Nutrition Facts vs Fiction

Week of April 29, 2023

Nutrition Facts vs Fiction
Is butter better than oil? How do different sugars impact glycemic index? Does the type of salt matter? Is all fiber created equal? Take a deep dive to uncover what nutrition research means for you and how it should change what you eat.

Dismantling Diet Culture
Diet culture is everywhere. It shows up in advice about weight loss, it’s embedded in our everyday conversation, and it’s even disguised as “eating clean”, “getting strong”, and “wellness.” Learn what the science on weight loss actually tells us, why measures like BMI can be misleading, and how we get to a healthier future.

 

Jen Urban, MPH, is a nutritionist and public health professional. Before attending graduate school, she wrote for Nutrition Action Healthletter at Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer food and health watchdog group based in Washington, DC. Jen received her masters in public health nutrition from the University of Washington, where she studied nutritional science, social determinants of health, and health communication.