The assault on salt: Researchers say decreasing our intake could cut health care costs
Coverage and video from ABC News Nightline, featuring Frank Sacks and Lilian Cheung
Year: 2010
Frank Hu receives award for diabetes epidemiology research
Coverage from HSPH News, featuring Frank Hu
Price increase may be best motivator to swap sugary drinks for healthier ones
Coverage from HSPH News, featuring Jason Block and Walter Willet
The Long Road to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
If a baker’s dozen of nutrition experts has its way, Americans will soon be eating more foods that deliver healthful nutrients and fewer foods chock full of empty calories and salt, exercising more, and maintaining healthy weights. Even nutrition experts can dream, can’t they? The final report of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee was … Continue reading “The Long Road to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans”
Links between diabetes and cancer — ADA/ACS consensus report
Coverage from Medscape Today, featuring Edward Giovannucci
Eating brown rice to cut diabetes risk
Coverage from The New York Times, featuring Qi Sun
None is best
Coverage from The New York Times, featuring Dariush Mozaffarian
Is milk from grass-fed cows more heart-healthy?
Coverage from Reuters, featuring Hannia Campos
Food manufacturers trimming the trans fat
Coverage from WebMD, featuring Dariush Mozaffarian
2010 Healthy Cup lecture and award presentation to Sen. Tom Harkin
It may come as a surprise to many people that the comprehensive national health care reform bill signed into law in March contains a substantial piece on prevention and public health, including incentives to prevent chronic disease. The senior leader responsible for that section, Senator Tom Harkin from Iowa, is a long-time health and wellness … Continue reading “2010 Healthy Cup lecture and award presentation to Sen. Tom Harkin”