About Dr. Olson
Beth Olson is an Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in Nutritional Sciences. She has a BS in Biochemistry from UW-Madison and a PhD in Nutrition from UC-Davis. Prior to coming to UW, she worked at Michigan State University and the Kellogg Company in Battle Creek, MI.
-
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, […]
-
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 […]
-
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 […]
-
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 […]
-
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 […]
-
Skipping breakfast-to do or not to do
Perhaps you don’t have time for breakfast or you aren’t hungry when you wake up. If so, you may have wondered if skipping breakfast is bad for you. Recent studies […]
-
Saving $$ and Food Waste
There likely has been no one shopping for groceries that hasn’t noticed the higher food prices. Some “sale” prices are higher than the regular prices 6 months ago! The traditional […]
-
“Junk Food”
Are we eating more “junk food” these days? What is junk food? The term has been popular since the early 1970s, but do we really know what foods are considered […]
-
Vitamin D and Bones
In the last couple weeks you have seen news stories reporting a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, showing vitamin D supplements did not reduce bone fractures or […]