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Point. Click. Eat?

New research suggests that photographs of your food might help improve your health and also national nutrition policy.

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Alumni Nutrition

Nutrition alumna awarded Red Plate award for contribution to the field

“Joyce often says she loves her job and it’s so true,” says Oregon Department of Education Assistant Superintendent Sarah Drinkwater. “Coming from her background as a dietitian, she brings medical, educational, and community partnership aspects as her foundation, and this is how she likes to conduct her work. She and her team partner with many entities, and she puts a great amount of time and effort into the development of each relationship.”

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Millions of people with metabolic syndrome may need more vitamin E

New research has shown that people with metabolic syndrome need significantly more vitamin E – which could be a serious public health concern, in light of the millions of people who have this condition that’s often related to obesity.

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Faculty and Staff Nutrition Public Health Research

Inside the mind of researcher Stephanie Grutzmacher

My research seeks to examine how we can best design and deliver community-based programs to address food access, dietary quality and food security issues in vulnerable communities.

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Nutrition

Recipe for success

College of Public Health and Human Sciences nutrition students learned that the recipe for a healthy diet includes simple, economical and nutritious foods.

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Nutrition

Raise your forks for National Salad Week, July 25-29

Any way you spin them, salads are a refreshing and satisfying way to pack more veggies into your diet. If you’d like a fun way to challenge yourself and your family to eat more salad, the last week in July is national salad week. Consider some of these benefits of eating salad regularly ­– and convert those salad non-believers in your life.