Congratulations to @DeptPopMed's Izzuddin Aris and Anita Wagner, and all recipients of 2022 Excellence in Mentoring Awards! Watch them be honored at the awards ceremony this Thursday. Details below.
Since 2018, #calorie labeling of prepared foods has been required in food retail establishments (became law with 2010 ACA). Our team has been evaluating the effect of this law in restaurants & supermarkets, funded by @NIDDK. What have we found so far? A thread, 1/14
This month on @WeighingInBlog: Joshua Petimar discusses whether voluntary pledges are enough to get major food companies to reduce #sodium.
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Read here: https://t.co/QN6VNDJE9W
Our study on Menstrual cycle length and adverse pregnancy outcomes among women in Project Viva is now published online! @ProjectViva_DPM https://t.co/UH11uTp8hX
Now online in @EHPonline: A team including @DeptPopMed / @CoRAL_DPM's @peterjames_7 wanted to know whether racial/ethnic minority and low-SES populations in the United States are disproportionately exposed to aircraft noise. Read what they found here:
Has the pandemic impacted your sleep? Results from #ProjectViva COVID-19 surveys on this topic and more can be seen on our website using this link: https://t.co/WeHa9urs9C
Thanks to our wonderful participants, staff, and researchers, #ProjectViva has had a noticeable increase in publications in the past 3 years. We look forward to continuing this trend in 2022 as we launch our next study visits! 📶
ICYMI: led by former @DeptPopMed fellow @marciaixchel and Associate Prof @peterjames_7, a team found evidence for associations b/w nature exposure and improved cognitive function, brain activity, blood pressure, mental health, physical activity, and sleep. What next? Read on:
This is fair. The CDC had a tough call on isolation period. Like many others, I would have preferred to see a neg test or different rules for those vax’d vs not. But the CDC made a pragmatic call during a time of rising cases & COVID fatigue. Their decision is very reasonable.
New Editorial: Childhood Obesity Interventions-Going Beyond the Individual, co-authored by CoRAL's #IzzuddinAris and @jasonpblock, was just published in @JAMAPediatrics. https://t.co/wRaJTouozS
.@DeptPopMed's @jasonpblock spoke with @WCAI_NPR's Mindy Todd about the rising rate of #obesity, how the #COVID19 pandemic affected these rates, the resulting risks from obesity, and more.
👂Listen here: https://t.co/NzRMsgCplm