Obesity and Diabetes
The Pandemic and Childhood Weight Gain
January 5, 2021
There’s plenty of talk of the COVID 20—meaning the extra weight that adults are putting on during the pandemic. But what about children?
Even before the pandemic, the percentage of American children who have overweight or obesity—defined as body mass index (BMI) being in the 85th to 95th percentiles for children of the same age and sex—was startlingly high, and early evidence is suggesting the pandemic may make matters even worse. 
Study Illuminates Consumer Confusion About Whole Grain Labels
August 11, 2020
Researchers say results provide legal evidence for proposed changes in labeling regulations.
Call to Action for Stronger, Better-Funded Federal Nutrition Research
July 20, 2020
Experts and coalition call for better coordination to prevent costly diet-related illnesses and better address food insecurity while accelerating discoveries, economic growth, and improving public health and population resilience
A National Moonshot on Nutrition Research
June 21, 2020
Learn more about the group making the case for a "moonshot" on national nutrition research. Leading nutrition and food policy experts outline a bold case for strengthening federal nutrition research in a live interactive session as part of NUTRITION 2020 LIVE ONLINE, a virtual conference hosted by the American Society for Nutrition (ASN). 
Op-Ed: A Need For 'Soft Power' in Health Care
April 1, 2020
The fight against COVID-19 — a need for 'soft power' in health care
Friedman Dean Dariush Mozaffarian and and Fletcher Dean Emeritus James Stavridis co-author this opinion piece for The Hill, urging the U.S. government to strengthen its “soft power” within the healthcare system, as it has done in its military and national security sectors, by developing “a proactive, vigorous, coordinated and well-funded preventive and public health strategy and infrastructure to keep our nation healthy and safe into the future.”
Sugary Drinks and Maintaining Normal Cholesterol Levels
March 4, 2020
BOSTON (February 26, 2020, 5:00 a.m., EST)—Middle-aged and older adults who drank sugary beverages daily were at greater risk of developing abnormal cholesterol and triglyceride levels compared to those who rarely drank those beverages, according to a new epidemiological study published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association. 
A National Strategy for Food and Nutrition Research
February 19, 2020
A new council at the Friedman School is recommending a national nutrition research moonshot.
New Study: Dining Out
January 29, 2020
Dariush Mozaffarian, senior author and dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, discusses potential solutions to the challenge of improving the nutritional quality of what Americans are eating while dining out. 
Meat Consumption: Myths and Facts
January 6, 2020
By Dariush Mozaffarian, Dean, Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
More than half of Americans who make New Year’s resolutions resolve to “eat healthier." If you’re one, you might be confused about the role meat should play in your health.