Tag: Nutrition
Restricting SNAP benefits could hurt millions of Americans – and local...
Cindy Leung, University of Michigan and Julia A. Wolfson, University of Michigan
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is trying to restrict access to Supplemental Nutrition...
Confused about what to eat? Science can help
P.K. Newby, Harvard University
Do you feel like nutritionists are always changing their minds? Do you want science-based information about diet but don’t know whom...
Supplements for brain health show no benefit – a neurologist explains...
Steven DeKosky, University of Florida
Americans and others around the world have turned increasingly to dietary supplements in order to maintain or preserve their brain...
Let them eat more fat? Researcher argues that a balance of...
Heidi Silver, Vanderbilt University
Public health guidelines, such as the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, have long emphasized reducing dietary fat intake, but nutritionists and other...
Yes, eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing...
Frank M. Mitloehner, University of California, Davis
As the scale and impacts of climate change become increasingly alarming, meat is a popular target for action....
Breastfeeding has been the best public health policy throughout history
Joan Y. Meek, Florida State University
Breastfeeding has long been the gold standard for infant nutrition. The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family...
Climate change will make rice less nutritious, putting millions of the...
Kristie Ebi, University of Washington
Rice is the primary food source for more than 3 billion people around the world. Many are unable to afford...
Wealthy Americans know less than they think they do about food...
Sheril Kirshenbaum, Michigan State University and Douglas Buhler, Michigan State University
Socioeconomics play a significant role in attitudes about food – especially concerns about safety...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
