Nutrient deficiencies and excesses, along with environmental factors, significantly impact skin health and aging. Establishing a link between nutrition and skin health is challenging due to ...

Stakeholders are developing and testing screening tools and interventions to address nutrition insecurity, additive to and distinct from food insecurity. Given nutrition and health inequities in ...

Complicating matters, emerging causes of malnutrition beyond traditional ones are becoming increasingly recognized — causes such as low socioeconomic status, dietary restrictions, and chronic illness.

Introduction to food science fundamentals including food composition, chemical and physical reactions, and nutritional properties of food. Overview of evidence-based practices for food selection, ...

Nutritional health literacy is increasingly recognized as a key determinant of dietary decision-making and long-term cardiometabolic health. During ...

The Rowan County Public Health Department is recognizing National Nutrition Month (March) by encouraging community members to “Discover the Power of Nutrition.” This year’s theme highlights the ...

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet emphasizes portion size, eating a variety of foods, and reducing sodium intake, while increasing potassium, calcium, and magnesium. While the ...