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Food label fight splits EU

August 19, 2020 | CGTN

Adam Drewnowski comments on new food labeling proposed as a component of the ambitious European Green Deal.

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Collaborating for health equity

August 19, 2020 | UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences

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.

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School awarded six COVID-19 population health equity grants

August 17, 2020 | UW School of Public Health

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.

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Obama-era school nutrition policy led to better diets for students but faces changes

July 28, 2020 | UW School of Public Health

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 students, rather than meals served.

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Outdoor dining and drinking is allowed. But is it safe?

June 26, 2020 | Vox

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.

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Statewide survey could map how COVID-19 is affecting food security, economics

June 24, 2020 | KNKX

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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Study asks Washington state residents to describe food security and access during pandemic, economic downturn

June 24, 2020 | UW News

Online survey launched by Center for Public Health Nutrition gathers data on how the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic downturn have affected food access and economic security to Washington state residents.

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Is It Actually Safe to Host a BBQ This Summer?

June 16, 2020 | Chowhound

Anne-Marie Gloster is quoted offering expert advice on public health safety at barbecues and outdoor gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic this summer.

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It’s time to rethink the disrupted US food system from the ground up

June 5, 2020 | The Conversation

Jennifer Otten and Sarah Collier, discuss a key vulnerability at the very foundation of the food system: soil. On farms and ranches across the U.S., the health of soil is seriously compromised today. The article covers what’s at stake if we don’t begin addressing this soil health as a key resource, and how we should go about it.

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Experts across campus discuss future of food supply system

June 4, 2020 | The UW Daily

A review of a UW experts panel discussing impacts on the food supply featuring core faculty members Jennifer Otten and Adam Drewnowski.

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