Obesity and Diabetes
Rethinking Dairy Fat
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
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
A modeling study of food subsidies and food taxes suggests deaths from cardiometabolic disease could be reduced
Healthy Diets for Better Health
Friedman School Dean Dariush Mozaffarian supports launch of Food Is Medicine Working Group on Capitol Hill
Fixing America's Health Care
We should make our nation’s nutrition crisis a top nonpartisan priority
Fasting glucose as a marker for greater weight loss on a high-fiber, low-glycemic diet
Researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, together with colleagues from Gelesis and the University of Copenhagen, presented preliminary data demonstrating that study participants with high fasting plasma glucose lost more weight than those with low fasting plasma glucose when following a high-fiber, low-glycemic load diet.
Dietary Factors and Deaths From Disease
Dietary factors associated with substantial proportion of deaths from heart disease, stroke, and disease.
New study finds that eating whole grains increases metabolism and calorie loss
Researchers at Tufts begin to quantify benefits of a whole-grain diet.
Regular intake of sugary beverages, not diet soda, associated with prediabetes
An epidemiological analysis of data from 1,685 adult Americans finds that regular consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, but not diet soda, is associated with increased risk of prediabetes and increased insulin resistance.
Study finds link between childhood cancer and poor dietary quality in adulthood
Survivors of childhood cancer have poor adherence to federal dietary guidelines in adulthood, a new study finds.