CPHN in the News
Food Bubble Expanding U.S. Waistlines: Vikram Mansharamani
Bloomberg| February 2012 | Cites Adam Drewnowski's 2004 study showing that a dollar can buy more unhealthy calories than healthy ones.
Government Sodium Guidelines: Are They Impossible to Follow?
Huffington Post| February 2012 | Outlines the recent article by Matthieu Maillot and Adam Drewnowski which finds that compliance with sodium guidelines requires substantial changes from current eating behaviors.
Academic: Government sodium targets are incompatible with rest of dietary guidelines
FoodNavigator-USA.com| January 2012 | Adam Drewnowski finds a fundamental conflict between the very low sodium guidelines and a nutritionally sound diet.
Living Right
TheStar.com (Malaysia)| January 2012 | Adam Drewnowski says it is easy for children to overeat energy-dense foods. Knowing the right foods to feed children can help curb weight gain and obesity.
Life Course Nutrition: Maternal and Child Health Strategies in Public Health
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice | January 2012 | Donna Johnson helped develop a life course framework designed to help public health leaders describe the role of maternal and child nutrition in population health and identify actions they can take to create equitable access to healthy foods and food environments.
2011
New researarch shows poverty is fattening for women
DeseretNews.com | December 2011 | Adam Drewnowski claims he can gauge the income level of a lecture audience by taking note of the number of obese women in the room.
Seattle's Unhealthiest Neighborhoods Dubbed Food Deserts
Seattle Magazine seattlemag.com | December 2011 | Adam Drewnowski says that focusing on food deserts avoids more compelling issues such as the relationship between poverty and obesity.
MSNMoney.com | November 30, 2011 | Adam Drewnowski is quoted in an article asserting that obesity can often be blamed on a tight budget, not on moral weakness.
UW Considers Adding a Food Studies Major
Seattle Times | October 31, 2011 | More than 30 interested UW community members met on Oct. 27 in conjunction with Food Day programming to discuss possibilities for a food studies major. Led by Dr. Adam Drewnowski, director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition, the group contemplated a scholarly path that would include dietary health, environmental science, agribusiness, and food policy.
Potassium and sodium targets are incompatible, warns academic
FoodNavigator.com | September 27, 2011 | At the American Dietetic Association annual conference, Adam Drewnowski said that nine out of 20,000 people met recommended levels for both potassium and sodium in their diets.
Potatoes Reach Supermarket RDs
PerishableNews.com | September 13, 2011 | Dr. Adam Drewnowski will present his latest potato research regarding the positive role of potatoes in overall diet quality.
Healthy Eating: Good For You, Bad for Your Bottom Line?
PBS.org | August 24, 2011 | The MyPlate message is within reach even for those with the tightest budgets, according to Adam Drewnowski.
Obesity Prevention on "The Breakfast Club" (video)
BernamaTV | August 15, 2011 | Adam Drewnowski interviewed on obesity prevention on Malaysia's news and current affairs network.
Dietary guidelines would benefit from a reality check
FoodNavigator.com | August 11, 2011 | Adam Drewnowski says that dietary guidelines need to take the economic dimensions of people's lives into account. People eat the foods they can afford.
Infographic: The Cost of Healthy Food
StopAgingNow.com | August 11, 2011 | An infographic is based on 2004 CPHN research comparing the calories in healthy and unhealthy foods purchased with a dollar.
Heathly eating is hard but not impossible for low-income Americans
Grist.org | August 9, 2011 | References the paper by Pablo Monsivais et al. in Heatlh Affairs.
Study: Healthy eating means spending more at store
Seattle Times | August 8, 2011 | Pablo Monsivais' new study involving King County residents shows that a healthy diet is more expensive and that people who spend less might not be getting recommended nutrients.
Searching for the right recipe
HealthyCal.org | August 7, 2011 | Quotes from Adam Drewnowski about how obesity among the poor is not simply due to "food deserts."
Healthy food cost is barrier to a better diet among poor
KPLU.org | August 4, 2011 | Pablo Monsivais says we "have built a food system that makes calories inexpensive but makes nutrients costly." KPLU reports on CPHN's new study of food choices of 1,100 King County residents.
Calorie Counts Won't Cure Obesity
New York Times' Room For Debate | July 24, 2011 | Adam Drewnowsk says that lower income consumers will choose menu options based on perceived value, not calories.
As Black Unemployment Climbs, Healthy Eating Declines
Huffington Post | July 17, 2011 | Quotes by Adam Drewnowski on the fact that foods with high calories tend to be cheaper. "It's really not irrational that a person with a tiny income is going to be more concerned with feeling full than how many anti-oxidants that they get."
Ten Percent of US is Food Desert?
The Economist | July 7, 2011 | Report on a new USDA study showing that 10% of the country is now a "food desert." But CPHN research has shown that only 15% of people shop in their own census tract.
Feeling the Weight series highlights CPHN
Seattle Times | June 12, 2011 | A series of articles exploring the fight against childhood obesity and quoting CPHN faculty Donna Johnson and Adam Drewnowski.
