Featured series 
Tag: Nutrition
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Health
Sorry, fries are no match for almonds
A Harvard expert challenges a new study that suggests there is little difference between eating a 300-calorie serving of french fries and a 300-calorie serving of almonds every day for a month, in terms of weight gain or other markers for diabetes risk.
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Nation & World
Humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan?
The director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative talks about Afghanistan’s probable future without aid.
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Campus & Community
New dining services director brings focus on nutrition, sustainability, inclusion
New Harvard dining services director brings focus on nutrition, sustainability, inclusion.
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Health
A diet that’s healthy for people and the environment
Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, takes a closer look at a diet that is as healthy for you as it is the planet,
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Health
Only eat organic? You’re paying too much, and it’s not worth it, author says
An excerpt from “Resetting the Table: Straight Talk about the Food We Grow and Eat” by Robert Paarlberg, associate in the Sustainability Science Program at the Harvard Kennedy School and at Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
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Science & Tech
The ‘right’ diet
Professor Emily Balskus and her team have identified an entirely new class of enzymes that degrade chemicals essential for neurological health, but also help digest foods like nuts, berries, and tea, releasing nutrients that may impact human health.
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Campus & Community
Harvard to cut food-related greenhouse gas emissions
Harvard signs Cool Food Pledge, vows to cut food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2030.
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Health
The unsavory side of sugar
“Epidemiologic, Physiologic, and Policy Considerations of the Sugar Epidemic” brought health and science experts together at Harvard Medical School to discuss sugar’s effects on health and public policy.
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Health
Microbial menace
A new study has shown that — under certain conditions — gut microbes can consume enough of a key nutrient to cause a deficiency in their hosts.
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Health
A long way from PBJ
One of the biggest challenges facing school cafeterias is making healthier food taste better, a task that can be aided by collaborating with professional chefs, a Harvard nutrition expert said.
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Health
Nudging families away from fruit juice
Harvard-affiliated diabetes specialists are calling for fruit juice to be cut from the federal WIC supplemental nutrition program for low-income families.
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Health
Sugar stands accused
Science journalist Gary Taubes brought his “Case Against Sugar” to Harvard Law School.
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Health
For freshmen, food for thought
Campus food experts say the first year in college is a time for change at the dining table as well as in the classroom.
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Science & Tech
Fishing gaps called malnutrition threat
Declining fish catches around the world have set off concerns about malnutrition, especially among the poor.
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Health
When picky eating is too great a luxury
Low-income parents face an extra challenge when trying to get their kids to eat healthy: the cost of food wasted if children refuse to eat it.
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Health
Patterns of obesity prove resilient
The Harvard Chan School’s Walter Willett discusses recent findings on obesity, blood pressure, and smoking.
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Health
A dearth of nutrition in school lunches
About 200 people interested in improving the quality of meals served in America’s public schools gathered at Harvard to discuss topics ranging from getting wholesome food into schools to institutional barriers.
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Health
The entire egg
Harvard Professor Walter Willett underlined the distinction between dietary and blood cholesterol, and stressed whole foods rather than any single nutrient as key to a healthy diet.
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Health
Unlocking fat
A study by Emily Groopman ’14 shows that cooking helps to unlock the calories in fatty foods.
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Science & Tech
Impact of pesticide residue hard to track, experts say
Researchers face steep challenges in trying to pinpoint the long-term effects of pesticides in the food supply, said panelists at HSPH.
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Campus & Community
‘I spend a fair amount of time thinking about what might go wrong’
Interview with Professor Walter Willett as part of the Experience series.
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Health
Study shows kids eating more fruits, veggies
A Harvard School of Public Health study has found that new federal standards launched in 2012 that require schools to offer healthier meals have led to more fruit and vegetable consumption. This contradicts criticisms that the new standards have increased food waste.
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Health
The whys of rising obesity
A panel discussion held by the Forum at Harvard School of Public Health probed the reasons for the modern epidemic of overeating and its particularly harmful effects on children, who are especially susceptible to food marketing.
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Health
Following the swarm
Australian scientist Stephen Simpson’s locust research has led to insights on human nutrition.
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Health
Healthy menus for people and planet
Harvard nutrition experts and leaders of the food industry met this week at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge to discuss recommendations for changing menus of everything from restaurants to cafeterias to prepared foods in an effort to improve the American diet and lessen the environmental impact of the foods we eat.
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Health
Hallmarks of healthy eating
The Mediterranean Diet has been lauded as a healthy eater’s dream, but it’s still a mystery to many Americans. Greek cooking guru Diane Kochilas and cardiac health expert Frank Sacks — who have worked to enhance the diet’s presence in Harvard’s dining hall menus — visited groups across Harvard last week to share insights and…
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Health
Cutting calories before cutting in surgery
Strongly restricted diets have already been shown to increase longevity and prolong one’s healthy years, but research highlighted at a Harvard Global Health Institute symposium at the Harvard School of Public Health shows that the benefits of such restriction may extend to more rapid recovery from surgery and an improved ability to fight disease.
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Campus & Community
The no-diet dietitian
Forget nutrition labels and calorie counting. Michelle Gallant, a clinical dietitian at Harvard University Health Services, is on a one-woman mission to teach how proper eating means trusting your gut.
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Health
Obesity? Diabetes? We’ve been set up
The twin epidemics of obesity and its cousin, diabetes, have been the target of numerous studies at Harvard and its affiliated hospitals and institutions. Harvard researchers have produced a dizzying array of findings on the often related problems.
