Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health
Food Systems
November 14, 2019
Challenges and Opportunities of School Meal Programs in Five South King County School Districts
This project assists Public Health – Seattle & King County in their work towards developing a school food program that grows the local food economy while reducing hunger among youth in King County school districts. This project was completed as part of NUTR 596: Nutrition Practice Capstone.August 2, 2019
Jennifer Otten joins national food waste committee
Jennifer Otten, an associate professor in environmental and occupational health sciences and a core faculty member in the Nutritional Sciences Program in the UW School of Public Health has joined a new committee formed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), which will conduct a systematic review of consumer food waste and...June 6, 2019
UW Seattle Campus Food System
Explored the relationship between alternative and mainstream food systems on campus and how both function as a whole to create the University of Washington’s Seattle campus food system.June 4, 2019
Retail, Dietary Trends, and the Food System
This project researched popular dietary trends and broader food purchasing decisions in the U.S. Examined the food system within a retail context.The Relationship Between the Use of Social Media and the Student Farm
Conducted a review of the use of social media by UW Farm and made recommendations to further increase its positive impact.Nutrition Education
Researched and wrote The Nutrition Corner and This Week’s Recipe for the weekly UW Farm Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) newsletter.Food Pantry Liaison and Nutrition Education
Served as UW Food Pantry liaison, providing gleaned produce and simple, inexpensive recipes for Food Pantry customers. Researched and wrote The Nutrition Corner and This Week’s Recipe for the UW Farm weekly Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) newsletter.November 7, 2018
Is There a Role for Myeloid Cell-derived Versican in Diabetes-accelerated Atherosclerosis
Cardiovascular diseases, caused by atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries, are the number one cause of death in the world, causing over 30% of deaths. Diabetes is also becoming an increasingly common disease with nearly 10% of Americans diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes is known to increase macrophage expression and inflammatory activation leading to increased risk...Use of a Nutrient Rich Foods Index to Study the Effect of Seattle’s Minimum Wage Ordinance on Supermarket Food Prices by Nutrient Quality
Minimum wage policies may increase the capacity of low wage workers to achieve higher quality diets through greater food purchasing power. However, limited evidence is available on the effect of minimum wage policies on consumer food prices and even fewer studies perform cost analyses that include measures of food quality. One hypothesis is that the...Development and Implementation of The Wellness Project for Sororities at The University of Washington
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