Obesity and Diabetes
A Call to Hearts, A Call to Action
July 23, 2019
Commencement addresses often focus on the idea of a bright future, but Congressman Jim McGovern’s speech at the Friedman School’s ceremony on May 19 was a little different.
FDA Added Sugar Label Could Be Cost-Effective Way to Improve Health
May 28, 2019
Model estimates prevention of nearly 1 million cases of cardiometabolic disease, billions of dollars in savings in first 20 years of label’s use.
The Health-Care Cost of Weight Bias
April 11, 2019
Physician Fatima Cody Stanford tells a Tufts audience how bias about obesity and overweight is damaging patients
U.S. News to Convene National Childhood Obesity Summit at Texas Children’s Hospital
March 1, 2019
Washington, D.C. – This spring, U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in health care rankings, will convene a Combating Childhood Obesity summit featuring some of the nation's leading experts who are actively working to address this public health threat, which currently affects 1 in 5 children and adolescents in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
Incentivizing Health and Preserving Choice in SNAP
February 14, 2019
From NECN's The Take with Sue O'Connell: 
Markers of Dairy Fat Consumption Linked to Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
October 27, 2018
Higher levels of biomarkers of dairy fat consumption are associated with lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to new research published today in PLOS Medicine.
Rethinking Dairy Fat
September 19, 2018
A new study, co-written by senior author Dariush Mozaffarian, dean of Tufts’ Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, finds that the fats in milk, cheese, and other dairy products aren’t linked to a higher risk of death in older adults.
Quality of diet still poor for SNAP participants
June 15, 2018
New study identifies continuing disparities in diet quality for participants on SNAP
Food price policy and mortality: How to even the playing field for participants in SNAP
August 29, 2018
A modeling study of food subsidies and food taxes suggests deaths from cardiometabolic disease could be reduced
Healthy Diets for Better Health
January 17, 2018
Friedman School Dean Dariush Mozaffarian supports launch of Food Is Medicine Working Group on Capitol Hill