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Burgers as part of a healthy diet? Associate Professor Parke Wilde comments on President Obama's need to connect to the "Average Joe" while still maintaing a healthy lifestyle. Read article  - June 17, 2009

As part of a discussion on NPR's Talk of the NationProfessor Susan B. Roberts talks with listeners about dieting success stories: how people have successfully kept off significant weight loss. Listen to the broadcast - June 2, 2009

Too much folic acid? Too little? New studies are focusing new attention on the research Associate Professor Joel Mason has worked on for more than twenty years. Read article - May 11, 2009

The United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Food for Peace program has awarded grant of approximately US $1.5 million to Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy to examine the nutritional needs of beneficiary populations across the developing world, and the nutrition quality of commodities currently available to meet those needs. Read full announcement - April 3, 2009

A new grant will allow principal investigator Christina Economos examine how recent immigrants adapt, for better or worse, to an American diet. Read article - March 16, 2009

Low-fat? Low-carb? A recent study reveals any diet plan will work as long as the dieter lowers their calorie count. Professor Susan B. Roberts discusses her thoughts and concerns on the study in the Boston Globe. Read article - February 25, 2009

"The Refugees Who Save Lewiston". In this Newsweek article, Associate Professor Karen Jacobsen, Research Director of the Refugees and Forced Migration Program as the Feinstein Center, comments on how a new influx of immigrants reshape their new hometown. - January 21, 2009

Recession pounds? Why are Big Macs seen as "recession proof"? In a Reuters article, Dean Eileen Kennedy comments on how the American fiscal crisis impacts household health. Read article - January 9, 2009

A new year brings new resolutions and Friedman faculty weigh in on how to weigh less. Associate Professor Miriam Nelson answers questions on increasing bone density in Boston Globe Health article here and about how to interpret the Body Mass Index in a Health Magazine/CNN.com article. Alice Lictenstein, Professor and Director of the Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory at the HNRCA, explains how evidence-based research methods apply to the study of weight loss in a Boston Globe article. Professor Susan Roberts weighs in on the right type of 100-calorie snack packs a person should eat to try and lose weight. Read the Baltimore Sun article here - January 5, 2009

Shape Up Somerville, the childhood obesity study and its lead author, Assistant Professor Christina Economos, are cited in U.S. News & World Report feature "The State of America's Health as Obama Takes Office". Read article here - January 2, 2009

With winter being cold season, different experts, including Friedman Assistant Professor Dayong Wu, comment on how to protect yourself from those nasty flu bugs. Read the Cooking Light article here - December 23, 2008

Tom Vilsack, potential Secretary of Agriculture under the Obama Administration, plans to put a focus on nutrition. Various advocates weigh on, including Dean Eileen Kennedy. Read the Washington Post article here - December 24, 2008

Both Professor Jeffrey Blumberg and Friedman Alumni Andrew Shao weigh in on the most recent research that vitamin supplements don't fight cancer. Read the Los Angeles Times article here - December 21, 2008

On December 8, 2008, Dean Kennedy testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry on the topic of "Promoting Health, Preventing Chronic Disease and Fighting Hunger, Assessment of the USDA Food Assistance and Child Nutrition Programs in the Economic Downturn". You can read her testimony here  (pdf) or view the rebroadcast of the entire hearing here. - December 8, 2008

News Releases

• Omega-3 fatty acids appear to impact AMD progression - June 18, 2009
• Turmeric Extract Suppresses Fat Tissue Growth in Rodent Models - May 18, 2009
• Tufts University Names New Director of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging  - March 16, 2009
• Moderate Alcohol Intake Associated with Bone Protection - March 3, 2009
• SNAP Participation Influences Where Food is Purchased - January 27, 2009

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Friedman Nutrition Notes

Learn about new nutrition science research from Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.

Dean's Letter for Tufts Nutrition

The Dean's Letter for Tufts Nutrition is published nine times a year with noteworthy events and accomplishments by members of the Tufts nutrition community.

Tufts E-News

The source of news about, and links to, current research and activities at Tufts University.