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Nutrition

Journal Article

Weight Resilience and Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among African-American Women in an Obesogenic Environment

Improving access to affordable and desirable fruits and vegetables may be the best way to help residents of food deserts maintain a healthy BMI.

Dec 5, 2017
Commentary

Candy Out of Sight, Out of Mind

CVS is cutting back on candy at the cash register, making junk food less visible and “healthier” snacks easier to find. Any move that nudges consumers toward healthier choices should be applauded, but CVS could take the lead as a retailer and do away with junk food displays by the cash register altogether.

Oct 31, 2017
Journal Article

Cesarean Deliveries and Maternal Weight Retention

Cesarean delivery does not lead to greater maternal weight retention after pregnancy.

Oct 12, 2017
Infographic

U.S. Obesity Epidemic: A Look at the Data

Obesity in America has reached epidemic proportions. The forces driving this trend include marketing practices at grocery stores, friends' junk-food preferences, and nutritional messages that parents send their kids.

Oct 3, 2017
Dissertation

Contextual Effects and Child Health and Cognition

This dissertation examines how the local environment contexts contribute to children's health and cognition.

Sep 25, 2017
Journal Article

You Can Be Too Thin (but Not Too Tall): Social Desirability Bias in Self-Reports of Weight and Height

In keeping with social desirability biases, many people either under- or overstate their weight, but very few people understate their height.

Aug 25, 2017
Journal Article

Severe Food Insecurity Is Associated with Overweight and Increased Body Fat Among People Living with HIV in the Dominican Republic

We found severe food insecurity associated with increased BMI and body fat as well as higher odds of being overweight among PLHIV in the DR.

Aug 17, 2017
News Release

More Than 80% of Military Health Facilities Now Offer Complementary and Alternative Medicine Treatments

More than 80 percent of military health care facilities offer some form of complementary and alternative medicine—in addition to conventional medicine— mainly for pain management and psychological disorders.

Aug 9, 2017
Report

More Than 80% of Military Health Facilities Provide Complementary and Alternative Medicine

In addition to conventional medicine, 83 percent of military health care facilities offer therapies like acupuncture, chiropractic, stress management, yoga, biofeedback, and massage for pain management and psychological disorders.

Aug 9, 2017
Journal Article

Does Opening a Supermarket in a Food Desert Change the Food Environment?

Opening a supermarket in a 'food desert' caused little improvement in the net availability of healthy foods, challenging the underpinnings of policies such as the Healthy Food Financing Initiative.

Aug 4, 2017
Commentary

Why Nutrition Standards and Policies Should Continue

Rolling back nutrition standards means increasing risks for Americans and does not bode well for population health. Every effort should be made to maintain strong nutrition standards to protect the health of all Americans.

May 25, 2017
Commentary

How Uganda Could Benefit from a Center for Food Innovation

A training and innovation center that trains and certifies street food vendors to address issues related to food hygiene, safety, and quality would accelerate the growth of a new Ugandan cuisine that capitalizes on nutritious local ingredients in a sustainable manner.

May 23, 2017
Commentary

What Street Food Vendors in Uganda Need to Succeed

Street vendors in Kampala, Uganda, would benefit from infrastructure development, food safety standards, rules of hygiene, and greater focus on healthy products. The city's growing population also would benefit from increased access to nutritious and affordable foods.

May 16, 2017
Journal Article

Improved Parental Dietary Quality Is Associated with Children's Dietary Intake Through the Home Environment

Among families living in a former food desert, nutrition and physical activity norms of the home environment had a larger effect on childrens' dietary intake than the types of food available at home.

May 16, 2017
Commentary

A New Ugandan Cuisine: Showcasing Superfood Qualities of Millet and Sorghum

The results of a series of cooking contests in Uganda to promote the use of drought-tolerant, nutritious traditional grains—millet and sorghum—signal that a new food trend may be on the horizon.

May 9, 2017
Journal Article

Improving Healthy Offerings by Food Trucks Is Possible, but Regulation May Be Needed to Sustain Efforts

Convincing low-cost lunch truck operators and their customers to embrace healthier food is possible. But regulation of menus and better marketing may be needed to make long-lasting changes.

Apr 26, 2017
News Release

Individual Characteristics More Important Than Shopping Environment in Influencing Unhealthy Food Consumption

Who a person is may matter more than where they shop in predicting their consumption of unhealthy food. Policymakers should consider strategies that have been shown to change behavior across shopping environments, such as imposing taxes on sugary soda products and limiting the display of unhealthy foods.

Apr 25, 2017
Journal Article

Who You Are Predicts What You Eat More Than Where You Shop

Who a person is may matter more than where they shop in predicting their consumption of unhealthy food. This suggests that focusing on opening more stores that sell healthy food will have little impact on reducing consumption of unhealthy food.

Apr 19, 2017
Journal Article

The Effect of State Competitive Food and Beverage Regulations on Childhood Overweight and Obesity

Students in states that regulate “competitive” foods and beverages—those offered or sold outside the school lunch program--were less likely to be overweight or obese than students in states with no such policies.

Apr 4, 2017
Journal Article

Home Sweet Home: Parent and Home Environmental Factors in Adolescent Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

Targeting parents' consumption of soda—and the availability of soda at home—may be an important step in reducing youth consumption of soda.

Mar 14, 2017

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