Public Impact
The EconoFacts on SNAP
August 29, 2017
Professor Will Masters' latest blog post on EconoFact covers the realities of the SNAP program by stripping away the partisan spin and getting down to the facts of the matter. 
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. 
Welcoming a Food Policy Champion
June 25, 2018
Even though his appointment at the Friedman School begins today, new faculty member Jerold Mande has been tackling the important issues in food policy for many years. He brings a real-world perspective of policy in action to our already stellar body of food policy knowledge at the school.
Changing the Food System
August 29, 2017
Danielle Nierenberg, N01, founder of Food Tank, forges unlikely alliances in an effort to feed the world. She brings her cause to Tufts on April 1.
Friedman Faculty Receive National Scientific Achievement Awards
March 16, 2017
American Society for Nutrition Announces Recipients of National Scientific Achievement Awards: Top researchers, clinicians and educators will be recognized for their outstanding contributions at ASN’s Scientific Sessions at Experimental Biology 2017.
Covering The Cost of Health
June 28, 2017
Food subsidies and taxes significantly improve dietary choices: Interventions that alter food prices can improve people’s diets, leading to more healthy choices and fewer unhealthy choices.
Could community-based “Change Clubs” improve heart health in black women?
April 16, 2019
Using the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN) model focused on engaging community members in the planning and implementation of interventions, the researchers collaborated with four local churches in predominately Black/African American Boston neighborhoods, and worked with participants to identify and address health concerns in their respective communities.
Cost-Effectiveness of Salt Reduction
January 11, 2017
National salt reduction strategy is cost-effective ‘best buy’ for 183 countries worldwide.
Shaping the Global Nutrition Agenda
August 29, 2017
Friedman students tasked to represent views of North America in a global dialogue in Rome: Young scientists actively involved in UN priority-setting around the global actions needed to achieve healthy diets and nutrition
Center for Nutrition Assistance Research To Enhance Food Security and Dietary Quality
August 29, 2017
USDA Awards New RIDGE Center to Partnership of Tufts and UConn.