This space highlights publications, events, media appearances, grants secured, and other accomplishments by members of the ChildObesity180 team. If you have any questions about these news items , please contact childobesity180@tufts.edu.
Friedman Doctoral Student, Angélica Valdés Valderrama, was recently selected to participate in the Yale Ciencia Academy for Career Development (YCA) as a fellow!
Angélica Valdés Valderrama, a doctoral student at ChildObesity180 within the Friedman school of Nutrition Science an Policy at Tufts University, was one of sixteen students selected to participate in the Yale Ciencia Academy for Career Development (YCA) as a fellow....
Doctoral Students Invited to Publish Review on timely book, “Engaging Black and Minority Ethnic Groups in Health Research: ’Hard to Reach’? Demystifying the Misconceptions”
Tufts University doctoral students at the Freidman School Danielle Krobath and Salima Taylor, reviewed the book "Engaging Black and Minority Ethnic Groups in Health Research: ’Hard to Reach’? Demystifying the Misconceptions" by Natalie Darko, Associate Professor at...
New publication explores price and taste as barriers to parental provision of healthy snacks
In this recently published paper, Associate Professor, Sara Folta, PhD, along with other current and former Tufts affiliated scientists explore the possible effectiveness of healthy snack interventions by parental provision among children from the Healthy Kids Out of...
New Research Investigates the Structure of Coalition-Committee Partnerships
In this recently published paper, researchers with Catalyzing Communities explore how the structure of community coalitions may impact the success of childhood obesity prevention interventions. Community coalitions or multi-sector collaborations, formed to pool...
Catalyzing Communities announces three new partnerships
Following an extensive national search and competitive Request for Partnerships (RFP) process, the Catalyzing Communities Initiative at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy has announced their 2021 cohort of three new community partners. The coalitions,...