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Individuals vs. Populations: What Can Doctors Do For Obesity?
Jason Block, MD, MPH Several months ago, I got into a twitter spat. In response to a blog post that decried how inadequately doctors were treating patients with obesity, I wrote in a series of tweets:...
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Doctors Don't Need To Know Nutrition
Avik Chatterjee, MD Harvard Medical School has removed nutrition education from its curriculum. Last summer, I taught a section of the week-long HMS nutrition course for second year medical students,...
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Not All Cases Of Gestational Diabetes Are The Same
Marie-France Hivert, MD, MMSc Diabetes that appears for the first time in pregnancy is called gestational diabetes, and affects 5 to 20% of pregnant women. High blood sugar – also known as...
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What Is A Healthy Diet?
Wei Perng, PhD Last week, I met with a prospective Master’s student wrapping up her B.S. in Nutritional Sciences. She told me about her background in nutrition, her laboratory training, and her desire...
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Quick Guide To Whole Grains And Why The Whole Grain Stamp Falls Short
Mike Seward, AB In our traffic-light food labeling study at Harvard dining halls, recently published in the American Journal of Public Health, I used several nutrition criteria to label foods as...
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More Complicated Than It Looks: Complications of Metabolism
Jennifer Thompson, MPH If you ever dare to venture into the comments section of any article about weight, weight loss, obesity, exercise or health, eventually you’ll find someone who says some version...
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Eating For Two - It's Time To Talk About Pregnancy And Weight Gain
Chelsea Jenter, MPH A friend recently told me that she gained 30 pounds during the first trimester of her pregnancy. Because I work in obesity research, she asked me if that sounded like too much. I...
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Are Those Measurements Affecting Your Data...Or Just My Dress?
Amy Louer, EdM I recently bought a hand-sewn bridesmaids dress online, created to my specifications to fit my body. Yet, like many aspects of a wedding, reality did not meet expectations. In fact, it...
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Have Nutrition Scientists Turned Into The Teacher From Peanuts?
Kristina Lewis, MD A recent poll conducted by Truven Health Analytics and National Public Radio got press coverage for its finding that the majority of surveyed Americans characterized their eating...
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Eat what your grandmother eats!
by Wei Perng, PhD In Michael Pollan’s book, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, he laid out 12 Commandments for Serious Eaters. The first commandment is “Don’t eat anything your grandmother...
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McDonald’s cans its clown…for the wrong reason
by Kristina Lewis, MD, MPH, SM Despite a good run of over 50 years in the business, McDonald’s decided late in 2016 that the services of its friendly, funny clown, Ronald McDonald, were no longer...
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McDonald’s cans its clown…for the wrong reason
Kristina Lewis, MD, MPH, SM Despite a good run of over 50 years in the business, McDonald’s decided late in 2016 that the services of its friendly, funny clown, Ronald McDonald, were no longer...
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If They Grow It, Will They Eat It?
Karen Switkowski, MPH, PhD Most parents, nutritionists and educators will agree that it’s not easy to get kids to eat fruits and vegetables, especially in school. In this earlier blog post, Dr. Jenn...
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Sugary Drinks During Pregnancy Linked To Childhood Obesity
Sheryl Rifas-Shiman, MPH In the August 2017 issue of Pediatrics, several colleagues and I reported that mothers who consumed more sugary beverages – including sugary soda and fruit drinks – in...
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Can People Eat better In Restaurants Without Even Knowing It?
Jason Block, MD, MPH More than 40% of all food consumed in the United States is prepared, or ready-to-eatfood. Widespread policy change is underway, including calorie labeling and enhancements to the...
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The 10,000 Steps a Day Rule: Myth or Reality?
Peter James, MHS, ScD With the wide availability of wearable fitness trackers, people have been increasingly measuring the number of steps they take per day, striving to obtain those 10,000 steps. But...
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What's In The Name? From "OPP" to "CoRAL".
Jen Thompson, MPH You may have noticed that our department recently changed its name. After much debate and brainstorming, we decided to retire our old name, “Obesity Prevention Program”, and call...
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The First 1000 Days Of Life: A Window Of Opportunity For Novel Interventions...
Izzuddin Aris, PhD Childhood overweight/obesity remains a substantial problem globally. Rising trends in children's and adolescents' body mass index have plateaued in many high-income countries,...
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Read With Caution - Nutrition Sensationalism In The Media
Veronique Gingras, MSc, PhD In August and September 2017, three nutrition studies derived from the PURE study were published in the Lancet and an old, endless – and somewhat tiresome – debate...
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Sugary Beverages During Pregnancy And Early-Life And Mid-Childhood Asthma
Sheryl Rifas-Shiman, MPH In the December 2017 online issue of the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, several colleagues and I reported that children who consumed high amounts of fructose in...
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