Chronic Diseases and Healthy Aging
Small increases in physical activity reduce immobility, disability risks in older adults
August 29, 2018
Older adults who add 48 minutes of moderate physical activity per week can lower their chances for major mobility disability
Food policies have potential to lower US cardiovascular disease rates
August 29, 2017
Food policies, such as fruit and vegetable subsidies, taxes on sugar sweetened drinks, and mass media campaigns to change dietary habits, could avert hundreds of thousands of deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the United States, researchers project in a study published in PLOS Medicine by Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard from the University of Liverpool, UK and Imperial College London, UK, and colleagues at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, US.
Dietary Factors and Deaths From Disease
March 20, 2017
Dietary factors associated with substantial proportion of deaths from heart disease, stroke, and disease.
The Latest Research on Soy and Cancer
March 7, 2017
Consuming foods rich in isoflavones, found in soy, is associated with reduced mortality in women with hormone-receptor-negative breast cancer and women not treated with endocrine therapy
Eating whole grains led to modest improvements in gut microbiota and immune response
March 2, 2017
BOSTON (Feb. 8, 2017)—In a clinical trial, adults who consumed a diet rich in whole grains rather than refined grains had modest improvements in healthy gut microbiota and certain immune responses. The research was conducted in tandem with a study that looked at the effects of a whole-grain diet on energy metabolism. Both studies are published online today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Americans in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have higher mortality
January 17, 2020
Higher risk of all-cause and cardiometabolic mortality, particularly related to diabetes, found among federal food-purchasing assistance program participants compared to nonparticipants
Study finds link between childhood cancer and poor dietary quality in adulthood
March 2, 2017
Survivors of childhood cancer have poor adherence to federal dietary guidelines in adulthood, a new study finds.
High folate intake linked with nerve-damage risk in older adults with common gene variant
August 29, 2017
Consuming too much folate (vitamin B9) is associated with increased risk for a nerve-damage disorder in older adults who have a common genetic variant.
Ready, Set, Go!
August 29, 2017
Baby boomers will face many barriers to good nutrition as they age. It’s time to get prepared.
Catalyzing Innovation and Collaboration
August 29, 2017
Each year, Tufts Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President sponsors two seed grant programs, Tufts Collaborates and Tufts Innovates; sparking research collaboration among disparate faculty members, and catalyzing innovative ideas for learning and teaching across campus.