Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health
Research & Practice
April 16, 2020
Lower-income kids in Seattle are drinking less pop than before soda tax, but so are kids outside the city
Latest analysis of the Seattle’s soda tax and its impact on consumer purchasing choices authored by researchers from UW’s Center for Public Health Nutrition researchers Jessica Jones-Smith, Lina Walkinshaw and Vanessa Oddo.
February 10, 2020
Increases in minimum wage may not have anticipated positive health effects, study shows
Results of a new study from University of Washington Center of Public Health Nutrition finds that an increase in minimum wage really didn’t have a huge impact on health overall.
January 29, 2020
Are we doing diet and nutrition research wrong?
Public health researcher Dr. Ross Prentice from University of Washington Department of Biostatistics is interviewed by Fred Hutch about ways he is applying intake biomarkers to assess and improve studies of diet and chronic disease. In this interview, Prentice highlights a recent feeding study he conducted with Drs. Johanna Lampe and Marion Neuhouser, core faculty…
December 20, 2019
As the planet warms, unusual crops could become climate saviors — if we’re willing to eat them
Eli Wheat, a core faculty member in the Nutritional Science Program and Program on the Environment at the University of Washington is quoted about how government food production subsidies in our nation do not allow free market forces to act.
December 5, 2019
How Washington keeps America sick and fat
Mario Kratz, an associate professor in epidemiology, medicine, and nutritional sciences at the UW is quoted about the cost-prohibitive factors with NIH grants which present barriers for securing adequate funding for well-controlled dietary studies. Kratz works at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center where he studies dietary interventions and cancer prevention.
November 8, 2019
Faculty Friday features Jennifer Otten, Branden Born and Livable City Year
The academic collaboration between Jennifer Otten and Branden Born is highlighted in The Whole U in a Faculty Friday feature.
October 30, 2019
Keto, fat and cancer: It’s complicated
Marian Neuhouser and Mario Kratz, core faculty members with the UW Nutritional Sciences Program and researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center are quoted in this article discussing evidence known so far about best diets for cancer treatment and health.
February 6, 2019
How should we study the health of neighborhoods?
Adam Drewnowski, co-lead of the Moving to Health project with Kaiser Permanente Washington is quoted. The project aims to use precisely geolocalized “big data” from about 400,000 Kaiser Permanente members in King County over the past 12 years to see how moving from a higher- to a lower-income neighborhood, or vice versa—or staying put—affects people’s…
February 2, 2019
At least half of child care businesses impacted by Seattle’s minimum wage
Jennifer Otten is quoted, commenting on the UW Center for Public Health Nutrition study that illustrates how singular policies can affect more than just payroll and can shape organizational structure and service delivery.
June 2, 2017
Researchers to Probe Effect of Seattle’s Minimum Wage Hike on Child-Care Workers
Findings from UW research on Seattle’s minimum wage show that that low-wage workers as a whole bring in $125 less per month, even though their hourly wages had increased.
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