Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health

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February 21, 2020

Myths and facts about reheating your food in the microwave

Anne-Marie GlosterAnne-Marie Gloster, core faculty in the UW Nutritional Sciences Program offered expert advice to debunk myths about safely reheating food in a microwave.

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February 10, 2020

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

Pennies spilling out of a jarResults 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.

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January 29, 2020

Are we doing diet and nutrition research wrong?

Cutting sweet potatoPublic 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...

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January 14, 2020

Undergraduate student scholarships for 2019-2020

NSP_square_logoScholarship recipients for the 2019-20 academic year are recognized for academic achievement, dedication to community service and extracurricular activities, professional promise, and their ability to overcome challenges. These awards prioritize support of students from diverse backgrounds and those who have overcome economic and educational disadvantages and/or personal adversity to pursue higher education. The scholarships are...

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January 8, 2020

20 changes you need to make in your life in 2020

Photo of vegetables and grains in a plastic containerThis 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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December 20, 2019

As the planet warms, unusual crops could become climate saviors — if we’re willing to eat them

Sea beanEli 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.

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December 11, 2019

4-Week Study Abroad Program Explores Food Systems in Italy

Announcing a 4-week intensive, interdisciplinary program that uses systems thinking and a variety of perspectives to understand how factors, such as culture, policy, diet, and market structure, interact to create environmental, economic, health, and social/equity outcomes. La Dolce Vita: Comparative Food Systems in Italy begins with farm stays in Tuscany – a farm in the...

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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.

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November 8, 2019

Faculty Friday features Jennifer Otten, Branden Born and Livable City Year

Jennifer Otten and Branden Born Livable City teamThe academic collaboration between Jennifer Otten and Branden Born is highlighted in The Whole U in a Faculty Friday feature.

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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.

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