Brian Wansink has spent much of his life thinking about food and wondering about Americans’ relationship to it.
“I grew up in Sioux City, Iowa. Like a lot of people in the Midwest, I spent a lot of...
When Heather Evans, a trauma surgeon at Harborview Medical Center, stepped into the operating room wearing an eyeglasses-like, Internet-connected device known as Google Glass, she quickly realized...
A University of Washington online education program aimed at helping healthcare providers more safely manage patients' chronic pain has received a nearly $800,000 grant. The funding to UW and its...
An overview of the U.S. food system and its impact on public health includes nuggets you may find hard to digest:
During 2013, an estimated 14.3 percent of American households were “food-insecure” –...
Graphically representing data is not a new concept. William Playfair, an 18th-century Scottish engineer and political economist, invented the line chart, bar graph and pie chart.
What's changed is...
Nuttada Panpradist, a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Washington's Department of Bioengineering, received a $50,000 prize for the concept of a paper-based system that provides a rapid visual...
03/16/2018
When it comes to vegetables, Americans don’t even come close to eating enough.
Only 9 percent of Americans are eating the recommended two to three servings per day, according to a 2015 report from...
04/25/2018
With the return of spring, open windows become a common sight around Seattle. As of 2015, about 79 percent of the city's rental units had no primary air conditioning, according to the U.S. Census...
12/21/2018
First things first, says Natalia Groat, a UW Medicine clinical nutritionist. Don’t go on a diet during the holidays.
“I would avoid diets,” said Groat, who works at Harborview Medical Center. “They...
08/23/2017
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(Downloadable video, script) Dr. Nathaniel Watson talks about how parents can help elementary-age kids and teenagers reset sleep schedules. Children ages 6-12, he said, need nine to 12 hours of...