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King County small and mid-sized farms could benefit with direct marketing support, according to report
May 16, 2019
King County farmers who sell direct to consumers, restaurants, and institutions could benefit by receiving support for direct marketing resources, according to a new report last week by the University of Washington Center for Public Health Nutrition (CPHN). The study was sponsored by King Conservation District (KCD), a natural resources assistance agency authorized by Washington...
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Hands on with the latest prostate cancer research
May 14, 2019 | Fred Hutch News
Dr. 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.
Read articleNutrition expert: Food labeling needs harmonised and nutrient-rich profiling
May 3, 2019 | Euractiv
Adam Drewnowski, a professor of epidemiology, director of center for public health nutrition, and director of nutritional sciences at University of Washington suggests that policymakers should adopt harmonized nutrient-rich profiling on food labeling in order to address this.
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Impetus builds to change status quo for sugary-drink sales
April 3, 2019 | UW Medicine
Jim 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
March 21, 2019 | UW School of Public Health
Seattle 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.
Read articleSo long, sodium: Researchers work with local school districts to prevent heart disease
March 20, 2019 | By Ashlie Chandler
The hallways and classrooms of Auburn Riverside High School may have been deserted on March 11, but the kitchen was abuzz as more than two dozen food service managers learned fresh approaches to creating healthy meals for students. With kids out of school for a staff development day, cooks from across the school district in...
Read moreFifty Food Elements For a Healthy Future
March 13, 2019 | The Science Times
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.
Read articleHow available is healthy food in your neighborhood? A new study points to differences
February 28, 2019 | Public Health Insider
Research by Jesse Jones-Smith, an associate professor in nutritional sciences, epidemiology and health services is highlighted in this feature about food insecurity and food access based on where you live in Seattle, King County.
Read articleHealthy, low impact and tasty: Unilever and WWF name 50 foods we should be eating more
February 27, 2019 | Foodnavigator.com
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.
Read article‘Future 50’ food items identified in a new report
February 22, 2019 | Down to Earth
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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