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Many people struggle with both eating disorders and food insecurity.

Researchers pinpoint a neural pathway involved in eating behaviors

Natalie Temple
April 5, 2022
Dr. Stefano Guerra, one of the lead researchers of this study, is a professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and director of the Population Science Unit at the Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center. (Courtesy of Dr. Stefano Guerra).

Early-life risk factors that lead to poorer adult lung health

Olivia Butler
March 15, 2022
Many people struggle with both eating disorders and food insecurity.

Let’s talk about body image

Olivia Butler
March 14, 2022
Campus Health is just one of many services that the University of Arizona uses to help meet the needs of students. (Photographed by Courtney Talak)

OPINION: The diet culture that rules our lives needs to end

Julianna Strano
September 28, 2021
Chef Mike cooked Salisbury steak for a client. He said he tailors meals to people's tastes and needs.

Local chef cooks up meals for people with diabetes

Jake Toole
September 28, 2019
Made to order example cakes on display at Safeway in Tucson, Arizona. Safeway’s bakery has cakes ready to purchase and made to order.

Study suggests a high-calorie dessert at the start of a meal might lead to healthier choices later

Jake Toole
March 30, 2019
Nutritional Sciences students Cassidy Bell, Vanessa Ovando and Alyssa O’Connell talk with the University of Arizona men's rugby team about sports nutrition and hydration. The students measure body mass, hydration levels and diet to help the athletes improve.

UA course helps rugby team with nutrition education

Olivia Jones
October 5, 2017
A vegan diet consists of solely plant-based nutrition. This means cutting out all products made by or from animals, including cheese, honey and other popular foods.

One week of eating vegan

Santa Lucia Arias
September 7, 2017
This graph offers the caloric value of common fair food, alongside the approximate exercise that would be required to burn it completely off.

A Spring Fling guide to eating: fast or funnel cake?

Marissa Heffernan
April 7, 2017
Tyrannosaurus specimen at the American Museum of Natural History. New research indicates that tyrannosaur dinosaurs may have had sophisticated sensory organs in their snouts, similar to modern crocodilians.

Last week in science: Tyrannosaurs and orange juice

Nicole Morin
April 4, 2017
Professor Goggy Davidowitz from the Department of Entomology holding a caterpillar and a pupa in the Marley Building on March 28. Davidowitz's team recently gained new insight into moth metabolisms.

Science stories: How UA researchers solved a moth mystery

Nicole Morin
April 2, 2017
Chef Omo using the tempered chocolate machie used for baking on 3/29/17

Chef Omo: the man behind UA menus

Alec Kuehnle
March 30, 2017
Nrich Urban Market will offer healthy eating options in the Student Union Memorial Center beginning in March. The menu includes fresh juice, nut butters, frozen treats and many others.

Nrich Urban Market brings healthy ​philosophy to students

Kathleen Kunz
March 19, 2017
University of Arizona - Tucson - Spring 2017. In light of a campus-wide rooftop garden design competition, we spoke with a number of experts about their thoughts on landscape architecture, growing food, and nature in cities. Directed and edited by Logan Nagel Interviews conducted by Chandler Donald Videography by Aiden Vens Plan images courtesy of Margaret Livingston Music by http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Urban agriculture: feeding the future

Science Desk
February 5, 2017
UA nutrition professor recommends Thanksgiving meal tips

UA nutrition professor recommends Thanksgiving meal tips

Chandler Donald
November 22, 2016
Spanikopita with cubed feta cheese, a well-known Greek dish. Students who enroll in the Mediterranean Diet and Health study abroad program will have the opportunity to study science, nutrition and food in Verona, Italy.

The science of deliciousness: an opportunity to study food and nutrition in Italy

Pearl Lam
February 2, 2016

Column: Greening the food pyramid

Elizabeth Hannah
March 4, 2015
Lauren Thompson, a biology freshman at the UA and a vegan, outside of the Food Conspiracy Co-Op on Fourth Avenue on Thursday. Thompson used to be a long-distance runner and became a vegan over one year ago for health and ethical reasons.

Going vegan doable at the UA

Madison Scavarda
February 10, 2015
Chef Lisa Dahl, from Dahl & Di Luca Ristorante Italiano in Sedona, Ariz., serves community members Mediterranean food during the opening night of "A Food, Wine, and Healthy Living Event," at the Tucson Museum of Art on Wednesday. The 2015 Research Frontiers in Nutritional Sciences Conference, hosted by the department of nutritional sciences, focuses on educating people about the benefits of the Mediterranean diet.

Event teaches dietary pattern

Brandi Walker
January 29, 2015
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