Bucks”) by Household Food Security Levels

Farmers market incentive programs such as the Fresh Bucks program in Seattle, Washington aim to improve healthy food access and food security amongst low-income individuals. The objective of this study was to compare Fresh Bucks access and associated shopping behaviors across food security levels of high/marginal, low, and very low food security.

Measuring Plate Waste: Validity and Inter-Rater Reliability of the Quarter-Waste Method

Measuring food waste in school cafeterias is an important tool to evaluate the effectiveness of school nutrition policies aiming to increase consumption of healthier meals. Visual assessment methods are frequently applied in plate waste studies because they are more convenient than weighing; the visual quarter-waste method has become one of the most commonly used in…

Factors influencing water intake at school among youth in King County, Washington: a qualitative study based on the social ecological model

Sufficient water intake is essential for health, cognitive function, and school performance among youth. Approximately three in four children do not drink enough water during the school day leading to inadequate hydration status. Although research on youth water intake in school indicates that beverage choice may be influenced by school infrastructure, water quality, and policy,…

October 31, 2015

Early Enteral Feeding in the Pediatric Acute Care Setting

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