Soda makers fight taxes on sugary beverages, try to downplay health risks
Soda makers have gone to great lengths to fight taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, including backing a newly approved ballot initiative in Washington that prevents cities and towns from imposing such taxes. A November 6, 2018 Kaiser Health News…
Improving nutritional epidemiology to take on global challenges
In recent years, nutritional epidemiology—an area of study that examines possible links between nutrition and various diseases in large populations—has advanced the field of nutrition science and helped inform dietary guidelines and recommendations. But the field has also…
Can eating organic foods cut cancer risk?
A new study indicates that adults who most frequently consumed organic fruits, vegetables, dairy products, meat and other foods had 25% fewer cancers when compared with adults who never ate organic food. But Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
Policy changes needed to improve diets, lower cardiovascular disease risk
According to a new review paper by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, policy changes are needed to help people overcome the roadblocks to a heart healthy diet.
Baltimore bans sugary drinks from kids’ menus
Baltimore recently became the largest city to prohibit restaurants from including sugar-sweetened beverages on kids’ menus.
Following five healthy lifestyle habits may increase life expectancy by decade or more
Maintaining five healthy habits—eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, keeping a healthy body weight, not drinking too much alcohol, and not smoking—during adulthood may add more than a decade to life expectancy.
Drinking coffee may lower risk of early death from colorectal cancer
December 20, 2017 – People with colorectal cancer (CRC) who drank at least four cups of coffee per day after their diagnosis had a significantly lower risk of early death—from either their cancer or any cause—than those who…
Eating nuts linked with better heart health
Eating several small servings of nuts each week may significantly lower your risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In one of the largest studies to…
Nutrition Department celebrates past, looks to future at 75th anniversary symposium
In honor of its 75th anniversary, faculty, alumni, and students gathered for a celebratory symposium highlighting both past achievements and new research initiatives.
Obesity in children and teens 10 times higher than in 1970s
Last year, 124 million children and teens worldwide were obese—a number more than 10 times higher than the rate in 1975—and another 213 million were overweight.