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Walter Willett

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Olive oil.

The best thing about the Mediterranean diet? It doesn’t taste like a diet.

Olive oil – maybe not your mom’s – is a good place to start, says Chan School’s Walter Willett. But don’t be afraid to experiment.

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DateJanuary 19, 2023January 19, 2023

Walter Willett.

Healthier options for people, planet

Harvard Food Systems Initiative connects University research with on-campus experiences, meals

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DateSeptember 30, 2022September 30, 2022

Alternative types of milk.

Milk used to be simple

Plant milks push past oat and almond, make way for pistachio, pea, and potato

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DateMarch 23, 2022May 10, 2022

Vegetables.

A diet that’s healthy for people, and the planet

Symposium urges greater consumption, and growth, of plants

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DateJune 17, 2021June 22, 2021

Food on a plate.

A diet that’s healthy for people and the environment

Webinar series takes a closer look at how to eat, in the broadest sense, sustainably

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DateFebruary 10, 2021

Food distribution site.

Hunger on the rise amid pandemic

Experts gather at Harvard to discuss food insecurity, long-term solutions

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DateJuly 1, 2020

Walter Willett speaking.

Food that’s better for all of us and the planet

Summit looks at production, health, sustainability, and social justice

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DateFebruary 20, 2020February 20, 2020

Meats on a charcuterie board

Put down those cold cuts

Increasing red meat consumption, especially of processed meats, is linked with a higher risk of premature death

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DateJune 12, 2019June 18, 2019

Illustration of two plates, one filled with components of a healthy diet and one filled with planet.

A healthy twofer

New food standards aim to improve human well-being, and the planet’s

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DateApril 15, 2019April 16, 2019

Anna Sortun, David Bennell, Gina McCarthy, and Walter Willett.

How to feed 10 billion by midcentury

Plan on less meat, more plants, and … err … pass the crickets, panelists suggest

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DateMarch 22, 2019March 22, 2019

Soda with ice in a glass

Sickly sweet

Sugar-sweetened drinks increase risk of mortality, especially in women

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DateMarch 18, 2019March 15, 2019

Tub of fish

Eating our way to a sustainable future

Author Greenberg examines health, sustainability of seafood diet

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DateMarch 13, 2019

woman feet standing on weigh scales,

Zeroing in on long-term weight loss

Study looks at processed carbs as culprit in gaining pounds back

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DateNovember 29, 2018December 3, 2018

Healthy food clean eating selection: fish, fruit, vegetable, seeds, superfood, cereals, leaf vegetable

Good fat vs. bad fat vs. high carb vs. low carb

Researchers with widely varying views on dietary guidelines come to a consensus

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DateNovember 15, 2018January 23, 2019

health habits illustration

Five healthy habits to live by

Lifestyle habits in adulthood may increase women’s life expectancy by 14 years, men gain 12

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DateApril 30, 2018July 27, 2018

Lawrence Appel of Johns Hopkins discusses his work testing the effectiveness of the DASH diet in lowering blood pressure.

‘Best diet in America,’ but who knew?

Lead researcher Lawrence Appel sees untapped potential in DASH studies of the 1990s

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DateNovember 3, 2017March 4, 2019

To age better, eat better

Much of life is beyond our control, but dining smartly can help us live healthier, longer

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DateMay 3, 2017December 20, 2017

Walter Willett, chair of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Department of Nutrition and the Fredrick Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, helps break down a trio of recent reports shedding new light on U.S. health.

Patterns of obesity prove resilient

Willett sees lessons in persistence, scope of anti-smoking campaigns

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DateNovember 25, 2015March 8, 2019

"The relationship between cholesterol in diet and cholesterol in blood is quite weak," explained Walter Willett, chair of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Nutrition Department. "If you raise dietary cholesterol by about 100 percent, you may just get a 10 percent rise in blood cholesterol. So it is not at all a one-to-one relationship."

The entire egg

Willett welcomes shift on cholesterol, stresses whole-food approach

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DateFebruary 24, 2015

A Harvard study found that men who did 20 minutes of daily weight training showed less of an increase in age-related abdominal fat than men who spent 20 minutes doing aerobic activities.

Using weights to target belly fat

Study shows aerobics fights pounds, but weight training trims the waist

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DateDecember 22, 2014March 6, 2019

Swapping veggies for meat a healthier choice

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DateDecember 22, 2014March 15, 2019

A simple lifestyle quiz, Health Heart Score, found on the Harvard School of Public Health website measures your potential risk for cardiovascular disease.

Calculator adds up cardio risks

Harvard researchers develop online calculator that estimates cardiovascular disease risk

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DateNovember 14, 2014

“The overall improvement in diet quality is encouraging, but the widening gap related to income and education presents a serious challenge to our society as a whole,” said Walter Willett, chair of the Department of Nutrition at HSPH, and senior author of the study.

U.S. diet shows modest improvement

Trend from 1999-2010 also shows widening disparities in diet quality between rich and poor

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DateSeptember 1, 2014June 19, 2019

Nutrition is a balancing act

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DateJune 12, 2014

Walter Willett is the Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health. He is pictured in his home in Cambridge. Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer

‘I spend a fair amount of time thinking about what might go wrong’

Walter Willett’s data-honed wisdom

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DateMay 14, 2014

Fats: Controversy and consensus

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DateApril 7, 2014

Full-fat dairy may reduce obesity risk

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DateFebruary 28, 2014

Crash course in healthy cooking

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DateSeptember 26, 2013

Walter Willett (center) told moderator Meredith Melnick that children are being exploited by marketing strategists.
Later, both Willett and Dariush Mozaffarian (right) rejected the idea that genetics plays a role in the growing obesity problem in America.

The whys of rising obesity

Harvard School of Public Health panel probes reasons for the modern epidemic of overeating

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DateSeptember 13, 2013April 19, 2019

People who ate at least two servings each week of certain whole fruits — particularly blueberries, grapes, and apples — reduced their risk for type 2 diabetes by as much as 23 percent in comparison to those who ate less than one serving per month.

Skip the juice, go for whole fruit

Eating whole fruits, particularly blueberries, grapes, apples, linked to lower risk of type 2 diabetes

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DateAugust 29, 2013May 31, 2019

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