Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health

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October 23, 2019

Health claims in nutrition books can be a ‘volcano of nonsense.’ A new website is fighting back.

Photo of nutrition books in bookstoreDr. Mario Kratz, a faculty member in the UW Nutritional Sciences Program and a researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is quoted in this article highlighting redpenreviews.org , a resource to help consumers verify if health nutrition books are scientifically accurate.

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Hands on with the latest prostate cancer research

Marian NeuhouserDr. Marian Neuhouser, a Fred Hutch nutritional epidemiologist and core faculty member in UW Nutritional Sciences highlights the importance of a healthy diet in lowering the risk of cancer, including prostate cancer.

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Impetus builds to change status quo for sugary-drink sales

Photo of soda aisle in a grocery storeJim Krieger, a Health Services faculty member and CPHN collaborator is featured in this story about two new recently-funded studies he will help conduct that examine the effect of taxing sugary drinks, and testing counter-marketing and healthy-beverage social media messages among parents of Latinx children age 0-5.

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Study points to grocery store gap, inequity in access to healthy foods in the Seattle area

Customer perspective looking down grocery aisleSeattle neighborhoods that are lower income or that have more Black or Hispanic residents have fewer options for healthy foods, more fast food and longer travel times to stores that sell produce, according to a new study by the University of Washington School of Public Health and Public Health – Seattle & King County, in Washington.

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Fifty Food Elements For a Healthy Future

The report on the Future 50 Foods was spearheaded by Adam Drewnowski, the director of the Center of Public Health Nutrition and Nutritional Sciences Program at the University of Washington.

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Healthy, low impact and tasty: Unilever and WWF name 50 foods we should be eating more

Adam Drewnowski, director at UW Center for Public Health Nutrition and nutritional sciences co-authored this resource naming 50 nutrient rich foods with a relatively low environmental impact.

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Washington: Faculty Member Takes Part in Study Linking Diet Drinks to Stroke, Heart Attacks

Research spotlight on a new study co-authored by Shirley Beresford, a UW senior associate dean and professor of epidemiology and nutritional sciences. The 4-year study looked at 81,715 women and correlated risk of stroke to consuming artificial sweeteners.

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‘Future 50’ food items identified in a new report

Fifty foods were identified as food of the future in a report released February 20 by Knorr, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Adam Drewnowski, director at UW Center for Public Health Nutrition and nutritional sciences. Foods highlighted are nutrient-dense and less commonly cultivated.

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Knorr, WWF Suggest 50 Future Foods to Fix Our Food System

From naturally pest-resistant grains to vitamin-rich flowers and drought-defying roots, this story highlights a recent report published by Knorr, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and Adam Drewnowski, director at UW’s Center for Public Health Nutrition and nutritional sciences.

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WWF and Knorr launch the future 50 foods

What foods are highly nutritious, plant-based, and reduce the environmental impact of our food supply? Adam Drewnowski, a director of UW Center for Public Health Nutrition and nutritional sciences helped co-author this joint report published by Knorr and WWF.

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