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Craft and Gift Your Own Healthy Holiday Foods

Craft and Gift Your Own Healthy Holiday Foods

Think outside the box this season and present your loved ones with beautiful, tasty homemade gifts that aren’t packed with sugar.
"Charity is not a solution to food insecurity": How to Feed the Future

"Charity is not a solution to food insecurity": How to Feed the Future

"In all my years of working on food insecurity with Indigenous or peoples around the world, the things that I come away with are uncertainty, pain, shame, fear. It's not just the hunger dimension.
Study Shows Alcohol Intake May Have Positive and Negative Effects on Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Study Shows Alcohol Intake May Have Positive and Negative Effects on Cardiovascular Disease Risk

A new study identified 60 alcohol-associated circulating metabolites, which appear to produce counteractive effects on the risk of heart disease.
Friedman School Researchers to Collaborate with SPARK AI

Friedman School Researchers to Collaborate with SPARK AI

Researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University will collaborate with SPARK in investigating AI’s potential to revolutionize nutrition science and health policy.
Dariush Mozaffarian and Renata Micha among top cited researchers in the world

Dariush Mozaffarian and Renata Micha among top cited researchers in the world

Work by the scientists, along with other Tufts faculty members, are among top cited globally according to a new Clarivate ranking. Four current Tufts researchers have been named to a ranking of the world’s most highly cited researchers. The researchers in the Clarivate 2023 list have a significant impact on the research community, judging by the rate their work is cited by their peers, according to Clarivate, an information and analytics firm focused on research.
Feinstein International Center and FAO examine drivers of child malnutrition

Feinstein International Center and FAO examine drivers of child malnutrition

The Feinstein International Center and FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) have co-produced a series of 9 papers and 2 research communications in Food and Nutrition Bulletin, which examine the basic drivers of child malnutrition and how they can be addressed. 
Ask the Expert: Vitamin Supplements

Ask the Expert: Vitamin Supplements

A professor of nutrition science explains the pros of getting nutrients from food, but there are exceptions
Future-Proofing Health Against Climate Catastrophe

Future-Proofing Health Against Climate Catastrophe

A Tufts climate scientist is spearheading an innovative project that aims to prevent poor health outcomes caused by weather disasters
Friedman Research Lauded as "Excellent" in Systematic Review

Friedman Research Lauded as "Excellent" in Systematic Review

Earlier this year, researchers in Australia published a systematic review of prevention interventions that use community-based system dynamics. The review praises two studies from researchers based at the Friedman School: 
World-Renowned Experts Join Forces to Tackle Global Food Security Challenges

World-Renowned Experts Join Forces to Tackle Global Food Security Challenges

The UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) this week announced the next Steering Committee of its High Level Panel of Experts on food security and nutrition.