Department of Nutrition
We research how nutrition affects human health at molecular and population levels to shape public policy and help people make better diet and lifestyle choices.
665 Huntington Avenue
Building 2
Boston, MA 02115
News
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Understanding how salt consumption patterns vary across U.S. cultural groups
Most U.S. adults eat too much salt, but consumption patterns tend to vary across racial and ethnic groups.
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Carbohydrate quality in midlife matters for women’s healthy aging
Women who ate diets rich in high-quality carbohydrates were more likely to stay healthy as they aged.
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Pioneering nutrition and chronic disease risk research may soon be lost
There are just weeks left to save the frozen biological samples that have powered major advances in nutrition and chronic disease risk research.
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Funding cuts create ‘existential crisis’ at Harvard Chan School
In the wake of the cancellation of federal grant funding for more than 130 researchers at Harvard Chan School, faculty, staff, and students are speaking out about the havoc enveloping the School.
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Yunge Xiao, SM ’25, gained confidence as a researcher at Harvard Chan School
As an SM student in epidemiology, Yunge Xiao has collaborated with faculty on nutrition and health policy research.
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Biological samples linked to groundbreaking research at risk from funding cuts
Federal funding cuts to Harvard may put a treasure trove of biological samples at risk.
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Coffee may improve gut health
Coffee has been linked to lower risk of several chronic diseases—one reason why may be its role in helping maintain a healthy gut.
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Student Kenny Mendoza digs into the risks of ultra-processed foods and seeks solutions
Kenny Mendoza, PhD ’25, helped document the health risks of ultra-processed foods.
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Securing a federal grant: hard work that matters
Karen Emmons and Jorge Chavarro discuss the long and challenging path to getting a federal grant—and how it’s worth the work to further advances in science and human health.
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Erica Kenney, Meredith Rosenthal honored at 14th annual Alice Hamilton Award lecture
Erica Kenney received this year’s Alice Hamilton Award and Meredith Rosenthal the Marianne Wessling-Resnick Memorial Mentoring Award.