Study finds answer for tastier low salt soups
FoodNavigator.com | June 6, 2011 | CPHN researchers in taste, appetite and eating behavior found that using salt substitutes such as glutamate-based compounds satisfied the sensory effects of salt for study participants.
Federal Subsidies for Child Nutrition: More Funding is Better
UW Today | April 26, 2011 | A new CPHN study found that child-care providers who received higher reimbursements spent more on food, and the food was of higher nutritional quality than the food purchased by providers who received lower reimbursements.
Potatoes in children's meals lead to higher diet quality
UPI.com | April 11, 2011 | Meals containing non-fried white potatoes contain more servings of other vegetables and high levels of desirable nutrients. Adam Drewnowski presents new research at the The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology this week.
Home Economics Classes are Making a Comeback
KING-5 TV | February 22, 2011 | Adam Drewnowski was interviewed by about plans for adding classes and facilities at UW for nutrition education.
Soluble dextrin fibre in beverages may improve satiety: Tate & Lyle study
Foodnavigator.com| January 18, 2011 | Supplementing beverages with soluble fiber could have implications for weight control, according to a new study.
2010
Divided We Eat
Newsweek.com| November 22, 2010 | Features quotes by Adam Drewnowski about how Americans' food choices correlate to social class.
Report on Access to Healthy Foods in Washington State
UrbanFarmHub.org| September 9, 2010 | Highlighting the CPHN report "Opportunities for Improving Access to Healthy Foods in Washington State"
Better understanding of food price impact needed: Study
FoodNavigator-USA.com | August 24, 2010 | Features findings from an article by Adam Drewnowski in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Study shows growing price gap between healthy and junk foods
FoodNavigator-USA.com | August 2, 2010 | Features findings from an article by Pablo Monsivais, Julia McClain and Adam Drewnowski
572 Steps to Better Eating: A Report Offers Solutions to Improve Washington's Food System
Sightline Daily | July 15, 2010 | Highlighting the CPHN report "Opportunities for Improving Access to Healthy Foods in Washington State"
The Farm-Food Connection: Closing the Gap in a Food Insecure World
DowntoEarthNW.com| July 12, 2010 | Highlighting the CPHN report by Donna Johnson and Mary Podrabsky on "Opportunities for Improving Access to Healthy Foods in Washington State"
Outlast Your Cravings
Men's Health | July 8, 2010 | Adam Drewnowski is quoted
Obesity plagues impoverished residents in Stanislaus, Merced counties
Modesto Bee | May 25, 2010 | Adam Drewnowski is quoted
It’s the (Food) Economy, Stupid
Wall Street Journal | May 25, 2010 | Features findings from the May 2010 CPHN Research Brief
Pricey grocery stores attract skinniest shoppers
MSNBC | May 24, 2010 | Features findings from the May 2010 CPHN Research Brief
Fighting Obesity by Teaching How to Cook
KPLU | May 7, 2010 | Radio segment with Adam Drewnowski
School Lunch
KUOW The Conversation | March 31, 2010 | Interviewed Donna Johnson
Advocates hope calorie labeling law will coax chain restaurants to offer healthier options
Los Angeles Times | March 31, 2010 | Cites Barbara Bruemmer
2009
Poverty, Obesity, and Health
KUOW Weekday | December 23, 2009 | Interview: Adam Drewnowski
Food Stamps: The Economics of Eating Well
The New York Times | December 8, 2009 | Quotes: Adam Drewnowski
Healthy Eating: Sweet predicament at the table
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | November 11, 2009 | Quotes: Adam Drewnowski
Are Calories On Fast Food Menus Changing Your Order?
Fox 13 News | November 10, 2009 | Quotes: Barbara Bruemmer
Affordable and healthy is not an oxymoron
Examiner.com | October 22, 2009 | Cites: Adam Drewnowski
New Food Rating System Considers Cost, Nutrition
Supermarket News | October 20, 2009 | Quotes: Adam Drewnowski
Supermarket price discrepancy with health foods
King 5 News | July 10, 2009 | Features results from the July 2009 CPHN Research Brief
Better diets more costly, enjoyed by the most educated
University Week | May 7, 2009 | Focuses on Adam Drewnowski's research
Experts Are Thinking About What You Eat. Maybe You Should Join Them.
The Washington Post | April 29, 2009 | Quotes: Adam Drewnowski
On ne reviendra pas au pain blanc en tranches
La Presse | April 3, 2009 | Quotes: Adam Drewnowski
L'obésité infantile, un problème présent
Radio-Canada.ca | April 1, 2009 | Radio Interview with Dr. Drewnowski
Obésité : un code postal qui en dit long
24 heures | April 1, 2009 | Quotes: Adam Drewnowski
Eating Well on a Downsized Food Budget
The New York Times | March 2, 2009 | Quotes: Adam Drewnowski
Sweeteners: Real Aid or Excuse to Indulge?
The New York Times | February 16, 2009 | Cites: Adam Drewnowski
Getting to the Root of America's Obesity Epidemic
City Living | February 12, 2009 | Cites: Adam Drewnowski |
The Depression Diet
Foodnavigator-usa.com | January 16, 2009 | Podcast of Interview with Adam Drewnowski
