Master of Science

August 18, 2022

Nutrition and Glycemic Management in Type 2 Diabetes

June 30, 2022

Proposal for New Parenteral Nutrition Protocols at University of Washington Medical Center

Proposed Protein Supplementation Protocol for Critically-Ill Surgical Patients Receiving Enteral Nutrition Support DRAFT

The Role of Adiposity in the Association of Branched-Chain Amino Acids and Metabolic and Clinical Markers in Healthy Adults on Controlled Diets

Using a study of healthy adults on controlled diets, branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) were positively associated with adiposity, markers of inflammation, insulin resistance, and satiety hormone leptin. These findings support the hypothesis that BCAAs are part of a metabolic signature of obesity.

Stress and Eating Behaviors of Dietitians Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Registered dietitians were surveyed using assessment tools for perceived stress, orthorexia nervosa risk, and eating competence. Stress was found to be inversely associated with eating competence, but was unrelated to risk for orthorexia nervosa.

Nutrition Support Assessment in Gastrointestinal Surgery Patients

This capstone project involved a review of inappropriate and improper cases of nutrition support in gastrointestinal patients at University of Washington Medical Center – Montlake. This project was completed as part of NUTR 596: Nutrition Practice Capstone.

January 5, 2022

Strategies for the Provision of Culturally Relevant Foods

This brief intends to answer the question: “What have food banks and community food programs nationally done to best address providing culturally relevant food?” Though significant efforts have been made to provide more culturally relevant food to communities in need, published and grey literature about actionable strategies to address this issue are scarce. This document…

Assessing Demographics of United Way King County DoorDash Clients vs. Low-income King County Residents

The United Way of King County (UWKC) partnership with the DoorDash delivery program seeks to fill the gaps in regional food bank services during the Covid-19 pandemic, and better serve populations facing acute and/or chronic food insecurity. The purpose of this analysis, performed as a Capstone project for the University of Washington Nutritional Sciences MS…

United Way of King County DoorDash Delivery Program: Analysis and Recommendations

In this project, students worked with the United Way of King County (UWKC) to evaluate and assess its UWKC-DoorDash Program, a food delivery service which delivers healthy meals to families and helps relieve the rising food insecurity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The UWKC-DoorDash Program also helps address some of the long-standing challenges of the…

November 11, 2021

A Qualitative Investigation of Resilience Among Small Farms in Western Washington: Experiences During the First Growing Season of COVID-19

The purpose of this study was to qualitatively assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on directly marketing small farms in western Washington State, with a focus on farmers’ experiences with resilience.

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