Category: Nutrition News

    • Hmong Cooking Demo a Success!

      Did you know Hmong is the third most commonly spoken language in Wisconsin, after English and Spanish? The Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Life Sciences Communications, in partnership with CALS,…

      Hmong Cooking Demo a Success!
    • Break up your work day with exercise snacks – Taiya Bach, MPH, RDN

      CALS Community of Wellness tip: Break up your work day with exercise snacks December 13, 2023 | By CALS Community of Wellness https://ecals.cals.wisc.edu/2023/12/13/cals-community-of-wellness-tip-break-up-your-work-day-with-exercise-snacks/ Earlier this year, preliminary results from a study out…

      Break up your work day with exercise snacks – Taiya Bach, MPH, RDN
    • Updated “Obesity Maps” from CDC

      The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects data from states on the Body Mass Index (BMI) of the adult population, which is a person’s weight divided by the…

      Updated “Obesity Maps” from CDC
    • Non-nutritive sweeteners

      There has long been interest in using something other than sugar to sweeten foods and beverages.  Products developed for this purpose are sometimes called high-intensity sweeteners, that is, they are…

      Non-nutritive sweeteners
    • Government Efforts

      FDA recently put out two announcements. One is notice about consumer research FDA is conducting about Front of Package (FOP) Labeling on Packaged Goods. This follows earlier announcements and focus…

      Government Efforts