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![Moving Beyond BMI – An Evaluation of an Alternative Adiposity Index and Mortality Risk](https://media.nutrition.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/scale-diet-fat-health-53404-768x511.jpg)
Moving Beyond BMI – An Evaluation of an Alternative Adiposity Index and Mortality Risk
By Caitlin Dow, Student Blogger Body Mass Index. BMI, for short. Those three words tend to conjure up some intense
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![Eat More Berries!](https://media.nutrition.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/berries-768x517.jpeg)
Eat More Berries!
The session held Thursday afternoon on Aging and Cognition presented by Barbara Shukitt-Hale, PhD focused on the increase in inflammation
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![Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Public Policy Workshop 2017](https://media.nutrition.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MAND-PPW-1-768x576.jpg)
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Public Policy Workshop 2017
There has never been a more important time to be an advocate for nutrition and its role in preventing the
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![The Debate Over the Health Effects of Food Processing](https://nutrition.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/asn-logo.jpg)
The Debate Over the Health Effects of Food Processing
While debates about the relative healthfulness of carbohydrates/type of fat/salt/sweeteners/etc. never cease, there is one nutritional message that can unite
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![Intermittent fasting – healthy or hype?](https://media.nutrition.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Coffee-Breakfast-Latte-Eggs-Toast-Scrambled-Eggs-423066-768x576.jpg)
Intermittent fasting – healthy or hype?
As anyone in the nutrition field is aware, there are plenty of extreme dietary practices. Personally, I’ve heard about everything
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![Member Highlight Interview: Richard Mattes, Ph.D.](https://media.nutrition.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/member-interview-mattes-768x432.png)
Member Highlight Interview: Richard Mattes, Ph.D.
Interview with Richard Mattes, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Nutrition Science at Purdue University, Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the
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![The Appropriate Evaluation of the Anecdote](https://media.nutrition.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/apple-norms-size-standards.jpg)
The Appropriate Evaluation of the Anecdote
I spend a lot of time reading social media postings of various dietary tribes, and constantly see success stories of
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![Nutrition 2018 – An Extensive Nutrition Experience](https://media.nutrition.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Laura-Steiner_.png)
Nutrition 2018 – An Extensive Nutrition Experience
Good Morning, American Society for Nutrition June 8th: My suitcase wheels leave parallel trails of sand across the granite floor
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![The role of maternal folic acid supplementation on offspring neurodevelopment](https://media.nutrition.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/folate-and-folic-acid-in-pregnancy.jpeg)
The role of maternal folic acid supplementation on offspring neurodevelopment
Folic acid is a B-vitamin and is well known for its role during early neurodevelopment. It promotes the closure
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![2019 Recipients of National Scientific Achievement Awards](https://media.nutrition.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Untitled-design15.png)
2019 Recipients of National Scientific Achievement Awards
Top researchers, clinicians and educators will be recognized for their outstanding contributions at Nutrition 2019 Rockville, MD (May 23, 2019)
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