Nutritional Sciences at Cornell

08/05/2021

Farmers' Market Week is Aug 1-7. Have you visited your area’s farmers' market? Check out our Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) for tips & recipes! https://human.cornell.edu/dns/fmnp

Content on this site is created and reviewed by Cornell Division of Nutritional Sciences Food and Nutrition Education in Communities team led by Joan Paddock with Cooperative Extension partners, including staff from Wayne County CCE and Yvonne Bravo from CCE NYC Contact us at [email protected]

07/26/2021

The College of Human Ecology welcomes 8 new faculty members this year whose work addresses race, ethnicity, and the nature, persistence and consequences of inequality – under a college-wide faculty cohort hiring initiative called Pathways to Social Justice.

Leading the cohort initiative is Professor Eve De Rosa, Dean’s Fellow for Racial and Social Justice in the College and the new Dean of Faculty at Cornell University.

“Pathways to Social Justice is an immediate and intentional solution to affect meaningful and purposeful change within the University to increase the diversity of scholarship and impactful, community engagement," De Rosa said.

Meet the faculty cohort here: https://www.human.cornell.edu/spotlights/pathways-to-social-justice-faculty-cohort-hire

07/23/2021

Read below to learn about O'Brien Lab member Clara Deley and her internship with the USDA!

07/16/2021

Only about 42% of 18- to 24-year-olds are fully vaccinated. Eager to reach them, the White House is calling in pop stars and trying to spread the word on TikTok.

06/28/2021

Many young adults are forgoing Covid vaccines for a complex mix of reasons. Health officials are racing to find ways to change their minds.

06/17/2021

ITHACA, N.Y.(WENY)-- Throughout history millions of Americans have struggled with poverty and hunger and while the face of hunger has changed over the decades, it still exists in the United States ...

06/15/2021

Alcohol beverage companies made an estimated $17.5 billion on sales of beer and liquor consumed by underage American youth in 2016, a new study found, with three companies -- AB Inbev, Molson Coors and Diageo -- accounting for nearly half of teen consumption.

06/14/2021

From the lab of assistant professor Martha Field: Chronic dietary erythritol exposure elevates plasma erythritol concentration in mice but does not cause weight gain or modify glucose homeostasis

ABSTRACTBackground. Erythritol is both a common nonnutritive sweetener and an endogenous product of glucose metabolism. Recent reports suggest that elevated pla

06/08/2021

This book explores various challenges and opportunities to achieve a nutrition-secure future for India through diversified production systems, improved health and hygiene environment and greater individual capability to access a balanced diet contributing to an increase in overall productivity.