Obesity and Diabetes
Produce Prescription Programs Study Shows Promising Benefits
August 29, 2023
In the largest known such study to date, an analysis of participant records by Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy researchers found programs that provide free fruits and vegetables have measurable benefits for health and food security.
Around the country, non-profits and local governments are testing the idea of food as medicine through “produce prescription programs”—with promising results, according to researchers from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. 
Healthy Nutrition in a Nutshell
August 2, 2023
Recently on Episode 20 of ESC Today, Dr. Mozaffarian discussed nutrition and heart health with the host on Healthy nutrition in a nutshell - Indications for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
Watch the segment by clicking the thumbnail below
Topic: Rhythm Control, Catheter Ablation
Host: Professor S. Price (London, GB) 
Food is Medicine Study Predicts Benefits of Implementing Produce Prescription Programs
July 11, 2023
A simulation by Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy researchers predicts the clinical and financial benefits of making fruits and vegetables more accessible to food-insecure diabetic patients. 
Fang Fang Zhang shares insights on ultraprocessed foods in NPR article
May 27, 2023
This morning, while tidying up my office, I found an open box of packaged coconut and chocolate cookies that I'd bought sometime last year. The "use by" date had come and gone more than eight months ago. Curious, I took a small bite. They still tasted pretty darn good.
A closer look at the ingredient list revealed some things I've certainly never baked with, including carrageenan and sorbitan tristearate, additives used to do things like thicken, emulsify and preserve the flavor and enhance the texture of food. 
What Makes 'Junk Food' Junk? Friedman Experts Weigh In.
April 29, 2023
Study examines how three decades of U.S. policies define junk food for taxation and other regulations. 
A Team Approach to Improving Public Health
April 26, 2023
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy researchers reveal how a team approach to the early childhood obesity epidemic creates success
Study Links Poor Diet to 14 Million Cases of Type 2 Diabetes Globally
April 19, 2023
Researchers from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy estimate 7 out of 10 cases of type 2 diabetes worldwide in 2018 linked to food choices. 
Obesity and weight loss shots: Dariush Mozaffarian and Andrew Greenberg offer their views in Boston Globe article
April 18, 2023
Weight-loss shots are here. So who needs a healthy diet?
Fitness crazes and meal fads haven’t stopped us from getting fatter and fatter. But new drugs bring new problems.
In 1980, the obesity rate in the US hovered around 13 percent, not far from where it had been 20 years earlier.
But sometime during the ’80s, we began hurtling towards this moment. 
New Study Evaluates Produce Prescription Program for Patients With Diabetes
February 24, 2023
Researchers at the Friedman School share results of a new study that evaluated the impact of a produce prescription program on glycemic control for patients with diabetes.
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How Sleep Habits Can Affect Weight
May 15, 2023
About one in three adults in the United States report routinely not getting enough sleep.
Sleep insufficiency is associated with increased risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, mental health problems, injuries, loss of productivity, and death. It also appears to be associated with increased risk for obesity, especially in children. Fortunately, sleep is a modifiable risk factor to improve health—one that you can often do something about.