Coverage from, TEDx Harvard Law, featuring David Ludwig Continue reading
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Misguided Moves Thwart Healthier School Lunch
Congress Scraps Limits on French Fries, Keeps Pizza a Vegetable No one would mistake French fries and pizza for a healthy meal. Yet Congress has overturned a plan that would limit French fries in school lunch. And it’s scrapped or stalled other healthy menu changes that would boost vegetables and lower salt. Continue reading
Health benefits of substituting water for sugar-sweetened beverages
Coverage from Sustaining the Blue Planet: Global Water Education Conference, featuring Frank Hu Continue reading
Childhood obesity in Society
Coverage from Boston Children’s Hospital, featuring David Ludwig Continue reading
Dietary management of obesity: Too much focus on fat?
Coverage from the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk, featuring Dariush Mozaffarian Continue reading
Comment on the IOM Vitamin D and Calcium Recommendations
For Adult Bone Health, Too Low on Vitamin D—and Too Generous on Calcium By Heike Bischoff-Ferrari and Walter Willett Vitamin D and Bone Health Most evidence on vitamin D and calcium is available for bone health. Thus the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) panel released on November 30, 2010 (1) are largely based […] Continue reading
2010 Healthy Cup lecture and award presentation to Sen. Tom Harkin
It may come as a surprise to many people that the comprehensive national health care reform bill signed into law in March contains a substantial piece on prevention and public health, including incentives to prevent chronic disease. The senior leader responsible for that section, Senator Tom Harkin from Iowa, is a long-time health and wellness […] Continue reading
Video: Easy dinner, pyramid style
Coverage from Spices of Life, Featuring Lilian Cheung Continue reading
HSPH Researcher Applauds NYC Ban on Trans Fats in Restaurants
The New York City Board of Health’s decision to ban trans fats from restaurants may prevent thousands of premature deaths, and it serves as a model for other cities around the world, according to a leading authority on trans fats’ harmful health effects. “The New York City Board of Health deserves applause for its decision […] Continue reading
Trans Fats and Cardiovascular Health: Dr. Mozaffarian’s Testimony
Testimony submitted at October 30, 2006 hearing before the New York City Board of Health by Dariush Mozaffarian, M.D., Dr.P.H., F.A.C.C.. F.A.H.A., Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health I am a cardiologist at Harvard Medical School and an epidemiologist at the Harvard School of Public Health. I would like to thank the […] Continue reading
