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New study to evaluate COVID-19 impacts on Washington State food security
May 4, 2020
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...
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Initiative announces award of 21 COVID-19 rapid response grants
April 30, 2020 | UW Population Health
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.
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Lower-income kids in Seattle are drinking less pop than before soda tax, but so are kids outside the city
April 16, 2020 | The Seattle Times
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.
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Seattle residents consuming fewer sugary drinks after city’s ‘soda tax’
April 16, 2020 | UW School of Public Health
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.
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Increases in minimum wage may not have anticipated positive health effects, study shows
February 10, 2020 | UW News
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.
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20 changes you need to make in your life in 2020
January 7, 2020 | Insider
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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Faculty Friday features Jennifer Otten, Branden Born and Livable City Year
November 8, 2019 | The Whole U
The academic collaboration between Jennifer Otten and Branden Born is highlighted in The Whole U in a Faculty Friday feature.
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Jennifer Otten joins national committee that will examine food waste in the U.S.
August 2, 2019
Jennifer Otten, an associate professor in environmental and occupational health sciences and nutritional sciences in the UW School of Public Health has joined a new committee formed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), which will conduct a systematic review of consumer food waste and reduction efforts in the United States, and...
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Who cares for the caretakers?
July 25, 2019 | UW Daily
Story highlights research led by Center for Public Health Nutrition
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Are minimum wage policies likely to affect the food purchases of low-wage workers?
July 23, 2019
A new study from the University of Washington School of Public Health explores how workers in low-wage jobs connect food and diet to perceptions of health and well-being, and whether a wage increase might influence how they acquire food or the types of food they might purchase. Although many low-wage workers would like to use...
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