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News & Events
Dietary fat: From foe to friend?
November 16, 2018 | Science
Marian Neuhouser, a core faculty member in UW Nutritional Sciences co-authored this paper in Science magazine which summarizes three contrasting positions on dietary guidelines for fat and carbohydrate consumption. The scientists agree that no specific fat to carbohydrate ratio is best for everyone, and that an overall high-quality diet low in sugar and refined grains will help most people maintain a healthy weight and low chronic disease risk.
Read articleFact-check: I-1634 ‘Yes to Affordable Groceries’
October 10, 2018 | King 5 News
KING 5 political reporter Natalie Brand fact checks an ad supporting I-1634, nicknamed “Yes! To Affordable Groceries.” Jessica Jones-Smith, associate professor of health services and core faculty in nutritional sciences at the UW, is quoted.
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Cultivating Sustainable Food Systems to Improve Nutrition, Health, and Equity
August 8, 2018
The theme for our AUT 2018 seminar is Cultivating Sustainable Food Systems to Improve Nutrition, Health, and Equity. Food systems contribute to and are affected by the major unsustainability crises of our time, both in the U.S. and globally. These challenges include malnutrition and food-related diseases; labor and immigration; international trade; poverty and inequality; and...
Read moreNew Major in Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health
August 3, 2018
The Nutritional Sciences Program will offer a new major this year to undergraduate students interested in the connections between food systems, nutrition, and health. A food system is an interconnected web of activities that includes food supply chains, the food environment, and consumer behaviors, all operating within a larger socioeconomic and geopolitical context. Many of...
Read moreLow-Calorie Sweetened Beverages and Cardiometabolic Health
July 30, 2018 | Circulation
Nutritional Sciences Program core faculty Jennifer Otten contributed to an American Heart Association working group that released the paper Low-Calorie Sweetened Beverages and Cardiometabolic Health: A Science Advisory from the American Heart Association.
Read articleRice and Co2 Study in Global News
June 7, 2018 | Altmetrics
The findings from an international research team analyzed rice samples from field experiments started by a University of Tokyo professor. The team includes the UW Nutritional Sciences Program’s Director Adam Drewnowski as a co-author. The paper received global media coverage from more than 90 outlets.
Read articleRising Co2 Levels Reduce Nutritional Value of Rice
May 25, 2018 | UW SPH News
Higher levels of carbon dioxide were shown to reduce the nutritional quality of rice. The findings from an international research team analyzed rice samples from field experiments started by a University of Tokyo professor. It includes the UW Nutritional Sciences Program’s Director Adam Drewnowski as a co-author.
Read articleRice Less Nutritious as CO2 Levels Rise – New Study Published
May 23, 2018
A study published today in Science Advances shows for the first time that rice grown at concentrations of atmospheric CO2 expected by the end of this century has lower levels of four key B vitamins. The findings from an international research team analyzed rice samples from field experiments started by a University of Tokyo professor....
Read moreVideo Segment: Depleting Rice’s Nutritional Quality
May 23, 2018 | UW Medicine Newsroom
A study published in Science Advances shows for the first time that rice grown at concentrations of atmospheric CO2 expected by the end of this century has lower levels of protein, zinc, and four key B vitamins. Co-author and UW Nutritional Sciences Program Director Adam Drewnowski summarizes the findings and potential impact on crops and nutrition in a video.
Read article2018 Graduation: Celebrate Your Success!
May 11, 2018
The Nutritional Sciences Program/GCPD’s celebration is set for August 17 at wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House. Save the dates, and get your celebration smiles ready! At the Nutritional Sciences Program, many of our students graduate after completing practice experience in the Summer, so we enjoy an extended celebration period, beginning with UW’s Commencement June 9, all the...
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