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Advancing Nutrition Innovation in an Era of Misinformation

Advancing Nutrition Innovation in an Era of Misinformation

Challenges and opportunities from the fourth annual Nutrition Innovation Summit
Student Profile: Susan Lesch

Student Profile: Susan Lesch

I came to Tufts for the knowledge behind a credential, and the credibility which one hopes accompanies that knowledge. Both are required to become a food and nutrition writer.
Mentoring Underrepresented Populations at the Friedman School

Mentoring Underrepresented Populations at the Friedman School

The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy is delighted to announce two new Awards to recognize individuals who do an extraordinary job at mentoring underrepresented individuals in higher education and academia at our School. These Annual Awards will be given at the end of the School Year to a Faculty and a Staff member who continuously work to promote meaningful and impactful relationships with students, helping them navigate the barriers faced in the academic environment and reach their full potential.
Grant Awarded to Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Systems for Nutrition

Grant Awarded to Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Systems for Nutrition

At the United Nations Food Systems Summit, Administrator Samantha Power announced that the United States plans to commit $5 billion over five years to Feed the Future, the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative, and an intent to expand Feed the Future to additional countries.
Inspired by His Father, a Nutrition Scholar Strives to Prevent Disease

Inspired by His Father, a Nutrition Scholar Strives to Prevent Disease

For Edwin Ortega, N20, family struggle and sacrifice inspire his research into chronic disease and vaccine efficacy
Student Profile: Norma Rachaunda Toussaint

Student Profile: Norma Rachaunda Toussaint

As someone whose parents immigrated from Haiti and worked hard to make a better life in America, an understanding of the hardships impoverished people face was instilled in me at a young age.
Study Assesses Risk that Fruits, Vegetables Sold in U.S. Are Products of Forced Labor

Study Assesses Risk that Fruits, Vegetables Sold in U.S. Are Products of Forced Labor

Findings and limited data serve as “red flag” to increase transparency of food systems
Ultraprocessed Foods Now Comprise 2/3 of Calories in Children and Teen Diets

Ultraprocessed Foods Now Comprise 2/3 of Calories in Children and Teen Diets

New study in JAMA also found kids and teens eat less unprocessed and minimally processed foods
Reducing Sugar in Packaged Foods can Prevent Disease in Millions

Reducing Sugar in Packaged Foods can Prevent Disease in Millions

A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy at Tufts University, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOH) created a model to simulate and quantify the health, economic, and equity impacts of a pragmatic sugar-reduction policy proposed by the U.S. National Salt and Sugar Reduction Initiative (NSSRI).
7 Ways to Combat Climate Change

7 Ways to Combat Climate Change

Story by Taylor McNeil at Tufts Now Rising temperatures, fires raging out of control in the American West and Europe, increasingly fierce storms: they are all consequences of climate change induced by human consumption of fossil fuels, according to the latest report from the United Nations, written by scientists from around the world.