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A muffin makeover: Dispelling the low-fat-is-healthy myth
Low-Fat Approach to Eating Hasn’t Reduced Obesity or Made People Healthier New Recipes for Healthier Muffins Using Whole Grains, Healthy Fats For immediate release: Thursday, January 12, 2012 Boston, MA — Dozens of studies, many from Harvard School…
Can brown rice slow the spread of type 2 diabetes?
January 3, 2012 The worldwide spike in type 2 diabetes in recent decades has paralleled a shift in diets away from staple foods rich in whole grains to highly refined carbohydrates, such as white rice and refined flours.…
HSPH student helps Mass. Department of Public Health analyze raw milk distribution
[ Winter 2012 ] With the continuing trend toward ever-more “natural” diets, the raw milk debate has gathered steam, including here in Massachusetts where lawmakers have been considering legislation to loosen restrictions on selling raw milk for the…
Web site to promote food stamp reform
Article in UPI, December 13, 2011, featuring HSPH's Walter Willett
Farm bill reform could trim Americans' waistlines
Coverage in the Huffington Post, December 7, 2011, featuring HSPH's Walter Willett
Nutrition news: USDA’s ‘MyPlate’ doesn’t go far enough
The USDA’s MyPlate icon, aimed at providing Americans with easy-to-understand information about how to eat healthy, is an improvement on the old food pyramid but lacks certain key ingredients, said Walter Willett, chair of the Department of Nutrition…
'Old ways' of healthy eating by ethnic group
Coverage on WBUR's CommonHealth blog, November 24, 2011, featuring HSPH's Walter Willett
Food fight: Pizza and spuds win, school kids lose
Blog post on the Huffington Post by HSPH's Walter Willett, November 23, 2011
Staying trim when fat runs in the family
Coverage in the New York Times, November 23, 2011, featuring HSPH's Lu Qi
Eat like a Mediterranean — but how?
Coverage in Los Angeles Times, November 21, 2011, with quotes from HSPH's Dimitrios Trichopoulos and Walter Willett