Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health
NSP
September 15, 2020
Food insecurity rates have more than doubled since start of COVID-19 pandemic
Since the onset of the pandemic, food insecurity rates have more than doubled in WA state, according to UW Nutritional Sciences and Center for Public Health Nutrition Center researchers who comment on the recently compiled the results from their first round of a statewide survey.
September 9, 2020
Dr. Marie Spiker joins Nutritional Sciences core faculty
The Nutritional Sciences Program is pleased to welcome Dr. Marie Spiker as a new member of our core faculty and growing team of food systems researchers. Spiker is an assistant professor in epidemiology in the UW School of Public Health. Spiker approaches public health nutrition through a food systems lens. Her research focuses on equitably nourishing…
August 28, 2020
Changes to food system needed to reduce consumer food waste, new report says
Jennifer Otten, associate professor in the UW Nutritional Sciences Program co-authored this new report which identifies recommendations for reducing consumer food waste at a national level.
August 19, 2020
Food label fight splits EU
Adam Drewnowski comments on new food labeling proposed as a component of the ambitious European Green Deal.
Collaborating for health equity
Nutritional Sciences core faculty members Jennifer Otten, Adam Drewnwoski, Sarah Collier, and Yona Sipos awarded population health equity research grants by the UW Population Health Initiative.
August 18, 2020
School awarded six COVID-19 population health equity grants
Nutritional Sciences Program faculty Jennifer Otten, Adam Drewnowksi, Sarah Collier, Yona Sipos among researchers involved in new UW Population Health Initiative COVID-19 healthy equity research projects. Read more about the studies in this story by UW School of Public Health.
August 12, 2020
Nutr 390 explores film genre of food documentaries
If you’ve ever watched a food documentary, how can you know what is factual and based in science, or is presenting a subjective bias by the filmmaker? The Nutritional Sciences Program will offer a NUTR 390 Food Seminar course this autumn quarter, which will help you as a viewer learn how to examine nutrition information…
August 3, 2020
Obama-era school nutrition policy led to better diets for students but faces changes
UW Nutritional Sciences researchers Jessica Jones-Smith, Cristen Harris and Kelsey Kinderknecth conducted the first nationally representative study to assess specifically how the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act – championed by former first lady Michelle Obama and signed into law by former President Barack Obama – impacted the overall nutritional quality of school meals eaten by…
June 26, 2020
Outdoor dining and drinking is allowed. But is it safe?
Nutritional Sciences lecturer Anne-Marie Gloster contributes to this comprehensive piece offering advice for dining and drinking outdoors and outside the home during the coronavirus pandemic.
June 24, 2020
Statewide survey could map how COVID-19 is affecting food security, economics
Research studying food security in WA state affected by COVID-19 is highlighted, featuring project leads Adam Drewnowski and Jennifer Otten. The study is conducted in partnership with Washington State University, Tacoma Community College, and partners in local, county and state governments.
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