Sc.D. candidate in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University
Alyssa is a doctoral student in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the food environment, nutrition policy, and obesity prevention, with a particular interest in the use of public-private partnerships to improve the healthfulness of packaged and restaurant foods. Before coming to the Chan School, Alyssa worked on policies and programs to improve the food environment in government agencies, hospitals, and worksites within the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Tobacco Control. Alyssa loves the outdoors and enjoys hiking, snowshoeing, running, yoga, and modern dance.
More and more restaurants list calories on their menus. What about salt?
May 05, 2017 01:43 am UTC| Health
Which do you think has more salt: a Panera Bread wild blueberry scone or a large order of Burger King french fries? Starting May 5, restaurants and food stores across the U.S. were going to be required to include...
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