Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health

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June 5, 2020

It’s time to rethink the disrupted US food system from the ground up

Food crop on farm showing soil and sunset in background

Jennifer Otten and Sarah Collier, discuss a key vulnerability at the very foundation of the food system: soil. On farms and ranches across the U.S., the health of soil is seriously compromised today. The article covers what’s at stake if we don’t begin addressing this soil health as a key resource, and how we should…


June 4, 2020

Experts across campus discuss future of food supply system

Drawing of toilet paper in a top hat

A review of a UW experts panel discussing impacts on the food supply featuring core faculty members Jennifer Otten and Adam Drewnowski.


June 1, 2020

Faculty and students present at Nutrition Live Online 2020

Nutrition 2020 Live Online

Four members from the Nutritional Sciences Program will present this week at a free online event this week called Nutrition Live Online 2020, an event sponsored by the American Society for Nutrition (ASN). Adam Drewnowski, director for Nutritional Sciences and the Center for Public Health Nutrition will participate in a panel on sustainable food systems,…


May 4, 2020

New study to evaluate COVID-19 impacts on Washington State food security

Adam Drewnowski and Jennifer Otten

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, how and to what extent households are able to access food continues to change in the U.S. and across the globe. What are the impacts to our food supply and food security in Washington state? A new UW study funded by the University of Washington Population Health Initiative and the…


April 30, 2020

Initiative announces award of 21 COVID-19 rapid response grants

Nutritional Sciences Program researchers awarded Population Health Initiative grant to study impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on Washington state food systems, food security, and food access. Faculty involved in the project include Adam Drewnowski, Jennifer Otten, and Sarah Collier.


April 16, 2020

Seattle residents consuming fewer sugary drinks after city’s ‘soda tax’

top of soda cans

New 12-month report co-authored by UW Center for Public Health Nutrition researchers Jessica Jones-Smith, Lina Walkinshaw and Vanessa Oddo offer surprise finding that one year after Seattle’s tax on sweetened beverages took effect, low-income children and their parents were consuming significantly fewer sugary drink.


Lower-income kids in Seattle are drinking less pop than before soda tax, but so are kids outside the city

Sugary cola drink over ice in a glass

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.


March 5, 2020

Sarah Collier

Sarah Collier

February 10, 2020

Increases in minimum wage may not have anticipated positive health effects, study shows

Pennies spilling out of a jar

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 8, 2020

20 changes you need to make in your life in 2020

Photo of vegetables and grains in a plastic container

This article features a quote from Adam Drewnowski, director of the UW Nutritional Sciences Program and the Center for Public Health Nutrition offering advice to cook at home, rather than eating out, for a better diet at no significant cost increase.



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