Food Insecurity Is Associated With Chronic Liver Disease Among US Adults.
Tapper EB, Mehta M, Leung CW.
J Clin Gastroenterol. 2023 08 01. 57(7):737-742. PMID: 36812254
Primary Faculty
Cindy Leung
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Education and Training
BA, 05/2004, Molecular and Cell Biology, English
University of California, Berkeley
MPH, 05/2007, Public Health Nutrition
University of California, Berkeley
ScD, 05/2012, Nutrition, Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Protocol for a randomized controlled trial comparing a very low-carbohydrate diet or moderate-carbohydrate plate-method diet for type 2 diabetes: the LEGEND (Lifestyle Education about Nutrition for Diabetes) trial.
Saslow LR, Eslamian A, Moran P, Hartogensis W, Mason AE, Kim S, Bauer DC, Griauzde DH, Goldman V, Liu V, Stephens P, Raymond K, Yeung G, Leung C, Hecht FM.
Trials. 2023 Jul 20. 24(1):463. PMID: 37475033
The impact of the 2021 Thrifty Food Plan benefit re-evaluation on SNAP participants' short-term food security and health outcomes.
Leung CW, Wolfson JA.
Front Public Health. 2023. 11:1142577. PMID: 37457281
Diet and Food and Nutrition Insecurity and Cardiometabolic Disease.
Brandt EJ, Mozaffarian D, Leung CW, Berkowitz SA, Murthy VL.
Circ Res. 2023 Jun 09. 132(12):1692-1706. PMID: 37289902
Disparities in Cardiovascular Health by Food Security Status and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Using Life's Essential 8 Metrics.
Leung CW, Wolfson JA, Brandt EJ, Rimm EB.
JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jun 01. 6(6):e2321375. PMID: 37389879
Comparing Very Low-Carbohydrate vs DASH Diets for Overweight or Obese Adults With Hypertension and Prediabetes or Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Trial.
Saslow LR, Jones LM, Sen A, Wolfson JA, Diez HL, O'Brien A, Leung CW, Bayandorian H, Daubenmier J, Missel AL, Richardson C.
Ann Fam Med. 2023 May-Jun. 21(3):256-263. PMID: 37217318
Associations Between Household Frequency of Cooking Dinner and Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Dietary Quality Among US Children and Adolescents.
Tucker AC, Martinez-Steele E, Leung CW, Wolfson JA.
Child Obes. 2023 Feb 16. PMID: 36795986
Effect of Climate Change Impact Menu Labels on Fast Food Ordering Choices Among US Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Wolfson JA, Musicus AA, Leung CW, Gearhardt AN, Falbe J.
JAMA Netw Open. 2022 12 01. 5(12):e2248320. PMID: 36574248
Food Insecurity Among Individuals With Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Across Race and Ethnicity in 1999-2018.
Brandt EJ, Chang T, Leung C, Ayanian JZ, Nallamothu BK.
JAMA Cardiol. 2022 12 01. 7(12):1218-1226. PMID: 36170056
Environmental and Climate Impact Perceptions in University Students: Sustainability Motivations and Perceptions Correspond With Lower Red Meat Intake.
Slotnick MJ, Falbe J, Cohen JFW, Gearhardt AN, Wolfson JA, Leung CW.
J Acad Nutr Diet. 2023 05. 123(5):740-750. PMID: 36150669
News
As federal support for free school meals drops, kids’ stigma may increase
With the end of pandemic-era federal support that provided free school breakfasts and lunches for all, experts worry that kids who continue to need free meals will face increasing stigma.
Sustainability labeling on menus may change fast food ordering choices
People may be less likely to choose red meat items from menus that include labeling about foods’ climate impact.
Working at the intersection of nutrition and health equity
Cindy Leung, assistant professor of public health nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discusses a recent paper she co-authored linking food insecurity and food addiction, as well as her other research efforts.
School welcomes new faculty
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has welcomed six new primary faculty members over the past few months.
