Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health
Research & Practice
June 12, 2023
Assessment and Evaluation of an Interprofessional Practice Education Event for Students of the UW Graduate Coordinated Program in Dietetics and School of Pharmacy Program
Assessed and evaluated student participation in and feedback of an Interprofessional Practice Education (IPE) event with UW graduate students from the Graduate Coordinated Program in Dietetics and School of Pharmacy. Community Partners: UW Graduate Coordinated Program in Dietetics and UW School of Pharmacy
SCH Celiac Disease Program: Assessing Equity & Strengthening Resources
Completed a needs assessment of the program to learn how it could be more equitable for family participants. Provided an enhanced Celiac Program resource guide and updated patient enrollment listing, prepared a comparison map revealing mismatches in resources and patient location, designed a patient needs survey, and gave a final presentation to program staff with…
Nutritional Assessment and Training of Latinx Parents of the Elementary School Program at El Centro de La Raza
Assessed both the health and nutrition knowledge and the training on nutrition to Latina/o parents of students in El Centro de la Raza’s Elementary School Program. The aim of this project is to strengthen a) the skill of developing effective assessment tools to gather diet and nutrition data, b) the ability to communicate audience-appropriate health…
February 23, 2023
Low-income Washington state households still struggling with food insecurity as pandemic protections end
Affording food is such a challenge in Washington state that residents who experience food insecurity say their grocery bills are their biggest source of financial stress, more so than paying for rent or utilities. That’s one of the findings of a food survey of Washington residents from December 2022 to January 2023, run by researchers…
October 17, 2022
UW and partners launch project examining sustainability in animal agriculture
Researchers from the University of Washington School of Public Health (UW SPH), together with collaborators from the Washington State University (WSU) Food Systems program, the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment, and the Washington D.C.-based Agriculture & Food Systems Institute, are embarking on a multi-year interdisciplinary effort investigating the intersection of animal agriculture, environmental sustainability,…
August 12, 2022
Article authored by UW professor highlights food insecurity root causes
This September, the White House will convene a conference on hunger, nutrition, and health. Leading up to the conference, the White House is organizing several listening sessions across America to hear firsthand from people impacted by food insecurity and to collect ideas about how to end hunger and hunger-related diseases and disparities. Ahead of this…
July 8, 2022
Sweetened beverage taxes produce net economic benefits for lower-income communities
New study from University of Washington Center for Public Health Nutrition examines the economic equity impacts of sweetened beverage taxes in three cities: Seattle, San Francisco and Philadelphia. Jessica Jones-Smith was co-prinicipal investigator and Lina Pinero Walkinshaw was a co-author on the study.
July 7, 2022
Nutrition as Intervention in Genetic Disease
Assisted in research being conducted between PXE (pseudoxanthoma elasticum), a rare genetic condition, and diet. Created clear and simple graphic materials that were distributed to study participants that offered information about how they could improve the nutritional quality of their diets by designing new meal plans. Continued research provided a more comprehensive understanding of the long-term…
January 20, 2022
Survey shows disproportionate food insecurities in Washington tribal communities
Highlights findings from a recent study, WATRIBAL, which shows the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food disparities and food sovereignty among American Indian/Alaska Native communities in Washington State.
January 11, 2022
New Evidence Suggests That Seattle’s Soda Tax Is Working — and It’s Working Well
A study in Baltimore which uses grocery store sales data bolsters early evidence published by UW Center for Public Health Nutrition, supporting the that the Seattle soda tax is working. Jessica Jones-Smith, lead researcher involved in the UW research is quoted.
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